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• Anthony Martial faces fine despite return to Manchester United training

  01-08-2018 23:33
  • Forward took extended leave for birth of son in Paris
  • United manager praises attitude of ‘the majority’ of his playersAnthony Martial is set to return to training with Manchester United on Thursday but is still expected to face a club fine from José Mourinho after his early departure from their US tour. Related: Burnley seek Uefa permission to register extra keeper for Aberdeen tieContinue reading...
  
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• FA keen to extend Gareth Southgate’s England contract until 2022

  01-08-2018 23:30
  • Improved deal a reward for World Cup performance• There’s unfinished business, says the FA’s Martin GlennThe Football Association is confident of persuading Gareth Southgate to extend his contract as England manager beyond 2020 after he unexpectedly led the team to a World Cup semi-final in Russia. Related: FA to conduct feasibility study ahead of potential 2030 World Cup bidContinue reading...
  
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• Camberwell Stabbing: One Dead And Two Injured After Triple Knife Attack In South London

  01-08-2018 23:25
  A man has died and two others have been injured after a triple stabbing in
  
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• Camberwell Knife Attack: One Dead And Two Injured After Triple Stabbing In South London

  01-08-2018 23:25
  A man has died and two others have been injured after a triple stabbing in
  
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• McDonnell backed launch of anti-Zionist group accused of antisemitism

  01-08-2018 23:18
  Shadow chancellor praised network’s founding a decade ago, but stresses he does not endorse all of its viewsJohn McDonnell a decade ago praised the founding of a controversial anti-Zionist network which has been accused of antisemitism, saying it had given a voice to Jews who condemned Israel’s “ethnic cleansing” of the Palestinians.The shadow chancellor was lead signatory of a Commons early day motion written in 2008, also signed by Tory MP Peter Bottomley, that welcomed
  
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• World's most prestigious maths medal is stolen minutes after professor wins it

  01-08-2018 23:00
  A Fields medal belonging to Caucher Birkar went missing just half an hour after he was jointly awarded the prizeFormer refugee among winners of Fields medal – the ‘Nobel prize for maths’A medal regarded as the most prestigious in the world of mathematics has been stolen from a Cambridge professor just half an hour after he was awarded the prize in Rio de Janeiro.Related: Former refugee among winners of Fields medal – the 'Nobel prize for maths'Continue reading...
  
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• New tuberculosis treatment could help tackle global epidemic

  01-08-2018 23:00
  The current drug regime is lengthy and has significant, harmful, side effects.A new, shorter and safer drug regime for latent tuberculosis could help curb the global epidemic by increasing the numbers successfully treated and reducing the pool of infection, researchers believe.Two groundbreaking studies, one in adults and the other in children, have trialled a less toxic drug than the one in current use worldwide for latent TB and cut the treatment time from nine months to four.
  
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• Lucas Digne’s tattoo is causing big a stir after news he is joining Everton

  01-08-2018 22:47
  The Frenchman has ‘I Never Walk Alone’ inked across his chest.
  
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• Scottish Album of the Year: Mogwai and Young Fathers among nominees

  01-08-2018 22:40
  The Scottish music industry’s long list recognises 20 contemporary albumsMogwai, Young Fathers and Franz Ferdinand are among the 20 acts long-listed for this year’s Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) prize. Now in its sixth year, the Scottish alternative to the Mercury prize awards £20,000 to the winning artist, with nine runners-up each receiving £1000. Related: Safe Mercury shortlist once again raises questions about prize's purposeContinue reading...
  
