:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to North West Tonight with Annabel Tiffin and Roger Johnson.
:00:00. > :00:10.The wife of hostage Alan Henning speaks publicly for the first time.
:00:11. > :00:14.She pleads with his captors to let him go.
:00:15. > :00:17.Alan, we miss you and we are dreadfully
:00:18. > :00:22.Barbara Henning calls on Islamic State to act
:00:23. > :00:29.The security guard murdered by a colleage in Iraq the victim's mother
:00:30. > :00:37.The man who hit moment Europe's winning Ryder Cup shot `
:00:38. > :00:52.Returning here to Lancashird, where tens of thousands of geese `re
:00:53. > :00:54.stopping off on their winter pilgrimage south, in larger numbers
:00:55. > :01:01.than ever before. The wife of Alan Henning has given
:01:02. > :01:05.her first public interview to make a direct and desperate plea to
:01:06. > :01:10.his captors to release her husband. The father`of`two was captured
:01:11. > :01:12.by Islamic State This afternoon as RAF jets hit
:01:13. > :01:19.their first IS targets in Iraq Barbara Henning spoke of her
:01:20. > :01:35.hope that Alan would be soon back Some say wrong time, wrong place.
:01:36. > :01:37.Alan was volunteering with his Muslim friends. He was in the right
:01:38. > :02:17.place doing the right thing. Muslims across the globe continue to
:02:18. > :02:20.question Islamic State over the fate of Allan. Their position regarding
:02:21. > :02:29.his statement is unequivocal. He is innocent. I personally vouch for
:02:30. > :02:35.Alan Henning. Executing this man is totally wrong. It is impermhssible.
:02:36. > :02:38.We are at a loss and why those leading Islamic State cannot open
:02:39. > :02:42.their hearts and minds. I ask again, supported by the voices
:02:43. > :02:59.across the world, or Islamic State to spear Alan's life. It makes it
:03:00. > :03:05.all worthwhile to see what hs needed get to where it needs to go. Alan,
:03:06. > :03:09.we miss you, and we are dre`dfully concerned for your safety. H asked
:03:10. > :03:12.Islamic State, please release him. We need him back home.
:03:13. > :03:14.Barbara Henning was speaking in that interview to the
:03:15. > :03:18.BBC's Ed Thomas ` and he johns us now live from near her home.
:03:19. > :03:24.What impression did you forl of the way Mrs Henning is coping?
:03:25. > :03:31.First of all, it was clear that this is one of the most difficult of
:03:32. > :03:35.moments for Barbara Henning, but she was also adamant that it was hard
:03:36. > :03:39.decision to talk to date, and she felt this was the right momdnt to
:03:40. > :03:43.speak out and to try to makd contact with Islamic State. It is worth
:03:44. > :03:47.remembering that she has lived with this out for more than nine months.
:03:48. > :03:50.She said that support that she has received from Muslims around the
:03:51. > :03:55.world saying that it is wrong in terms of Islam to hold Alan Henning
:03:56. > :04:00.is making a difference to hdr. There was also a second theme emerging
:04:01. > :04:03.from the interview. Again and again she appealed directly to Islamic
:04:04. > :04:07.State to communicate with hdr, to talk to her. She wants to t`lk to
:04:08. > :04:12.them about why they are holding him, and for her to ask them to release
:04:13. > :04:15.him. So far, Islamic State have ignored her pleas.
:04:16. > :04:18.The most senior police officer so far to give evidence at the new
:04:19. > :04:21.Hillsborough inquests has spoken oh his "profound regret" at not asking
:04:22. > :04:26.Superintendent Roger Marshall was in charge of policing Liverpool
:04:27. > :04:29.fans outside the Leppings L`ne end of the stadium.
:04:30. > :04:32.96 Liverpool fans died in a fatal crush at an FA Ctp semi
:04:33. > :04:39.Mr Marshall denied he was "off loading responsibility" by
:04:40. > :04:42.describing a minority of Liverpool fans as being drunk and latd.
:04:43. > :04:49.Superintendent Roger Marshall, here in the blue shirt,
:04:50. > :04:51.was asked at the inquest in Warrington about which officers
:04:52. > :04:56.The jury saw several video clips of crowds building up outside
:04:57. > :05:00.the Leppings Lane turnstiles where Liverpool fans entered
:05:01. > :05:06.Mr Marshall said he could h`ve requested a delay
:05:07. > :05:10.and agreed it would have alleviated anxiety and frustration.
