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• First appearance for two accused, after dying Ottawa man dumped at Alexandria hospital

  08-06-2017 23:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The two men accused of dumping a dying Ottawa man at the Glengarry Memorial Hospital in Alexandria on Monday and then fleeing in their minivan had their first appearance in a Cornwall court by video on Thursday.
  The victim, 29-year-old Khanh Nguyen, was pronounced dead shortly after being left at the hospital and members of the SDG Ontario Provincial Police quickly tracked down the accused men’s Honda Odyssey and arrested them.
  As a result, Tri Ming Hoang, 61, of Ottawa is charged with sec
  
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• Dabrowski hopes historic French Open win inspires others

  08-06-2017 23:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  It was a moment Gabriela Dabrowski had dreamed about. And a moment she encouraged other young tennis players to pursue, to fight for.
  All the sacrifices she’d made along the way, the hard work, the support from friends and family … in some sense it was further validated as she stood clutching the trophy with mixed doubles partner Rohan Bopanna of India. The dynamic duo defeated Germany’s Anna-Lena Gronefeld and Robert Farah of Colombia 2-6, 6-2, 12-10 in Thursday’s Frenc
  
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• Svend Robinson, Canada's first openly gay MP, speaks out 30 years later

  08-06-2017 23:02
  
  Svend Robinson came out in 1988 and had a brick thrown through his office window.
  
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• Utilities nightmare ending for west end tenants. #ottnews 1310news.com/2017/06/08/uti…

  08-06-2017 23:01 via twitter.com
  Utilities nightmare ending for west end tenants. #ottnews1310news.com/2017/06/08/uti…
  
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• Bylaw department worried councillor's trash idea smells like a lot of work

  08-06-2017 22:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A councillor wants to turn the heat up on landlords whose tenants are making properties look trashy in Sandy Hill, but the city’s bylaw department is worried about being buried in work.
  Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury is demanding a tougher crackdown on garbage and containers strewn about multi-residential properties and is proposing a two-year pilot project to hold landowners more accountable.
  But the bylaw department has been shouldering the weight of added responsibilities when it co
  
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• Hudson's Bay Co.says it is cutting 2,000 jobs, including some it says were previously announced in February.

  08-06-2017 22:36 via twitter.com
  Hudson's Bay Co.says it is cutting 2,000 jobs, including some it says were previously announced in February.
  
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• Attacks on Muslims in Oshawa probed as possible hate crimes

  08-06-2017 22:36
  
  Police say a woman approached a coupleat the Oshawa Centre and made threats to the female, who was wearing a hijab.
  
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• From Maxville to Morton: This fall's Festival of Small Halls expands

  08-06-2017 22:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Fred Penner will entertain the folks in Morton as Jenn Grant charms Balderson and Old Man Luedecke takes over Tatlock in an expanded edition of the Festival of Small Halls, which runs Sept. 14 to Oct. 1 in various locations scattered across Eastern Ontario.The festival’s aim is to present first-rate concerts in community spaces that are off the beaten track, from historic churches to village halls. Now in its fourth year, the festival has been growing each year, with eight new venues added
  
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• Alt-right vs. Antifa: How a political clash is turning the Internet into battleground

  08-06-2017 22:24 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The four men charged after a self-styled “Canadian patriot” and far right provocateur was allegedly beaten and robbed in Ottawa on Saturday will appear in court later this month, but that’s not enough for Kevin J. Johnston.
  “We need a name. We need an address. We need a phone number,” Johnston urges his followers after posting video on his Freedom Report website that shows a photo of a man Johnston claimed instigated the attack.
  The call for online action is a nasty
  
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• Curb Alert: Giveaway Weekend happening in Ottawa

  08-06-2017 22:18
  
  Treasure hunters get ready for a weekend full of free stuff.
  
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• Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski wins French Open mixed doubles title 1310news.com/2017/06/08/ott… #ottnews https://t.co/dS8bQczwHI

  08-06-2017 22:10 via twitter.com
  
  Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski wins French Open mixed doubles title 1310news.com/2017/06/08/ott… #ottnews https://t.co/dS8bQczwHI
  
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• Gatineau a step closer to getting a new arena

  08-06-2017 22:07
  
  Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin spoke Wednesday in front of committee of MNAs at the National Assembly of Quebec
  
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• Somerset House makes national list of endangered landmarks

  08-06-2017 21:55 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Downtown Ottawa’s most infamous eyesore has made a national list of endangered heritage landmarks.
  Somerset House is among 10 spots included on the National Trust for Canada’s annual list of endangered places, which was compiled from formal nominations and media scans conducted by staff.
  The charity hopes the list will help shine a spotlight on historic places at risk due to neglect, lack of funding, inappropriate development or weak legislation.
  Built in stages beginning in 1896, th
  