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• Keith Vaz ‘bullied Commons clerk who queried trip expenses'

  01-08-2018 22:08
  Labour MP accused of bullying clerk after she raised questions over ‘opulent’ dinner with politicians in KievThe Labour MP Keith Vaz has been accused of bullying one of his clerks in parliament who sought to uphold the rules of the House of Commons. The MP for Leicester East is alleged to have told one woman she was poor at her job because “she was not a mother” after she questioned his conduct during taxpayer-funded trips abroad. Vaz has denied the allegations, which wil
  
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• ‘It’s not good, is it?’ – Laura Davies worried about future of European Tour

  01-08-2018 22:01
  • Britain’s most decorated woman golfer airs concerns
  • Prospects for competitiveness of Solheim Cup a worryLaura Davies, Britain’s most decorated woman golfer, has reiterated her concerns over the state of their European Tour – raising fears of the consequences for emerging players and the Solheim Cup. Related: ‘It’s not good, is it?’ – Laura Davies worried about future of European TourContinue reading...
  
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• Tommy Robinson: Why was he jailed?

  01-08-2018 21:44
  As Tommy Robinson is bailed pending a new hearing of the contempt of court charge that saw him jailed, we look at the details of the case and why he was released.The far-right activist (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) was at Canterbury Crown Court on 8 May last year during the trial of four men for rape.Notices throughout the court building warned that filming or taking photos at court could be a contempt of court offence.
  
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• Virat Kohli mocks rival Joe Root with mic-drop celebration after run out

  01-08-2018 21:43
  • England captain used celebration in last month’s one-day series• Root dismissal for 80 sparks England first-day collapse to 285-9Virat Kohli may have lit the touch-paper on what could prove to be a fiery Test series after the India captain ran out Joe Root on the opening day at Edgbaston and then sent his opposite number packing with a ‘mic drop’ celebration. Related: India take early advantage in battle of two flawed selections for the first Test | Ali MartinC
  
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• Momentum Pulls Support For Peter Willsman After 'Deeply Insensitive' Anti-Semitism Rant

  01-08-2018 21:33
  The grassroots campaign group that backs Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has
  
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• Yorkshire’s special day - out of many - turns out to be a mixed occasion | Andy Bull

  01-08-2018 21:32
  Players from the county dominated the Test build-up and first day against India but a costly England run out and dropped bear were tellingIt was Yorkshire Day on Wednesday, a rare opportunity for those of us unlucky enough to be born in the other 47 counties to hear Yorkshire folk talk about where they are from and how proud they are about it. It was not immediately clear how this made it any different from the other 364 days in the year but at Edgbaston the day had a strong Yorkshire flavour to
  
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• Trump's 'sanctuary cities' order is unconstitutional, says appeals court

  01-08-2018 21:28
  Judge rules that the administration is not allowed to ‘redistribute or withhold’ funds from cities to effect policy goals
  Donald Trump’s executive order threatening to withhold funding from “sanctuary cities” that limit cooperation with immigration authorities is unconstitutional, but a judge went too far when he blocked its enforcement nationwide, a US appeals court ruled Wednesday.In a 2-1 ruling, the ninth US circuit court of appeals agreed that the order exceede
  
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• 1,200 loo rolls among items being auctioned off by the US Embassy

  01-08-2018 21:19
  The embassy is locating to a facility in Battersea and getting rid of unwanted stock.
  
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• Antisemitism row: Momentum drops Peter Willsman from NEC re-election list

  01-08-2018 21:04
  Momentum has dropped Peter Willsman from its slate for the elections to Labour’s ruling body after he suggested Jewish “Trump fanatics” were behind accusations of antisemitism in the party’s ranks.The national coordinating group of the pro-Jeremy Corbyn pressure group said that the activist’s remarks were “deeply insensitive and inappropriate” and had angered many in the Jewish community.“Our movement is more than half a million strong and we must
  
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• House of Fraser turns to retail fund Alteri for rescue deal

  01-08-2018 20:59
  A fund which has invested in British retailers including Jones Bootmaker has been approached about backing a rescue of House of Fraser (HoF), the ailing department store chain which employs more than 17,000 people.Sky News has learnt that Alteri Investors is among a small number of potential providers of new funding which have held talks with HoF in recent days as hopes of a £70m injection from the Chinese owner of Hamleys evaporated.Sources close to HoF said Alteri was one of several "cre
  
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• Seamus Jennings on May's Brexit meeting with Macron – cartoon

  01-08-2018 20:41
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• German sources deny Brexit deal offer amid panic in Remain campaign

  01-08-2018 20:41
  German sources insisted that despite several reports, no instruction had been issued to back a vague blueprint deal.Reports that Germany is willing to offer Theresa May a vague Brexit deal so as to prevent the UK crashing out of the EU with no deal have set alarm bells ringing in the Remain campaign in the UK and prompted denials from German sources.The Remain campaign, now called People’s Vote, is focused on calling for a second referendum on leaving the EU.
  