:05:11. > :05:13.He said it is one of the most profound regrets
:05:14. > :05:18.of my experience at Leppings Lane on April 15th that I did not do so.
:05:19. > :05:21."I think it would have been possible for me to seek a delay in khck
:05:22. > :05:26.off given the number who were besieging turnstiles at 2.40pm.
:05:27. > :05:30.The jury saw video of Mr Marshall trying to control the crowd outside.
:05:31. > :05:32.He said he wasn't concerned until two thirty.
:05:33. > :05:42.But after that it became unmanageable.
:05:43. > :05:45.Mr Marshall asked for a gatd to be opened to relieve the presstre.
:05:46. > :05:47.Match commander David Duckinfield made the order.
:05:48. > :05:49.But no one closed off the tunnel leading to the pens
:05:50. > :05:58.Mr Marshall said he linked the awful events on the terraces
:05:59. > :06:02.directly with my opening of the gates and really had to dig deep to
:06:03. > :06:06.situation. It was put to hil he felt a strong sense of responsibhlity.
:06:07. > :06:17.During his evidence is he m`de several references to Liverpool fans
:06:18. > :06:21.and drinking, their lateness, and their behaviour. He was askdd by a
:06:22. > :06:27.barrister if this was off`loading responsibility. He said, no. He said
:06:28. > :06:30.disasters don't happen becatse of individuals, but because of several
:06:31. > :06:35.factors coming together. He will continue giving evidence tolorrow.
:06:36. > :06:37.A man has died and several others have been injured after
:06:38. > :06:40.a multi`vehicle crash on thd M5 motorway on the Wirral this morning.
:06:41. > :06:43.It was the second crash between junctions 3 and 4.
:06:44. > :06:46.The first involved six vehicles ` one woman was airlifted to hospital.
:06:47. > :06:48.The later accident ` involvhng nine vehicles`led to the closure
:06:49. > :06:51.A 60 year old HGV driver from Chester
:06:52. > :06:57.has been arrested on suspichon of causing death by dangerous driving.
:06:58. > :06:59.The new Catholic Bishop of Salford has been announced.
:07:00. > :07:01.Bishop John Arnold, who will be the eleventh Bishop
:07:02. > :07:04.of Salford, replaces Bishop Terence Brain, who was appointed in 199 .
:07:05. > :07:06.The Pope made the announcemdnt in Rome with a simultaneous
:07:07. > :07:14.A security guard, murdered by a colleague frol
:07:15. > :07:17.Rochdale while working in Iraq, had described his killer as a "dodgy
:07:18. > :07:22.Danny Fitzsimons is serving a twenty year prison sentence
:07:23. > :07:29.in Baghdad for the murder of Paul McQuigan and Darren Hall.
:07:30. > :07:32.An inquest into Mr McQuigans death has been told that shortly `fter
:07:33. > :07:36.meeting Fitzsimons he descrhbed him to his fiance as "weird".
:07:37. > :07:38.He was dead within twenty four hours.
:07:39. > :07:45.Stuart Flinders has been at the inquest in Stockport.
:07:46. > :07:54.Paul McGuigan, originally from Scotland, was living in Tyndside,
:07:55. > :07:59.and working as a security gtard in Iraq. His fiancee told the court of
:08:00. > :08:06.a conversation the night he died in 2009. He had met somebody who was,
:08:07. > :08:11.he said, we are, a bit dodgx. It was Danny Fitzsimons. R is later, he was
:08:12. > :08:16.dead, shot by Fitzsimons after a night of heavy drinking. Patl
:08:17. > :08:19.McGuigan had been looking forward to the birth of his daughter, born on
:08:20. > :08:23.the day he should have returned from Iraq. He had been a Royal M`rines
:08:24. > :08:31.and had worked as a bodyguard to George Harrison. Today, his mother
:08:32. > :08:40.described his lovely, caring, gentle nature. He was a lovely, gentle boy.
:08:41. > :08:50.Caring, loving, fantastic f`ther. Absolutely fantastic father. He
:08:51. > :08:56.cared about everybody, everxthing. It `` he didn't deserve what
:08:57. > :09:00.happened. Danny the timid's parents were at the inquest hearing today.
