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• 'It's DESTROYED!' Polish MEP rails against Poland’s RUINED relationship with the EU

  17-11-2017 23:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  A POLISH MEP railed against Poland’s relationship with the European Union saying it has been “destroyed” after 20 years of "hard work".
  
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• Chris Coleman resigns as Wales manager and set to join Sunderland

  17-11-2017 23:50
  Chris Coleman has resigned as Wales boss and, according to Sky sources, has agreed to take over at Championship side Sunderland.The 47-year-old is expected to be confirmed as manager of the club by Sunday, ready to take charge of his first match at home to Aston Villa on Tuesday night.FA Wales chief executive Jonathan Ford said: "We are extremely disappointed to see Chris' tenure come to an end.
  
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• Chancellor to announce plans in Budget for tax on single-use plastic

  17-11-2017 23:50
  The Government will use next week's Budget to launch a consultation into whether taxes could be used to limit our use of plastic packaging.Sources in the Treasury suggest the Chancellor will look at whether similar measures to those used to target carrier bags could help reduce plastic waste such as bottles, bubble wrap and takeaway boxes.There has been an 80% reduction in plastic bag use since 2015 after shops were legally obliged to charge for their purchase.
  
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• World's second youngest billionaire and Norway's richest woman is fined £23000 for drunk driving - Telegraph.co.uk

  17-11-2017 23:41 via telegraph.co.uk
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  World's second youngest billionaire and Norway's richest woman is fined £23000 for drunk driving
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  A 22-year-old Norwegian student has been handed a 250,000-kroner (£23,000) fine for drunken driving - but can still count herself lucky. Katharina Andresen is reportedly Norway's richest woman, with a fortune estimated by Forbes at $1.23 billion. Fines ...
  World's second-youngest billionaire, 22, is fined £23000 for drink-driving in Norway, where fin
  
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• José Mourinho says Phil Jones had six injections in thigh to play for England - The Guardian

  17-11-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
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  José Mourinho says Phil Jones had six injections in thigh to play for England
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  Phil Jones winces during England's friendly against Germany, where he hobbled off with an injury that keeps him out of Manchester United's match against Newcastle. Photograph: McManus/BPI/Rex/Shutterstock. England ...
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  Jose Mourinho fumes at FA after revealing Phil Jon
  
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• Peter Kay's Car Share to make surprise return

  17-11-2017 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The comedian announces a surprise finale to show what happened between John and Kayleigh.
  
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• SUNDERLAND: Coleman set for job after quitting Wales - The Northern Echo

  17-11-2017 23:20 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
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  SUNDERLAND: Coleman set for job after quitting Wales
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  SUNDERLAND are set to appoint Chris Coleman as the new manager at the Stadium of Light. It is understood the former Wales boss could even be in place by Sunday after he informed the Welsh FA that he has made the decision to step down. Welsh FA ...and more »
  
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• White House: Difference Between Donald Trump And Al Franken Is Franken ‘Admitted Wrongdoing’

  17-11-2017 23:06
  Sexual assault against a US Senator are different from those Donald Trump has faced because Trump has denied any wrongdoing, the White House press secretary said.
  
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• Community Remembers Ann Maguire

  17-11-2017 22:40
  Gerard Tubb reports from Leeds where, a week on from her murder, Ann Maguire has been honoured by the local community.
  
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• Child sex ring on Sturgeon's streets: Govanhill scandal prompts clamour for inquiry

  17-11-2017 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  NICOLA Sturgeon is under pressure to call an inquiry into claims authorities turned a blind eye to children being sold for sex in her constituency.
  
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• Will Cornick 'winked and smiled' before stabbing Ann Maguire to death, inquest hears

  17-11-2017 22:35
  A pupil "winked and smiled" at another pupil just before he stabbed teacher Ann Maguire to death, an inquest has heard.In statements read out in court, a pupil described how killer Will Cornick offered to show them "how sharp" the knife was.One teenager said Cornick attempted to disguise the knife by placing it up his sleeve but then decided to put it in his blazer pocket.
  
