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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and

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Annabel Tiffin. Our top story: Judgement day. Jail for the vicar

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who pocketed thousands by marrying illegal immigrants who'd never met.

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It is like a doctor, you do not expect them to have their hand in

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the till at the same time. The authorities say John Magumba's

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sentence shows British immigration is no longer a soft touch.

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Also tonight: Liverpool could become the largest

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city outside London to get a directly elected mayor, but why

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aren't voters getting to decide? Troops for teachers - the parents

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keen to send children to a school run by ex-soldiers.

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And walking with giants - the biggest little girl about to bring

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The Reverend Patrick John Magumba was a respected pillar of his

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community, with three congregations in Rochdale who trusted him. But

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for almost three years he deceived his parishioners, pocketing

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thousands of pounds for marrying illegal immigrants in 28 sham

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weddings. At one stage, the Church of England was so impressed with

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the number of foreign nationals he was marrying, it put him on a

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special committee to spot sham weddings. Today, Magumba was jailed

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for two-and-a-half years. Our reporter Abbie Jones is outside St

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Peter's church in Newbold. It was a spectacular fall from

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grace. The Reverend Magumba came to Rochdale from Uganda in 2004. He

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was very well respected. But now his reputation is in tatters and

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he's become the first vicar in the north-west to be prosecuted for

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conducting sham marriages. Jailing him today, the judge said he'd

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brought scandal to his church and let down his parishioners. He was a

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trusted vicar, but Reverend Magumba arrived at court today in a

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convicted criminal. What do you have to say to your permit --

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parishioners? Are you sorry for what you did? Have you got an

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apology for them? For Magumba, the institution of marriage should have

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been sacred, but at St Peter's Church, he pronounced couples who

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had never met husband-and-wife, for money. Slovaks, Polish people, they

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married people from Uganda to give them benefits in the UK. He stole

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the fees, over �1,000. You take it on trust. It is like a doctor. You

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do not expect them to have their hand in the till at the same time

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as going through the ceremonies. It will have a lasting effect on some

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people. If you cannot trust the vicar, who can you trust?

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Parishioners had even lend him money to clothe his six children.

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What was it like when you found out he was doing that? Devastated,

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couldn't believe it. The church registers record some of the phoney

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weddings, many with fake addresses, and some may never happy -- even

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taken place. He married one woman twice within a week. When

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confronted, he said they were twins and it was common for twins in

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their country to have the same name. The only variation was their age.

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Brazen. He told more lies when he was interviewed. Where has the

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money gone? Has it gone through proper channels? Yes. It looks like

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you have tried to cover it up. knowingly, honestly. In the 11

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years before he became a vicar in Rochdale there were no weddings at

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St Peter's. Between 2007-2010 there were suddenly 21. Only one was

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genuine. Even that did not set alarm bells ringing. Incredibly, he

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was put on a special church working party looking at how to spot sham

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marriages, because he had been marrying so many foreign nationals.

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And while the police acknowledge that he set out to deliberately

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deceive the diocese, they say it took officers just a few minutes

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looking through church accounts and registers to know that something

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was wrong. The Manchester diocese says Magumba was an experienced

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clergymen given responsibilities on trust. It says the trust was broken

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and the criminal activity was hidden. It gave full corporation

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when suspicions grew. Police say that the Church must tighten

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procedures. They are now going after the phoney brides and grooms.

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Officers say they have no idea how many people are now living in the

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UK because of Magumba's actions here. That's because some of the

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stubs on marriage certificates he issued weren't filled in. His

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barrister said today he carried out the first sham marriage to help

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someone who had HIV stay in the UK and was deeply ashamed of his

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actions, and that Magumba will now be remembered for his bad deeds,

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not his good. Two men are being questioned on

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suspicion of murder tonight, after the decapitated body of a man was

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found on fire in Stockport. Firefighters made the grim

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discovery after being called out to a fire close to the town centre in

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the early hours of this morning. Police are still trying to identify

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the victim. Naomi Cornwell reports. Just 100 metres from a police

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station, the man's body was found following a series of events in the

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early hours of this morning. First, at 4am, close to the town centre

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police arrested two men on suspicion of possessing shotgun

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cartridges. Then, less than an hour later, firefighters called them to

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say they'd found a body. Firefighters made the grim

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discovery after being called here just after 5am following reports of

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a fire in the wooded area. On arriving, they found the body of a

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man on fire. He'd been decapitated. We do not know the cause of death.

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We remain open-minded as to the circumstances of how he was left in

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that area. A second area of woodland, just

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half a mile away, has also been cordoned off as part of the

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investigation. The two arrested men, aged 29 and 31, are now being

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questioned on suspicion of murder. You do not expect it. It is

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gruesome. It is still sinking in, to be honest.