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• Yorkshire Day: call for devolution grows stronger in county

  01-08-2018 20:37
  A parade of lord mayors, mayors and other civic heads from across the county make their way through Ripon during the Yorkshire Day celebrations.The frustration was palpable as Yorkshire’s great and good stood shoulder to shoulder clutching white roses on the steps of Bishopthorpe Palace, York.
  
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• Keith Vaz Accused Of Bullying Westminster Staff After Questions Over Taxpayer-Funded Trips

  01-08-2018 20:35
  A Labour MP has been accused of bullying House of Commons clerks and breaking
  
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• Tories have avoided the truth over austerity and food banks

  01-08-2018 20:32
  The government has been reluctant to admit that welfare reforms are linked to increased use of food banks While a rise in use of food banks has coincided with the imposition of austerity, the Conservative government has been reluctant to admit any causal link between the two. Related: Revealed: ministers' plan to research effect of policies on food bank useContinue reading...
  
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• In Corby, life without local services is set to become a grim reality

  01-08-2018 20:19
  As Northamptonshire council weighs up drastic budget cuts, residents are fearing the worstWhen Martin McEvoy was 12, his father took him to the Royal Opera House in London for the day, and for the first time he glimpsed a world outside the Bradford of his upbringing.
  “I saw something extraordinary then, and it changed my life,” the 67-year-old retired opera singer recalled on Wednesday afternoon in Corby, Northamptonshire. “One of the things most important to me is money going
  
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• Here in Colombia, the hypocrisy of western cocaine users is laid bare | Iman Amrani

  01-08-2018 20:06
  Middle-class tourists fail to see the connection between their recreational drug use and the violence that’s scarred Latin AmericaAs I read the comments by the London mayor Sadiq Khan on middle-class cocaine users fuelling violence in the capital last week, I was boarding a flight to Medellín, in Colombia. On Tuesday, Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan police commissioner, followed up, calling liberal cocaine users hypocrites. Reading about this debate in a notorious cartel city, I agr
  
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• Theresa May OVERRULES Home Office and demands 'BREXIT LANES' at airports

  01-08-2018 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERESA May is set to order the Home Office creates special “Brexit lanes” for British citizens at airports and ports when freedom of movement with the EU ends in December 2020.
  
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• 'Changed your mind?' Austria FM fails to retract comments against 'ARROGANT' Juncker

  01-08-2018 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  AUSTRIAN Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl was grilled over an opinion piece in which she branded European Commission boss Jean-Claude Juncker an "arrogant" man for his reaction to Brexit.
  
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• Wiltshire air ambulance grounded by tests for novichok

  01-08-2018 20:00
  Precautions taken at Semington air ambulance base after poisoning of Dawn Sturgess and Charlie RowleyAn air ambulance has been grounded and its base closed to allow specialists to test for the nerve agent novichok following the poisoning of Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley in Wiltshire. Police accepted that the development would alarm people, but insisted that the measure was only precautionary and that the risk to both the public and emergency personnel remained low.Continue reading...
  