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• Broadway Across Canada subscribers jump to secure tickets to hot new musical

  08-06-2017 21:47 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canada’s favourite heartwarming, homegrown musical, Come from Away has stunned audiences in Toronto, and across the United States. It’s currently one of the most critically acclaimed musicals on Broadway, and has garnered a whopping seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical. It’s no surprise Broadway Across Canada jumped at the chance to bring this show’s touring production to audiences across the country, including an engagement in Ottawa in 2018-19.
  In antici
  
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• Four-vehicle collision slows Queensway as afternoon commute begins

  08-06-2017 21:38 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa Fire report a four-vehicle collision on the Queensway westbound near Rochester Street as Thursday afternoon’s commute began.
  The collision was in the left-hand lane.
  Early information was that there were no major injuries and firefighters did not have to remove anyone from their vehicles.
  
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• Ottawa tennis star Dabrowski's big year gets bigger

  08-06-2017 21:35 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  As the French Open began, Gabriela Dabrowski tweeted a photo of herself bowing comically on the legendary Roland-Garros clay court in Paris.
  “Have mercy on me,” she entreats the court, with a little emoji of hands folded in prayer.
  Must have worked. Dabrowski and partner Rohan Bopanna won the tournament’s mixed doubles title Thursday.Dear red clay, I bow down to you. Have mercy on me. #RolandGarros #tonictribe #mizuno pic.twitter.com/pDVk07dAOS
  — Gaby Dabrowski (@Gab
  
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• Ottawa native Gabriela Dabrowski has made tennis history

  08-06-2017 21:19 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Gabriela Dabrowski has made history.
  Dabrowski is the first Canadian woman to win a mixed doubles Grand Slam title.
  The Ottawa native and her partner Rohan Bopanna edged out Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Robert Farah 2-6, 6-2 (12-10) on the clay courts of Roland-Garros.
  Dabrowski’s previous best appearances in Grand Slam mixed doubles included reaching the quarterfinals of the 2016 U.S. Open and this year’s Australian Open. Earlier this week, with partner Yifan Xu, she was knock
  
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• Kingston driver waits for police in patio chair after flipping his car, impaired charges ensue

  08-06-2017 20:49 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Kingston police didn’t have to work too hard early Thursday to find the driver of a car that had flipped and landed on its roof through a downtown intersection.
  At the end of a trail of debris, the driver of the destroyed car was sitting calmly in a nearby patio chair.
  The dramatic crash occurred just before 1 a.m. when a white four-door sedan went out of control and flipped through the intersection of John and Montreal streets.
  Upon arrival, police found the car resting on its roof, sitti
  
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• It's #TheatreThursday on the @MeehanCarolAnne show and this week we shine the spotlight on 'Maestro' from… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 20:45 via twitter.com
  It's #TheatreThursday on the @MeehanCarolAnne show and this week we shine the spotlight on 'Maestro' from… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Police seek assistance in finding break-in suspects

  08-06-2017 20:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Ottawa police are seeking public assistance in tracking two men believed responsible for a break-in at a Pleasant Park area home late last month.
  Police were called to the residence in the 100 block of Rodney Crescent at about 8:30 p.m. May 28.
  Security video shows a first suspect approaching the front door before spotting a security camera and retreating off-camera. A second man, disguised, approached and forced open the front door.
  While the suspects were in the home for some time, it appears
  
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• Transportation agency demands explanation on removal of rail near Prince of Wales Bridge

  08-06-2017 20:08 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Moose has the city on the run again.
  After reviewing information from the Moose Consortium last year, the Canadian Transportation Agency wants the City of Ottawa to explain why it allegedly didn’t comply with a federal requirement to say when it has stopped running a railway.
  The section of railway in question is between Bayview station and the Prince of Wales Bridge where the city is currently building the new Confederation Line/Trillium Line station. The city appears to have dismantled a
  
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• Adam: What's Ottawa going to have to show for the 150 birthday bash?