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• Are grandparents spoiling kids?

  17-11-2017 22:08 via bbc.co.uk
  A study says grandparents tend to give high-sugar snacks as treats - so we tracked some down.
  
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• Children in Need features Strictly, EastEnders and Doctor Who

  17-11-2017 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  The Weakest Link, Strictly and EastEnders get the Children in Need treatment on Friday's show.
  
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• Four killed after plane and helicopter collide in mid-air

  17-11-2017 21:47
  Four people have died following a mid-air collision involving a light aircraft and a helicopter in Buckinghamshire.Thames Valley Police, attending the scene near Waddesdon, said there were two people in each aircraft when they collided at around midday on Friday.Superintendent Rebecca Mears said on Friday night that informing the next of kin and supporting them with specialist officers is a priority.
  
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• Police officers granted anonymity at Rashan Charles inquest

  17-11-2017 21:27
  A coroner has ruled that two police officers involved with the restraint and arrest of Rashan Charles shortly before he died have the right to remain anonymous at his inquest.Charles, 20, from north London, who had a baby daughter, was chased into a Hackney shop by a police officer in July 2017 before being restrained and handcuffed.At a hearing on Friday afternoon, Mary Hassell, senior coroner for inner north London, ruled that both the two police officers involved and two witnesses should be g
  
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• Chris Coleman leaves Wales role for Sunderland job

  17-11-2017 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Coleman leaves his job with Wales after almost six years to take over at Championship club Sunderland.
  
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• Four die as aircraft and helicopter crash in mid-air near Waddesdon

  17-11-2017 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say an investigation has been launched into the cause of the crash over Buckinghamshire.
  
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• St Olave's Grammar School row head resigns

  17-11-2017 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Aydin Önaç, head of St Olave's Grammar School in Orpington, will leave at Christmas.
  
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• Ireland will block progress of Brexit talks without border guarantee

  17-11-2017 20:41
  Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar, issued a stark warning that the progress of the Brexit negotiations was at great risk of even further delay, during a day of stinging public rebukes for Theresa May as she met sceptical EU leaders at a Swedish summit.Varadkar said he would not be prepared to back progress of the Brexit negotiations to trade talks at the summit in December without a formal written guarantee there would be no hard border in Ireland.
  
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• Irish PM Leo Varadkar: Britain asking for too much in Brexit negotiations

  17-11-2017 20:24
  Ireland's Prime Minister has told Sky News that Britain is asking for too much in its divorce talks with the European Union.In a striking intervention, Leo Varadkar said the UK wants "a divorce and an open relationship the day after", which was a "very difficult position to accept".Mr Varadkar was speaking after Prime Minister Theresa May said not enough progress has been made to move the negotiations onto the second phase - Britain's future trading relationship with the bloc.
  
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• UK 'wants divorce and open relationship day after'

  17-11-2017 20:20
  Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar tells Sky News Britain needs to be more realistic in the Brexit talks for there to be progress.
  
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• Waddesdon Manor crash: 4 dead as plane collides with helicopter in Buckinghamshire

  17-11-2017 20:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  FOUR people have died after a plane and a helicopter crashed in mid-air near Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire.
  
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• Use carrot and stick to tackle obesity crisis | Letters

  17-11-2017 20:06
  Henry Leese says ‘the policy is likely to be more effective if the stick of the sugar tax is balanced by a carrot of subsidies on fruit and vegetables’.The UK is the “most obese nation in western Europe” (Report, 11 November), and there is widespread agreement that a range of measures is required to address this problem.One such measure, the government’s proposed sugar tax on soft drinks, should therefore be commended, especially since it introduces the concept of u
  
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• Two new snow gritters secured the best names after a Twitter World Cup contest full of puns

  17-11-2017 19:57
  And there’s no Gritty McGritface either.
  