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Police have sought to reassure local residents, saying they don't

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believe this is linked to gangs or organised crime and promising to

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maintain a large police presence in the area over the coming days.

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Voting is well underway in Salford as the city decides whether it

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wants a directly elected mayor. If the "yes" campaigners win, it will

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mean powers that were given to the local authority will be held by one

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person. Polls are due to close at 10pm with the result expected after

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midnight. Liverpool may have to pay up to �9

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million if it wants cruise liners to start and finish at the Pier

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Head. The Transport Minister, Mike Penning, says the city's previous

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offer of repaying �5.3 million of Government grants for the cruise

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liner terminal would not be enough to cover the losses felt by other

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ports like Southampton. Royal Mail says it can't explain

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why a village post office in Cumbria has closed without warning.

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Residents in Hawkshead were surprised to find the door of their

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local post office locked and the windows covered with newspapers.

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Royal Mail says it's now working on a temporary solution.

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It's emerged that the artist LS Lowry turned down a knighthood. A

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list of those who declined honours between 1951 and 1999 has been

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published for the first time. It reveals that Lowry was offered the

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honour in 1968 but he refused because he didn't want to stand out

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from the crowd. He really was a private person. He did not want to

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change his situation in the street, if you like. He had nothing against

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it, really, as a system. But he did not want somebody to stop him and

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say, Sir Lawrence. He would really prefer people to call him by his

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name. There has been speculation for a

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while that Liverpool City Council could press ahead with plans for a

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directly elected mayor. Today the Labour leader, Joe Anderson,

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confirmed that's exactly what he wants. He says he's done a deal

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with the Government - switch to a mayor and get more powers in

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exchange. But opponents say that's not true and they are angry that

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voters will not get a say in a referendum. Our political editor

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Arif Ansari reports from Liverpool. Mayor of Liverpool, a big title for

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a big city. The Government wants more mayors. The council wants more

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powers. So they've done a deal. Now Uncle Joe wants to become city

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father. It hopes to get people back into work, and it hopes to unlock

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growth in the city. Those are powerful tools for us to have, and

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powers for us to have. I do not think it is right for me, as leader

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of the Council, to turn this deal down.

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But what is a mayor? It's a council leader directly

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elected by voters not councillors. They're more powerful. And they

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remain in power for four-year terms. So for now Joe Anderson has seized

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the political initiative. He says the deal's so good that it doesn't

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need a referendum. But opponents say it would still have been polite

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to have asked. The Government has said we should have these

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referendums. That is the right of people, to decide how they are

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governed. Having said we're going to have one, it is not on to them

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say, we are not because the Labour Party in Liverpool think they know

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better. The deal still needs to be voted

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through the city council with a two-thirds majority. Our political

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editor is here. Part of the issue is whether the Government is

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putting pressure on Liverpool to move to a directly elected mayor,

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what they want. You have word from the Deputy Prime Minister. There is

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an argument in Liverpool about this, because there is no doubt the

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Government wants more directly elected mayors across the country,

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and they are keen on one in Liverpool. The argument is, is the

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Government actually saying, you can have these powers anyway, or are

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they saying, you can only have the powers if you go from there? That

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seems to be the position Joe Anderson has taken, but this letter

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from the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, to the party leaders in

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Liverpool, has an interesting sentence in which it says, "It is

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important to clarify that knows City Deal, including Liverpool's

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proposal, is contingent on having an elected mayor". That plays into

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the hands of the opponents of Joe Anderson who say you can have the

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powers without a mayor. Still to come:

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Tackling the big one. The wounded Cheshire soldier training to climb

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Everest. And a Red Letter Day. Liverpool get

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through to play at the new Wembley for the first time. Brilliant,

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superb. Craig Bellamy was man of the match. He was fantastic.

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Plans for a military-style school run by former soldiers in Oldham

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appear to be gathering momentum. The names of interested parents are

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being collected and potential school premises have been

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identified. The Phoenix, as it would be called, could open as one

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of the Government's new free schools. Its backers claim former

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soldiers will introduce classroom discipline where trained teachers

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Not since the days of national service has the army's way been

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offered as a solution to peacetime problems. The school's backers say

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there will be no square-bashing or screaming sergeant majors, but no

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acceptance of bad behaviour in the classroom either. They point to an

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American scheme and say that it shows that former soldiers know

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best when it comes to discipline, not trained teachers. Recruitment

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is under way. These two mothers have signed their children up.

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way that they are taught self- discipline in the Army, I think is

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a big factor what appeals to me. We do not have that self discipline

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any more in school. Isn't the person most qualified to teach the

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person with the best teaching qualification? If not necessarily.