:09:01. > :09:06.He is serving a sentence in Iraq for the killing. Since then, barristers
:09:07. > :09:09.have considered whether he was fit enough to be employed in thd first
:09:10. > :09:13.place. Today, the coroner s`id it was not the job of the inqudst to
:09:14. > :09:16.question his murder convicthon, but it would be looking into thd
:09:17. > :09:20.behaviour of Greater Manchester Police and the probation service and
:09:21. > :09:26.that the employment all is dase of G4S. `` the employment policies
:09:27. > :09:30.A pensioner from Liverpool says she owes her life to three teen`gers who
:09:31. > :09:34.Sylvia Flynn was watching TV in her lounge, unaware that chip pan
:09:35. > :09:38.Luckily the 15`year`olds spotted the flames as they passed
:09:39. > :09:40.and pulled Sylvia and her beloved dog to safety.
:09:41. > :09:49.Sylvia loves her dog Rollo, but she nearly lost him
:09:50. > :09:57.There was banging on my front door and I didn't know therd was
:09:58. > :10:03.Three passing teenagers had spotted flames in Sylvia's kitchen
:10:04. > :10:09.We just knocked on the door and then...
:10:10. > :10:14.She didn't believe us at first when we were knocking.
:10:15. > :10:21.And the smoke just come out and hit us.
:10:22. > :10:24.Determined to fetch Rollo, Sylvia went in, but the girls dragged both
:10:25. > :10:28.The Fire Brigade, when they had been in, they said, another four or five
:10:29. > :10:32.minutes, if you had not opened the door to the girls, it would
:10:33. > :10:35.have started coming under the door, and I wouldn't have stood a chance.
:10:36. > :10:38.Sylvia and Rollo are having chips for tea again tonight,
:10:39. > :10:41.but this time she has promised she will not be cooking them.
:10:42. > :11:01.Naomi Cornwall, BBC North Wdst Tonight in Liverpool.
:11:02. > :11:08.Staff have managed to pull ` locomotive, with help from ` trained
:11:09. > :11:12.body`builder, who also then pulled the train himself. It is all to
:11:13. > :11:15.raise ?250,000 for a pre`rahlway projects. That looks like a really
:11:16. > :11:24.difficult way of doing it, doesn't it? Along like that, on your
:11:25. > :11:39.backside. He knows what he hs doing, I'm sure. I hope he doesn't have any
:11:40. > :11:40.splinters. Still to come: Blackwood airport `` Blackpool Airport is on
:11:41. > :11:42.the brink of closure. 36,000 wintering geese stop off
:11:43. > :11:45.in Lancashire on It's been another day of confusion
:11:46. > :11:54.and concern for passengers and staff at Blackpool Airport
:11:55. > :11:56.after yesterday's announcemdnt that Owners Balfour Beatty say commercial
:11:57. > :12:01.flights will end unless a btyer can It's left passengers who've booked
:12:02. > :12:19.flights from the airport in limbo, It is a worrying time for those who
:12:20. > :12:24.have booked to travel from Blackpool Airport. Alistair was supposed to
:12:25. > :12:31.fly to Majorca later this month When you heard about the problem
:12:32. > :12:36.is, what were your thoughts? Don't really know. We are just hoping that
:12:37. > :12:40.they can honour the flights going out, and they will somehow get us
:12:41. > :12:44.back. After recording losses for several years, the owners of the
:12:45. > :12:48.airport say that unless a btyer is found by October the 7th, it is
:12:49. > :12:55.likely that airport operations will close. Travel agents say thdy are as
:12:56. > :13:02.much in the dark as the customers. We know that tour operators like jet
:13:03. > :13:06.to have got contingency plans in place in case it does close, and we
:13:07. > :13:11.are working with them to make sure that all of our customers do get
:13:12. > :13:15.away on holiday. If the big commercial flights do end, the
:13:16. > :13:19.terminal's check in desk evdry may well become defunct, but th`t might
:13:20. > :13:24.not mean the complete end of aviation at this site. Brian has run
:13:25. > :13:29.a flying school there for over 0 years. He believes some avi`tion
:13:30. > :13:33.will remain. It may have sole problems in the short`term, but I
:13:34. > :13:39.would say, within a few weeks, general aviation will be catered
:13:40. > :13:42.for. Offshore helicopter opdrator Bond says it is working with the
:13:43. > :13:48.airport to ensure continuitx of services. The Northwest ambtlance ``
:13:49. > :14:04.inner Ambulance Service says it will not be affected. `` error and
:14:05. > :14:07.The North West will be one of the most fiercely contested regions
:14:08. > :14:11.Today the battle for your vote continued at the Conservative Party
:14:12. > :14:14.And our Political Editor Arhf Ansari is there for us.
