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• Tide turns for English pier as cash-strapped Britons stay home

  - 2008-07-28

  BRIGHTON, England AFP — With colourful arcades, dizzing rides and rich-smelling food stalls, the English pier has long been a key part of a British seaside holiday -- but this summer could be its busiest for years. Piers like those in Weston-Super-Mare -- which largely burnt down Monday --...

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• Newcastle's Barton refused bail on assault charge

  - 2007-12-28

  LONDON AFP — Newcastle United and England midfielder Joey Barton was refused bail Friday after appearing in court charged with assault. Barton, 25, was arrested in Liverpool, north-west England in the early hours of Thursday and charged with common assault and affray. He was already on bail for two...

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• Former England boss McClaren puts his foot in it

  - 2007-12-10

  LONDON AFP — Former England football boss Steve McClaren has at last won something, bagging the Plain English Campaign's "Foot in Mouth Award" for a priceless piece of sporting wisdom, the group said Tuesday. McClaren, sacked last month after England's failure to qualify for next year's European Championships, won...

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• Cricket star Flintoff's drinking binge revealed

  - 2007-10-29

  LONDON AFP — Former England captain Andrew flintoff turned up to a training session last winter under the influence of alcohol, the then England coach Duncan Fletcher revealed on Monday. The revelation which forced Fletcher to cancel the session comes in his new autobiography, which had widely been expected...

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• Britain probes new suspected case of foot and mouth

  - 2007-09-19

  LONDON AFP — British environmental authorities set up Wednesday a temporary restriction zone around a farm in west central England because of a new suspected case of foot and mouth disease. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Defra said one premises near the town of Solihull, close...

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• Britain confirms new case of foot and mouth

  - 2007-09-14

  LONDON AFP — Britain confirmed a new case of foot and mouth disease west of London on Friday, in a fresh blow to hopes that authorities had contained the disease after it re-emerged earlier this week. The alert came as farmers warned that the latest scare, following outbreaks on...

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• Parents of missing British toddler could face charges

  - 2007-09-10

  ROTHLEY, England AFP — The parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann sought Monday to begin rebuilding their shattered lives back in England, despite fresh signs they may be charged in Portugal. Efforts to restore some sense of normality were also thwarted by a continuing media scrum in the...

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• Britain probes new farms for spread of foot and mouth

  - 2007-08-14

  LONDON AFP — British officials cordoned off two new farms on Tuesday to investigate for foot and mouth disease, renewing concern that an existing outbreak may have spread. The government ordered three-kilometre (1.8-mile) areas called temporary control zones to be set up around the farms in the neighbouring counties...

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• Britain saves kites, but squirrels on red alert

  - 2007-08-02

  GATESHEAD, England AFP — Its broad wings outstretched, the red kite glides down to bring food to its nesting chicks, hidden behind a thick green curtain of foliage. In this corner of northeastern England, it is a sight some thought they might never see. Thanks to one of...

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• English pub boss gives banned smokers something to chew on

  - 2007-08-02

  LONDON AFP — A pub landlord said Thursday his plot to get round England's smoking ban by selling nicotine gum and lozenges had caught fire with customers. Chris Llewelyn, 49, the landlord at the Cobblestones Inn near Bridgwater, southwest England, came up with the brainwave after smokers grumbled about...

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