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It is the person and the way that they teach, not the letters behind

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their name. The NUT is not so sure. Our problem is that the teachers

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will not be trained. People in charge of the classroom will be ex-

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military, and most of them, probably all of them, will not have

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teaching qualifications. But don't they know about discipline?

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course. But teachers are trained in teacher training colleges all over

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the country. This could be the site of the new school. The this school

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has now merged with another one in Oldham to become an academy. Staff

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and pupils here will soon be moving out. So could the new free school

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move in? The Phoenix school hopes We're joined now by Tom Burkhard -

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the military school is his idea. Can you clarify, there will not be

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any qualified teachers at the school? That is not true. Some

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teachers will be qualified. The exception is the special needs co-

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ordinator who must be qualified. But they will beat former military

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ex servicemen? Yes. I am querying the bit about the not necessarily

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needing a qualification because I imagine that seems like an insult

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to qualified teachers. In the United States, they did three major

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studies, the biggest ever taken to compare the performance of pupils

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are taught by teachers who are qualified and those who had little

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or no training. When steady was biased against teachers. All of the

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studies than there was no significant difference in the

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academic performance of pupils regardless of who they were taught

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by. It has provoked quite a response. We had an e-mail from a

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retired teacher who said I would not have the military had to fight,

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I do it expect them without qualifications to tell me how to

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teach. It is contentious. misunderstanding is most people in

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the military have spent most of their careers teaching. If you

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think about it. In a military context. There is not a great deal

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of difference. In the military you have young men and women, many from

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difficult backgrounds, you have to win the respect and Corporation.

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This is what they are good at. The research shows the more experienced

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teachers can keep control. parents have signed up so far.

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is closer to 70 or 80. What reasons are they giving you for coming to

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your school? Discipline. Most of my friends are teachers and they are

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aware... The standards of discipline in our schools are worse

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than most. People without a military background know the

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situation is in crisis and something needs to be done. I am

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sure at one applauds the strong discipline but the purpose of

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school is to educate and teacher. Are you confident you can deliver

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those standards? If we could not deliver them, we would not have the

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discipline. One great misconception about our school is we would have

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discipline harking back to national service. The modern military is

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entirely volunteer. So, it is not a bootcam? Certainly not. We feel we

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would want to concentrate on the academic skills. We follow the

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national curriculum? No, something harder. The international G C S E,

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a syllabus which we have looked at closely, teachers who teach have

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looked closely and it offers a better standard than the

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conventional GCSE we have now. As you know, the government has lost

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faith in the GCSE and are making changes. I end on a positive e-mail.

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Elaine says what a sensible idea, this can only be a good thing for

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children who need to learn discipline and self-worth but also

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respected family values. Thank you. Thank you. Well, we may not find

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out if former soldiers can make good teachers for a while yet, but

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there's no doubting their bravery and determination. And here's a

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story that really highlights this. Fresh from their success in

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reaching the North Pole a charity raising money for injured service

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personnel has set its heights a little higher. This time they're

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planning to take a team of five wounded soldiers to the top of

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Mount Everest in May. Today the group was out training on the

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Cumbrian fells. Just to warn you, Eleanor Moritz's report does

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contain graphic images of war. These men are always up for a

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challenge. Last year they made it to the North Pole. Their next

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mission is to climb Mount Everest. Captain Martin Hewitt from Cheshire

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is leading the expedition. He lost the use of his right arm when he

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was shot. It is a different team to the North Pole expedition. Despite

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the disabilities, we have been ahead of the vast majority. Keep me

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on my toes. Captain Hewitt was one of those on first year's trek to

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the North Pole, which raised over �2 million for wounded soldiers.

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They were joined on that trip by their patron, Prince Harry. We

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don't know if he'll be climbing to Everest this year. Prince Harry

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added a great deal to the charity, he was so down to earth. He

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integrated into the team immediately on arrival. Today the

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team was out training in Grizedale Forest but conditions here won't

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prepare them properly for the hostile environment of Everest. So

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they've also climbed Manaslu - the 8th highest mountain in the world.

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The team includes Andy Hawkins he grew up in Wirral. Reaching the

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summit is more than conquering Everest. His tank was firebombed.

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But for former soldier Carl Highnett, reaching the summit is

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about more than conquering Everest, his tank was firebombed in Basra

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and he suffered 37% burns. It is a change of scenery and seeing if you

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can move on and do things what other normal able-bodied people

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will struggle with as well. team set off for the Himalayas in

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may. Their plan to put a group of servicemen who've overcome serious

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injury, on top of the world. Terrific.