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• Missing Gaia Pope's mother: 'I believe miracles can happen'

  17-11-2017 19:38
  Dorset Police revealed news of the arrest on Thursday - the third to be made on suspicion of murder following the arrests of a 71-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man, both of whom were also known to Gaia and were released under investigation earlier this week.Confirmation of Thursday's arrest came just hours after police revealed they had found items of women's clothing in a field near Swanage, which police have now confirmed are a match for what Gaia, 19, is believed to have been wearing when
  
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• Several feared dead after plane and helicopter in mid-air collision

  17-11-2017 19:36
  Several people are feared dead following a mid-air collision involving an aircraft and a helicopter in Buckinghamshire.Thames Valley Police, attending the scene near Waddesdon, say "preservation of life" is a priority.The crash is understood to have happened in Upper Winchendon, close to Waddesdon Manor, though a spokeswoman for the estate said it had not happened on its grounds.
  
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• Doncaster's new gritters named David Plowie and Gritsy Bitsy

  17-11-2017 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Thousands voted including US singer Curtis Stigers with his offering of Grit Balls o'Fire.
  
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• Mother of Gaia Pope urges volunteers to help find her missing daughter

  17-11-2017 19:22
  Pope’s mother, actor Natasha Pope, called on searchers not to give up hope, saying: ‘I believe miracles can happen’ The mother of Gaia Pope is urging police and volunteers to continue to search for her missing daughter, insisting the family were clinging to the hope she could still be alive. Detectives on Friday released Paul Elsey, a carpenter, after arresting him on suspicion of Gaia’s murder, and also confirmed that clothing found in fields close to the Dorset coast al
  
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• Manchester United v Newcastle United: match preview

  17-11-2017 19:20
  After just 11 matches Manchester United trail the leaders, Manchester City, by eight points and are already playing catch-up. Their last outing was the defeat at Chelsea and, given how shrewd Rafael Benítez is, Newcastle United may provide a real test at Old Trafford. But Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo are all back in the match-day squad to give United a considerable boost and if they are to genuinely challenge for the title, José Mourinho’s side really have t
  
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• Fifa’s World Cup debacle isn’t just about money – there’s horror and death too | Barney Ronay

  17-11-2017 19:20
  It is tempting to call Fifa’s corruption debacle a gift that just keeps on giving. Except it feels like something else by now, a gift that has, frankly, given too muchAre you feeling it yet? The Fifa corruption fatigue? It has, after all, been seven years in the making, from the oddly homespun excesses of the whistleblower Chuck Blazer, football’s own mobility scooter Liberace; to the cold, gangsterish disdain of the Grondona-Teixeira-Leoz axis, the kind of Fifa men who would carve o
  
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• Head of grammar school that forced out A-level students resigns

  17-11-2017 19:13
  Aydin Önaç quits St Olave’s school in Orpington, where Guardian found policy of culling pupils who were falling below A gradesThe headteacher of a top grammar school has resigned, following weeks of controversy after a Guardian investigation revealed the school’s policy of forcing out pupils who were deemed unlikely to achieve the highest A-level grades.Aydin Önaç, the headteacher of St Olave’s grammar school in Orpington until his suspension last month,
  
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• Jake Ball steps into England mix for first Ashes Test in a moon boot

  17-11-2017 19:05
  • Medical staff praised after bowler recovered from strained ankle ligaments
  • Craig Overton was hoping for Test debut against Australia at the GabbaJake Ball has belatedly entered England’s selection shake-up for the opening Test in Brisbane next week after what was on Friday described as miracle work by the squad’s support staff.Paul Farbrace, the assistant coach, said Ball was “absolutely definitely in the mix” to deny Craig Overton a debut at the Gabba with
  
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• Burnley v Swansea City: match preview

  17-11-2017 19:02
  Only Manchester City have managed to beat Burnley in their past nine league games, a run of results that has taken the Clarets to within goal difference of the top six. That sort of form has brought Sean Dyche to the nation’s attention and ought to be enough to see off struggling Swansea, though the Welsh side have to be looking to take points from Burnley and should have Renato Sanches and Wilfried Bony back after injury. Paul WilsonKick-off Saturday 3pmContinue reading...
  