:14:15. > :14:16.Yes, that battle will be fotght overwhelmingly in the marginal
:14:17. > :14:22.constituencies, the places were existing MPs have small majorities.
:14:23. > :14:26.The Tories are discussing hdre how to win seats from Labour,
:14:27. > :14:36.But their priority is to hold seats they already have.
:14:37. > :14:39.And nowhere is more vulnerable than Lancaster and Fleetwood where the
:14:40. > :14:44.Tories have a majority of jtst over 300, and it's Labour's top target.
:14:45. > :14:46.You can smell the history at Jay Atkinson's.
:14:47. > :14:49.They have been roasting coffee here at Lancasters since 1837.
:14:50. > :14:51.The current owners have been enjoying business success and say
:14:52. > :14:59.Although you see empty shops on the high street, that is well bdlow the
:15:00. > :15:03.national average for vacant units on a main thoroughfare, and basically
:15:04. > :15:09.The Conservative MP here, Eric Ollerenshaw, says that is p`rtly
:15:10. > :15:13.down to the government supporting major infrastructure projects such
:15:14. > :15:17.as the Heesham road link, but how well does Mr Ollerenshaw go
:15:18. > :15:23.I have voted Green at the l`st several elections, because H am not
:15:24. > :15:26.very keen on any of the major parties, but I must say that the two
:15:27. > :15:31.or three times I have had anything to do with Eric, he has been tops.
:15:32. > :15:36.I feel disenfranchised with all of the three parties, reallx.
:15:37. > :15:38.I see the Conservatives moving towards
:15:39. > :15:42.the privatisation of the NHS, which inevitably doesn't look good.
:15:43. > :15:49.This is Labour's number one target in the region, and the woman who
:15:50. > :15:53.wants to become the next MP is not convinced the economy is improving.
:15:54. > :15:56.Well, the Tories would like to say the economy is doing well, but. .
:15:57. > :16:01.I speak to people and people approach me
:16:02. > :16:04.on a regular basis and say, I don't feel it up here, because
:16:05. > :16:07.wages are not increasing, and yet the cost of living is incre`sing.
:16:08. > :16:10.The Tories will fight hard to hold Lancaster and Fleetwood.
:16:11. > :16:20.If they succeed, Labour will have done very badly indeed.
:16:21. > :16:27.let's put some of that to the current MP who joins me now. Pat
:16:28. > :16:30.Smith says that people are struggling, and that you voted for
:16:31. > :16:35.every government cut going. How do you respond? In terms of Lancaster
:16:36. > :16:39.and Fleetwood, I don't think everybody is struggling. We have one
:16:40. > :16:44.of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, and it has been coming
:16:45. > :16:48.down. Yes, there have been difficult decisions, and I have been prepared
:16:49. > :16:52.to back them. Unless we havd a government that gets the deficit
:16:53. > :16:56.down and gets their finances in order, everybody knows that all the
:16:57. > :17:01.rest is just hot air. And you know that government targets are way off
:17:02. > :17:04.the mark? Well, there is more to come. At least we would talk about
:17:05. > :17:09.it. At least we have announced further figures are getting the
:17:10. > :17:19.deficit down, and we haven't forgotten it like one Mr Miller
:17:20. > :17:23.band. `` one Ed Miliband. The employment figures in Lancaster and
:17:24. > :17:28.Fleetwood argued. The emploxment is going up every month, and now use
:17:29. > :17:35.and implement is dropping. Why are you cutting unemployment benefit? We
:17:36. > :17:40.are freezing welfare benefits, because wages are not going up, so
:17:41. > :17:46.why should benefits go up if wages do not go up? People who ard in work
:17:47. > :17:51.will also see their benefits cut. We have all been struggling through
:17:52. > :17:54.this recession. The governmdnt has, and hard`working people and people
:17:55. > :17:58.who have got businesses in Lancaster and Fleetwood have been strtggling,
:17:59. > :18:02.and we are not out of it yet, we all acknowledge that. It is a tough time
:18:03. > :18:06.and tough measures are needdd, but we are seeing some of the bdnefits
:18:07. > :18:11.of that. Thank you very much for your time.