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Astonishing. Liverpool fans are preparing to return to Wembley for

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the first time in 16 years. A thrilling 2-2 draw at Anfield

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against Manchester City last night meant the Reds went through to the

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League Cup Final 3-2 on aggregate. Manager Kenny Dalglish dedicated

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the win to the fans and - as Richard Askam reports - it was an

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emotional night. The end of a match full of talking

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points. And one word on the lips of Wembley! It was a game that swung

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one way. Then the next. Wasn't short on controversy. The penalty

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given for a Micah Richards handball. An accidental ricochet he claimed.

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The referee decided otherwise. There was an outstanding

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performance from City's keeper Joe Hart. He will go on to be one of

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the best keepers in the world. The seeds he made in the first and

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second leg. And Liverpool's Craig Bellamy who after Edin Dzeko's easy

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finish threatened to break Liverpudlian hearts. Came up with

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the decisive goal, the Welshman combining superbly with Glen

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Bellamy for Liverpool! Absolutely superb. Craig Bellamy was man of

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the match. Fantastic. Craig, I love you. Thanks for coming back. The

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long wait is over and these fans can look forward to a Wembley final

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after waiting a decade. City will concentrate on the small matter of

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the Premier League title. Get on! Liverpool against Cardiff should be

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good. City fans dismayed. You may have differing opinions on this

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story - depending on if you're male or female. The United States

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international footballer Tim Ream has been describing how he

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cancelled his honeymoon in Tahiti to complete his two and half

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million pound move to Bolton Wanderers. The New York Red Bulls

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defender was about to fly to the South Pacific just hours after

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marrying his girlfriend Kristen. But he then received a call from

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the Bolton manager offering him a contract and he ended up spending a

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week in a hotel at the Reebok stadium. I waited until the

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nuptials were concluded and opened some prisons. The manager asked if

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I would be willing to cancel my honeymoon and go to Bolton and

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honeymoon here. After much talk with my new wife, we were

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disappointed to pass up the trip but we knew this was the right

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thing to do. Why would you want to go to Tahiti? Tongue firmly in his

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cheek. How would you feel? If my husband was marrying her, he

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would not have cancelled his honeymoon! That's another matter.

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Three years ago this mechanical spider brought Liverpool to a

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standstill. This year it's the turn of a little girl giant who'll be

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wowing the crowds. As well as bringing in visitors - it's also

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hoped her visit will be felt in the North of the City long after she's

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Imagine a little lady, 30 ft tall roaming the streets of Liverpool

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representing a local girl whose dad never came back from the Titanic's

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maiden journey. The creators made a mysterious spider in 2008, now she

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could crush him. Her presence will be felt way beyond the three-day

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visit. The scale of the journey will be three times that of the

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Spider. The other star of the show it will beat the northern part of

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the City, she starts around here and look at the view she will have.

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We want to show off the beautiful places that Liverpool has.

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Especially in the north of the city, and people who live in the region.

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She will pass through Stanley Park, Everton and Anfield and it's hoped

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they will be a lasting legacy for this part of the city which has

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sometimes felt left out of the art parties. I think it will be

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wonderful. The roads will be lined with everyone, flags and banners.

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All of the cafes were to amazing. It's great and Liverpool.

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arrives on 20th April and she may look innocent but expect a few

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surprises. She is eye-catching, to say the least.

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The spider had such a great impact. Good stuff. The weather now with

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Dianne. What did you say about the honeymoon? I would have gone on my

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own. Why should two people suffer? Good evening. The mild winter, it

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has gone. If I show you what happens, you will understand. We

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have cold air descending across the UK. It does not want to move away

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as we head through the weekend and to the start of the working week.

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There is no sign of warm air battling this. Daytime temperatures

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around five or six degrees was to night-time temperatures in minus

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It looks very quiet in Salford. The more northern parts of the region,

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Cumbria, the Isle of Man and Lancashire, the showers have been

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fairly widespread. Many places have seen one or two but if you look at

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the map parts of Lancashire and Cumbria they have been lively.

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Nothing much changes tonight. It is a showery picture all the way

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through. The air temperature is low, on high ground there will be

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snowfall which could stick on the Pennines. Some sleet and hail at

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low levels but no problems. It is a showery regime. Temperatures are

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interesting, towns and cities to and three, four on the coast. Minus

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one or two in rural areas. The mornings will be fairly cold. We do

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have showers from time to time but also cloud. Today, sunshine remedy

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the day. That is true of tomorrow. As the showers coming, merging with

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longer spells of rain and on the tops of the Pennines snow will be

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falling. It could settle for a short times. Snow and low levels as

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well, not causing any problems. Temperatures are not great, five or

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six Celsius. I wonder if looking at weather map

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footballer is regretting his decision.

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I suspect a to flee five-year contract at Bolton will make up for

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