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• Mistakes in benefits claims could cost up to £500m

  17-11-2017 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Around 75,000 claimants were underpaid by mistakes made in assessing the main sickness benefit.
  
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• Revealed: monk who abused children on Caldey Island for decades

  17-11-2017 19:00
  Exclusive: Abuse by a monk who preyed on girls on a tiny island off the coast of Wales was covered up in the 70s and 80sSummer holidays on Caldey Island were seemingly idyllic. The tiny island off the Welsh Coast at Tenby is a place of beauty and holiness, with bluebell woods, clifftop walks, tea gardens and picturesque beaches. Pilgrims come for religious retreat, staying in the island’s cottages, joining the monks in prayer at the imposing Italianate Abbey of Our Lady and St Samson.In No
  
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• Laura Muir targets world indoor and European glory after 70-hour weeks

  17-11-2017 19:00
  • Muir has fitted training around completing veterinary degree
  • 24-year-old named BAWA female athlete of the yearLaura Muir has said she will target world indoor and European glory next year despite working for up to 70 hours a week at an equine hospital in Glasgow while she completes her veterinary degree.Muir, who was named female athlete of the year at the British Athletics Writers’ Association (BAWA) awards on Friday, believes she can deliver more success on the track having
  
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• Councils to spend £1bn on commercial property amid housing shortage

  17-11-2017 19:00
  Exclusive: Expert estimate suggests figure local authorities are on course to lay out this year could instead be used to fund 8,000 council homesCouncils are on course to spend more than £1bn on commercial property this year, investing more in shopping centres, country clubs, hotels, offices and other assets than in building council houses, figures show.Town halls in England and Wales spent £758m buying up commercial property in the first eight months of this year, according to prope
  
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• 'Rape is a rampant issue'; taboo drama Verna battles the censors in Pakistan

  17-11-2017 18:58
  Rejected for its ‘edgy content’, Shoaib Mansoor’s timely revenge thriller has finally made it into cinemas after a public backlash. Is the country’s film industry ready for change?
  In recent years, Pakistan has seen a huge resurgence of its film industry, which has emerged from the shadow of Bollywood to find its own identity, one at the forefront of the battle between a growing conservatism in the country and an emboldened youth hungry for change. There’s a notable
  
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• Gerry Adams to announce retirement as Sinn Féin president

  17-11-2017 18:47
  Move means party will be led by generation without links to violence, but 69-year-old is still expected to wield influenceGerry Adams will announce his plans to retire after 34 years as president of Sinn Féin on Saturday, marking a generational shift that will break the leadership’s last link with republican violence.Adams will take to the stage of Dublin’s RDS conference hall to set out an exit that some analysts say will improve Sinn Féin’s electoral chances in
  
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• Benedict Allen allies defend rescued explorer against backlash

  17-11-2017 18:46
  Benedict Allen has been accused of ‘square-jawed Boy’s Own adventurer self-indulgence’.Friends of the explorer Benedict Allen, who has been rescued in Papua New Guinea, have defended him against criticism that taking a solo trip without tracking devices was self-indulgent.Some on social media have questioned whether his disappearance was a publicity stunt.
  
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• Two teenagers guilty of stabbing music producer to death in London

  17-11-2017 18:45
  Corey Donaldson and Alex Scott, both 18, killed Dean Pascal-Modeste after the 21-year-old became caught up in a gang feud Two 18-year-old men are facing life imprisonment for murdering a young music producer who became caught up in a gang feud played out in YouTube videos featuring the DJ Tim Westwood.Dean Pascal-Modeste, 21, known as Floss, was an innocent victim of the dispute between the B Side gang and the rival Splash gang in Lewisham, south-east London, the Old Bailey was told. Continue re
  
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• Donald Tusk Calls David Davis' Brexit View 'English Humour' And Issues Ultimatum On Irish Border And Divorce Bill

  17-11-2017 18:39
  Donald Tusk has called David Davis’ comments on Brexit an example of “English humour” and given him an ultimatum to move on the divorce bill and the Irish border.
  