:18:12. > :18:13.Sport now and it's Manchestdr City's first home game
:18:14. > :18:17.They face Roma at the Etihad Stadium this evening.
:18:18. > :18:20.Stuart Pollitt is there for us and Stuart talk already that this is
:18:21. > :18:37.That is right. Because they lost their first match away, the pressure
:18:38. > :18:47.is on this evening. Every ydar, they say that city have a tough draw and
:18:48. > :18:52.it is no different this timd around. Two former England team`matds on
:18:53. > :18:55.opposing sides tonight agred that the pressure is on.
:18:56. > :19:00.A disappointing start, but we are fully aware that it is the
:19:01. > :19:03.Champions League and we will need to build on that especially at home.
:19:04. > :19:06.I think there is a lot of pressure on City.
:19:07. > :19:10.Not so much on us I don't think but they are big players
:19:11. > :19:13.and great players and I know a few of them are definitelx hungry
:19:14. > :19:29.The owners you know that thdy really want to have progress in Europe s
:19:30. > :19:35.premier competition. The best they have done is 16th in the last
:19:36. > :19:40.seasons. At least they have European football here. Over at Old Trafford
:19:41. > :19:43.there isn't any this season, which is why Manchester United boss Matt
:19:44. > :19:48.managing director has said that the club is considering playing
:19:49. > :19:53.lucrative midweek friendlies to compensate for the lack of Duropean
:19:54. > :19:59.football at all travel `` Old Trafford, which has cost thdm many
:20:00. > :20:08.millions this is alone. Over the weekend, sport was all about the
:20:09. > :20:13.Ryder Cup. He was the hero who hit the winning shot up in Scotland
:20:14. > :20:14.Last night, he got back homd, and I went round to spend a bit of time
:20:15. > :20:20.with him. From Ryder Cup winning
:20:21. > :20:22.golfer to daddy goalkeeper. I haven't really seen the footage
:20:23. > :20:25.of it or anything yet, so it is literally just back home,
:20:26. > :20:29.back to normal life, like bdfore, you are just chasing
:20:30. > :20:31.the kids around all the timd. He may not have seen it, but Jamie
:20:32. > :20:38.knows that what he has done has made Whatever happens,
:20:39. > :20:44.to be a part of the winning Ryder Cup team is one of those thhngs that
:20:45. > :20:49.you can cherish forever. At 38,
:20:50. > :20:55.Jimmy credits the arrival of Max and I didn't win a tournament until I
:20:56. > :21:02.had my first child, when we had Max, and then three in three years
:21:03. > :21:05.and then obviously this little event, the Ryder Cup, so I think you
:21:06. > :21:09.are back home and you are b`ck to changing nappies,
:21:10. > :21:11.so it's a massive feet back I was so excited to get
:21:12. > :21:19.back home and see them. A week is a long time to be a part,
:21:20. > :21:23.but it was a good week. Did Max know at all
:21:24. > :21:25.what was going on? He knew that we had gone to
:21:26. > :21:28.the Ryder Cup. Not quite sure he knew what
:21:29. > :21:31.the Ryder Cup meant. As he gets older, he will ldarn
:21:32. > :21:34.what's going on, but after playing in that Ryder Cup, it is solething
:21:35. > :21:38.that you don't want to miss. You want to strive to play
:21:39. > :21:41.the next one and the next one For now,
:21:42. > :21:45.his children are more interdsted in They will soon get
:21:46. > :22:05.the chance to learn that daddy As the band cranks up here, just one
:22:06. > :22:10.more bit of news. The retirdment of Andrew Sheridan, who spent ten years
:22:11. > :22:13.at the top, has retired to date due to a neck injury will stop he will
:22:14. > :22:22.now pursue a career in the wine trade. There you go. Back to you.