  08-06-2017 20:07 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  There’s no doubt Ottawa will throw a grand party to mark Canada’s 150th anniversary, and despite misgivings about the quality of the events, locals and visitors alike will have a good time.
  But after all is done and the visitors go home; after people sober up from partying and the razzmatazz wears off, what would be left in Ottawa to remember about this significant milestone? A month from then, five years from then, what can the city point to as its definitive memorial to 150 years o
  
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• Minto Harmony: A popular community in the heart of Barrhaven

  08-06-2017 19:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Filled with numerous green spaces, neighbourhood resources and commercial centres, Barrhaven has grown into a quiet suburb with many resources. In the heart of it all, Minto is introducing Harmony, a beautiful new collection of contemporary homes,
  Harmony is conveniently located within easy access of local transit and shopping and the area will be home to a new French school and community park. The site will consist of 239 homes, with the majority being single-family (30, 36 and 43-foot lots) an
  
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• 'We're just cowboys out here having fun:' Pro bull-riders come to Ottawa

  08-06-2017 19:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Zane Lambert and Lachlan Richardson are regular guys. They just happen to ride bulls for a living.
  “It’s our lifestyle. It’s just kind of what we’ve always done, this is who we are,” said Lambert, a native of Ponoka, Alta. and the 2013 Professional Bull Riders Canadian champion.
  “We’re just cowboys out here having fun, trying to make a living.”
  Lambert, 30, and Richardson, 24, are part of a group of 25 professional bull riders competing in the Man
  
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• Lots to talk about with @LauraPeck6 this week! She joins us next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show with the latest from… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  Lots to talk about with @LauraPeck6 this week! She joins us next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show with the latest from… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Ottawa Humane calls for bull-riding boycott

  08-06-2017 19:42
  
  Society launches campaign to prevent future events in Ottawa.
  
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• Some good news for Ottawa tenants that have been living without gas or hot water! @MacLeodLisa joins us next on the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 19:30 via twitter.com
  Some good news for Ottawa tenants that have been living without gas or hot water! @MacLeodLisa joins us next on the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• VIDEO: James Comey testifies about Trump, Russia in front of Congress

  08-06-2017 19:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Former FBI Director James Comey accused the Trump administration Thursday of spreading “lies, plain and simple” about him and the FBI in the aftermath of his abrupt firing, in dramatic testimony that threatened to undermine Donald Trump’s presidency.
  As he opened his much anticipated first public telling of his relationship with Trump, Comey disputed the Trump administration’s justification for his firing last month, declaring that the administration “defamed him an
  
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• Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, @ottawahumane pleads w/ public to boycott bull riding competition.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 19:15 via twitter.com
  Next on the @MeehanCarolAnne show, @ottawahumane pleads w/ public to boycott bull riding competition.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Bikers jump off Harleys to help #Kingston police officer: 1310news.com/2017/06/08/bik…

  08-06-2017 19:13 via twitter.com
  Bikers jump off Harleys to help #Kingston police officer: 1310news.com/2017/06/08/bik…
  
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• NCC holds open house on its environmental strategy

  08-06-2017 19:10
  
  About 30 people came out to discuss what action could be taken beyond 2018.
  
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• Five things to do in Ottawa this weekend, June 9-11

  08-06-2017 18:55
  
  A weekend of eating dessert and counting frogs could await you.
  
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• NEXT on the #POWERlunch: @mikegtremblay & @hollyanndoan join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 17:58 via twitter.com
  NEXT on the #POWERlunch:@mikegtremblay & @hollyanndoan join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Still ahead: @StephanieCarvin on #ComeyTestimony/ #Canada defence spending/ #UKelections… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 17:44 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: @StephanieCarvin on #ComeyTestimony/ #Canada defence spending/ #UKelections… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• NEXT @tylerrdawson (w/ proper photo) has your #ottnews in weekly @OttawaCitizen segment bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 17:28 via twitter.com
  NEXT @tylerrdawson (w/ proper photo) has your #ottnews in weekly @OttawaCitizen segment bit.ly/1ppeuDa… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Have gardening questions? We're taking your calls at 2pm today on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. Ask our expert, 613-75… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 17:25 via twitter.com
  Have gardening questions? We're taking your calls at 2pm today on the @MeehanCarolAnne show. Ask our expert, 613-75… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Slow-speed warning: Drivers beware, it's turtle nesting season

  08-06-2017 17:22
  
  Conservationists and nature lovers are issuing their annual slow-speed warning to drivers.Turtles are intentional targets to too many drivers, says a longtime expert, and the community needs to steer around them better at this time of year.
  