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• Ryanair pilots in Sweden and Belgium serve strike notice

  01-08-2018 19:59
  Ryanairpilots in Sweden and Belgium told the company on Wednesday that they will go on strike on Aug. 10, and the airline said it may face industrial action in Germany and the Netherlands on the same day.Ryanair has experienced recent strikes in some of its bigger markets including Spain, Portugal and Ireland as the budget carrier struggles to reach collective labour agreements across Europe.The Irish airline, Europe's largest by passenger numbers, has responded by threatening to move jobs away
  
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• Appeal court rules that ministerial code does not dilute human rights

  01-08-2018 19:55
  The lord chief justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon, above, ruled in a case brought by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights that ministers were duty-bound to comply with international legislation.Human rights campaigners have lost a challenge against Theresa May in the high court in which she was accused of abandoning the longstanding principle that members of the government should be bound by international law.In a hearing at the court of appeal last week, campaigners from the Gulf Centre for Human Righ
  
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• Five-year-olds playing tug of war with the police is the cutest thing ever

  01-08-2018 19:29
  The Met Task Force was praised for community engagement.
  
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• Ambulances used in Amesbury novichok response to be tested

  01-08-2018 19:28
  Emergency vehicles used in the response to the Amesbury novichok poisoning are to undergo "precautionary testing".A number of vehicles and locations will be examined following the poisoning of Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley, who came into contact with the substance on 30 June.Wiltshire Police described the measures as a "highly precautionary process" which are designed to ensure no onward contamination has occurred.
  
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• MoD appeals for help to identify bodies released by North Korea

  01-08-2018 19:24
  A blessing of sacrifice and remembrance is performed on the 55 cases of remains returned by North Korea last week.The Ministry of Defence is appealing to the families of British personnel killed or missing in the Korean war to help with identification after the remains of troops were released 65 years after the end of the conflict.The North Korean government, as a result of the summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in June, handed over 55 bodies last week and the US is hoping Pyongyang wil
  
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• Football Association Prepares Bid For England To Host 2030 World Cup

  01-08-2018 19:20
  The Football Association is preparing a bid to host the 2030 World Cup, it was
  
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• Revealed: ministers' plan to research effect of policies on food bank use

  01-08-2018 19:18
  Exclusive: ministers want to identify policies or practices that may have contributed to rise in demand for food banksMinisters have secretly drawn up plans to investigate whether the government’s own policies are to blame for the sharp rise in the use of food banks, the Guardian has learned.Two of the most senior officials at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have been tasked with overseeing the study, according to a draft proposal, which is marked: “Official - Sensitive&rd
  
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• Growing taste for Aperol 'Spritz' lifts spirits at Campari

  01-08-2018 19:12
  Strong demand for Campari'sbright orange Aperol liqueur in Europe and also the United States helped to boost sales and profitability for the Italian drinks group in the first half of the year.Campari's "aperitif" Aperol has been benefiting from a renaissance for cocktails and a preference for lower alcohol drinks among young consumers.The liqueur continued its solid performance in its traditional markets, including Italy and Germany, and enjoyed a strong growth also in the United States, where t
  
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• Air Ambulance Base Tested For Novichok As Part Of Murder Probe

  01-08-2018 19:11
  An entire ambulance base, including a helicopter, is undergoing tests as part
  
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• Lennon or McCartney? The science behind who wrote which Beatles songs

  01-08-2018 19:07
  The use of statistical analysis could finally reveal the answer to an age old question: Lennon or McCartney?With the majority of the Beatles back catalogue it's quite easy to say whether it was written by John Lennon or Paul McCartney.For example, the music for In My Life from the album Rubber Soul, which ranked as the 23rd greatest song of all time on a list by Rolling Stone, remains unknown.
  
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• Far right activists welcome Tommy Robinson's release

  01-08-2018 19:00
  Tommy Robinson leaves Onley Prison, near Rugby, after he was freed on bail by the court of appeal.Tommy Robinson’s release was greeted with glee by far-right activists and anti-immigration campaigners around the world.The cause of the imprisoned founder of the English Defence League has inspired “alt-right” politicians in the US such as Steve Bannon as well as Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch populist Party for Freedom.
  