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• Dog Mali awarded medal for Afghanistan bravery

  17-11-2017 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Mali was injured by grenade explosions while clearing buildings ahead of UK troops in Afghanistan.
  
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• EU compound allegedly at centre of Kabul alcohol-smuggling ring

  17-11-2017 18:33
  Exclusive: EU to investigate claims disused fridges and adapted gas canisters were used to sneak whisky out of Afghan compoundEU investigators are examining claims that the organisation’s compound in Kabul is at the centre of an alleged alcohol-smuggling ring in Afghanistan.Disused fridges and adapted gas canisters have been used to sneak bottles of alcohol brands such as Chivas Regal and Johnnie Walker out of the official EU-designated area, it is alleged. Continue reading...
  
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• Zimbabwe: huge protest called as Mugabe runs low on options

  17-11-2017 18:29
  Tens of thousands expected to turn out in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare for march organised by war veterans’ groupsTens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of Harare on Saturday to call for the resignation of Robert Mugabe, as moves to force the Zimbabwean president to stand down gather pace.The army seized power four days ago but Mugabe has refused its demands to leave office. The military and senior officials within the ruling Zanu-PF party now appear set on forc
  
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• Mali is surely a hero. But can a dog really be brave? | Julian Baggini

  17-11-2017 18:29
  It may seem anthropomorphic to give a Belgian malinois the Dickin medal for fighting insurgents in Kabul. Perhaps philosophy has the answerIf ever a member of Her Majesty’s armed forces deserved a medal for bravery, it was surely the hero who dodged booby-traps and helped clear militants from a Kabul tower block, despite sustaining horrendous shrapnel injuries. This was a battle-hardened warrior who had already “shown his mettle and built a reputation among all the guys”, accor
  
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• The Harvard professor of Bob Dylan studies: 'My thesis is that he has become Odysseus'

  17-11-2017 18:25
  He mentions Dylan in the same breath as Ovid, Virgil and Dante. Meet Richard F Thomas, the classics professor who has spent half a century decoding Bob’s imagery, sources and allusions‘People who know Bob Dylan slightly, or know of him – the book is to help them to understand why he’s important.” With this mildly phrased description, Richard F Thomas, a classics professor at Harvard, originally from New Zealand, born in London, doesn’t quite do justice to Why
  
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• Crushing Ashes defeat triggers England inquest and burnout a key concern | Vithushan Ehantharajah

  17-11-2017 18:23
  Australia’s unassailable 8-4 lead in the multi-format Women’s Ashes has left an inconsolable England wondering how it all went so wrongA lace through cover from Beth Mooney, an embrace from her stand-in captain, Rachel Haynes, and a home dugout emptying on to the outfield at North Sydney Oval. As Australia celebrated a win in the opening Twenty20 that secured an unassailable 8-4 lead in the multi-format Women’s Ashes, England were inconsolable. With two matches left in this fin
  
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• Waddesdon helicopter crash: Aerial shots show crash scene

  17-11-2017 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  The crash happened at about 12:00 close near to Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
  
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• Royal Navy deployed to 500lb German WWII bomb near major gas pipeline in the North Sea

  17-11-2017 18:18
  A 500lb wartime bomb has been destroyed after being dropped "dangerously close" to a major gas pipeline by a fishing boat that had dredged it up from the seabed.The explosive, dropped by German bombers during the Second World War, was hauled out of the water by a Dutch trawlerman after it got caught in his fishing nets in the North Sea, 50 miles off the Norfolk coast.Royal Navy divers made the discovery after the trawlerman reported his find, with Portsmouth-based minehunter HMS Cattistock deplo
  
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