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• Kilford: The new defence policy looks like Harper's and Martin's

  08-06-2017 17:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  If you’re a skeptic when it comes to Canadian government defence policy statements, then you probably didn’t pay much, if any, attention to the latest announcement. If you’re an optimist, and there aren’t that many left, then the old saying “hope springs eternal” might have come to mind.
  And why not, especially when Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland gave a stirring foreign policy speech in the House of Commons, the day before the new “Strong,
  
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• Next on #EthicsLab Ethical philanthropy/ should online media ditch comments sections? bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 16:58 via twitter.com
  Next on #EthicsLab Ethical philanthropy/ should online media ditch comments sections? bit.ly/1uwtdOs… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Motorcyclist dies of injuries from morning crash in Gatineau

  08-06-2017 16:56
  
  A 51-year-old woman is dead after her motorcycle was struck head-on by a car on Lorrain Boulevard in Gatineau early Thursday morning.
  
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• One year after Rowan's Law: Family, supporters announce symposium on brain injuries, fundraiser

  08-06-2017 16:53
  
  It’s been one year since Ontario’s Rowan’s Law, aimed at preventing and protecting young student athletes from concussions, was passed. “People may have thought it was the end but it’s really just the start of something where we have to make sure we keep going with awareness, education and research,” said Kathleen Stringer, Rowan’s mother.
  
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• Still ahead: @MargaretMaier joins @_marksutcliffe w/ the story of her son Adam & #assisteddying in #Canada:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 16:44 via twitter.com
  Still ahead: @MargaretMaier joins @_marksutcliffe w/ the story of her son Adam & #assisteddying in #Canada:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Coming up on the #POWERlunch @ NOON: @mikegtremblay & @hollyanndoan join @_marksutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 16:37 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the #POWERlunch @ NOON: @mikegtremblay & @hollyanndoan join @_marksutcliffe live in studio:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Harjit Sajjan’s $62-billion defence policy long shot: @Geddes28 joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-06-2017 16:28 via twitter.com
  Harjit Sajjan’s $62-billion defence policy long shot:@Geddes28 joins @_MarkSutcliffe coming up:… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• LIVE VIDEO: James Comey testifies about Trump, Russia in front of Congress

  08-06-2017 16:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Did you ever think you would be counting down the minutes until a U.S. Congressional hearing?
  Well, the wait is over.
  Watch former FBI Director James Comey as he reveals details about his private conversations with Donald Trump in a public session of the Senate Intelligence Committee investigation. 
  We’ll provide important updates as they happen.ALSO: Comey’s testimony could turn congressional probes toward question of obstruction
  
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• Jazzahead! Report II: An afternoon filled with German jazz

  08-06-2017 15:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Last week on my Facebook page, I posed this question: “What German jazz groups or musicians do you know and like?”
  Not that I was being very rigorous, but I wondered how good a job my large sample of jazz-loving, principally North American friends would do of cumulatively describing today’s German jazz scene. 
  Interestingly, the first names that respondents offered were those of older-guard German musicians in their 70s and 80s, as in Eberhard Weber, Joachim Kühn, Pet
  
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• Ottawa native Gabriela Dabrowski has made history

  08-06-2017 15:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  Gabriela Dabrowski has made history.
  Dabrowski is the first Canadian woman to win a mixed doubles Grand Slam title.
  The Ottawa native and her partner Rohan Bopanna edged out Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Robert Farah 2-6, 6-2 (12-10) on the clay courts of Roland-Garros.
  Dabrowski’s previous best appearances in Grand Slam mixed doubles included reaching the quarterfinals of the 2016 U.S. Open and this year’s Australian Open. Earlier this week, with partner Yifan Xu, she was knock
  
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• RCMP seek help identifying vehicle clocked at 147 km/h on Gatineau Parkway

  08-06-2017 14:57 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is asking for the public’s help to identify a vehicle clocked at more than of 147 km/h on the Gatineau Parkway on Tuesday at around 8 p.m.
  Police said the dark-coloured hatchback was travelling along a stretch of road where the speed limit is only 60 km/h.
  It triggered onboard speed-reading instruments in a patrol car travelling in the opposite direction.
  The officer attempted to intercept the vehicle, but ultimately ended the chase due to the risk to
  
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• Motorcyclist critically injured in morning crash in Gatineau

  08-06-2017 14:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  
  A motorcyclist was critically injured Thursday morning when she was hit by a car on Boulevard Lorrain in Gatineau.
  The woman, who is about 50 years old, was heading south at Rue Therese when she was struck by the northbound car, which was being driven by a woman of about 20 years of age.
  The motorcyclist’s injuries are life-threatening, police said.
  The crash occurred between Chambord Road and Thérèse Street in the old Gatineau district north of Highway 50.
  The crash closed d
  
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• Ottawa weather: Hot, hot, heat [Video]

  08-06-2017 14:27
  
  Thursday is another gorgeous day in the capital with sunshine and a high of 26 C that will feel more like 29.
  
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