:22:23. > :22:28.Thank you. They've been visiting
:22:29. > :22:31.our region every year for ddcades. And this year there's more
:22:32. > :22:36.of them than ever before. And, as tradition dictates,
:22:37. > :22:39.they're stopping over at thd Martin Mere wetlands centre
:22:40. > :23:03.in Lancashire en route to w`rmer Dust is falling, so you probably
:23:04. > :23:07.don't believe me that there are any these but I promise there are many
:23:08. > :23:11.thousands. They are flying tp there. So how do we know that therd are
:23:12. > :23:16.more pink footed geese than ever before? I have been speaking to the
:23:17. > :23:20.man whose job it is to count them, and he said the best time to come
:23:21. > :23:24.and these geese was at the crack of Dawn, so I took him at his word
:23:25. > :23:27.It is a dawn chorus that wotld stir even the soundest of sleepers.
:23:28. > :23:29.Fortunately, the Martin Mere Wetland Centre has
:23:30. > :23:37.few near neighbours, becausd it s latest visitors are a noisy bunch.
:23:38. > :23:40.You can see it on every bit of water across the site,
:23:41. > :23:46.The pink`footed goose popul`tion now is at a record high of
:23:47. > :23:49.around 300,000 or so compared to what it was hn 1 50,
:23:50. > :23:56.The pink`footed geese began a long journey in Iceland.
:23:57. > :24:01.And, as in so many years past, as the urge to fly south for
:24:02. > :24:04.the winter took hold of thel, they somehow knew that they would have to
:24:05. > :24:18.Normally they would expect around 20,000 pink`footed gdese
:24:19. > :24:22.This year, they have got more than double that number.
:24:23. > :24:26.No one is entirely sure why but it could be something to do with
:24:27. > :24:28.We have had a particularly dry September,
:24:29. > :24:33.And how do we know for sure how many there are?
:24:34. > :24:38.Well, Tom has the job of counting them all.
:24:39. > :24:41.So I don't lose count, because I tend to have to use all
:24:42. > :24:44.my fingers and toes, we use a clicker, so we just click
:24:45. > :24:47.on every hundred, and then we can go through quite accurately wh`t
:24:48. > :24:51.I also use different featurds in the landscape, so especi`lly
:24:52. > :24:55.on water bodies, any islands, I will use those islands to try to
:24:56. > :25:01.The record that I got last night was 45,800 birds.
:25:02. > :25:06.How long does it take you to count 45,000 birds?
:25:07. > :25:09.It takes about an hour or so to go over the flock.
:25:10. > :25:11.But for the geese, this is only a stopover.
:25:12. > :25:14.Soon they will be continuing their journey south for the winter.
:25:15. > :25:49.A few want to see them, you have got to the end of October. Fant`stic.
:25:50. > :25:55.Thank you very much. If long day for him. He was there a very early this
:25:56. > :25:58.morning. The day has been another beautiful one. My summer drdsses
:25:59. > :26:10.back on. It has been very pleasant,
:26:11. > :26:17.temperatures are at 20 Celshus and 21 Celsius. For tomorrow, ddfinitely
:26:18. > :26:21.a cloudy day, and there will be some rain, but it will not be drdadful.
:26:22. > :26:26.This weather front which was creeping towards as kind of fell
:26:27. > :26:30.apart. This is its current position. Over the next couple of hours, it
:26:31. > :26:34.will push across the North West so many places will see a dampdning of
:26:35. > :26:38.the ground, but nothing much more than that, and then it will clear
:26:39. > :26:48.the way. We will be left with a dry night, a cloudy night, and ` very
:26:49. > :26:53.mild night. 14 Celsius or 14 Celsius for most towns and cities, so
:26:54. > :26:57.feeling good. For tomorrow, not as good as today. You will havd a lot
:26:58. > :27:03.of cloud cover around. Therd could be a light shower. Bright skies in
:27:04. > :27:07.the southern part of the region We have this week whether front which
:27:08. > :27:11.moves from the Isle of Man hn two parts of Cumbria and Lancashire by
:27:12. > :27:15.lunch time, and then everywhere by the afternoon. Behind it, writers
:27:16. > :27:24.guys will come into parts of the Isle of Man. It will open the door
:27:25. > :27:31.to colour and fresher conditions. Tomorrow night, it could be chilly.
:27:32. > :27:41.We are trying valiantly to hold the cold air at bay. Scarves and
:27:42. > :27:55.whatnot. Thanks for watching. Good night.
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