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• Fake news, from Labour ‘mess’ to the Brexit vote

  01-08-2018 18:58
  Gordon Brown with the U2 singer Bono in 2009 at a reception in New York held by the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, who presented the Labour prime minister with the world statesman of the year award, as pointed out by letter-writer Gren Gaskell.Matthew d’Ancona writes that the “overriding purpose” of the Commons digital, culture, media and sport select committee’s interim report “is to initiate a comprehensive reassessment of, and response to, the impact of technol
  
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• Personal experiences around the question of assisted dying law

  01-08-2018 18:57
  The supreme court building in London. ‘To suggest that Monday’s judgment would be dangerous in the context of an assisted dying law is clearly flawed,’ writes Molly Meacher.The decision of the supreme court is rightly described as a “welcome, cautious step” (Editorial, 31 July).Crucially it will only apply where there is consensus between the person’s family and medical team, allowing for closer examination by the courts where disputes arise.
  
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• Forget angry, Brexity stereotypes – the ‘white working class’ does not exist | Zoe Williams

  01-08-2018 18:57
  The standard complaint is that people bang on about the white working class to invoke nationalism or bash people on benefits. But there’s a deeper fallacy hereI do a podcast called Another Europe Is Possible, and this week we recorded an episode with the sociologist Brendan McGeever talking about the politics of a nation in decline. He said, en passant, “the white working class is a fallacy”. It wasn’t the standard complaint of recent years, namely: “Why do people a
  
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• Prada shows off new growth phase with rising sales, profits

  01-08-2018 18:55
  Prada paved the way for a "new phase" of growth on Wednesday after the fashion brand reported rising sales, profit and income in the first half of the year.The Milan-based luxury company, jointly run by husband and wife team Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, is looking to build on the first signs of a turnaround after posting falling profits since 2014.Chief Financial Officer Alessandra Cozzani said the group was "quite comfortable" with achieving market consensus for full-year sales, at 3.2
  
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• Cocaine use on the rise in richer homes in England and Wales

  01-08-2018 18:55
  The statistics show that the use of cocaine in powder form among those in the richest bracket in the Home Office’s annual drug misuse report - households earning £50,000 a year or more - has increased from 2.2% in 2014/15 to 3.4% in 2017/18.The analysis comes after the Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick, hit out at middle-class users who fret over fair trade and global warming “but think there’s no harm in taking a bit of cocaine”.Powder as opposed to c
  
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• Grayson Perry's lost work: international treasure hunt begins

  01-08-2018 18:54
  A new exhibition is set for 2020 – but first curators must track down the potter’s early piecesIf that elegantly moulded vase features an image of a large motorbike, a rude teddy bear or beautifully incised swearwords, then that could be a clue: the Turner prize-winning potter Grayson Perry knows he made a lot of stuff in the 1980s and early 1990s – he just doesn’t know where it is. Continue reading...
  
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• Football Association preparing bid to host 2030 World Cup

  01-08-2018 18:32
  The Football Association is preparing a bid to host the 2030 World Cup, it has been announced.If the bid is successful, 2030 would be the first World Cup in England for 64 years and the first major tournament for 34 years (the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020 are at Wembley).The UK government has said it would support a joint bid led by England.
  
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• Tommy Robinson: Why was he released?

  01-08-2018 18:31
  As Tommy Robinson is bailed pending a new hearing of the contempt of court charge that saw him jailed, we look at the details of the case and why he was released.The far-right activist (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) was at Canterbury Crown Court on 8 May last year during the trial of four men for rape.Notices throughout the court building warned that filming or taking photos at court could be a contempt of court offence.
  
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• Tommy Robinson leaves prison after winning appeal over contempt finding

  01-08-2018 18:30
  Former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson has left prison after winning an appeal against a contempt of court finding.As Robinson left Onley Prison, near Rugby, he was approached to comment on the Court of Appeal decision.Three leading judges in London quashed the contempt of court finding made at Leeds Crown Court in May, granting conditional bail from a 13-month sentence pending new proceedings.
  
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• Families of wildfire victims file suit against Greek authorities

  01-08-2018 18:30
  More legal action expected over government response to blazes that killed 91 people The first lawsuit was filed against authorities blamed for the immense loss of life in Greece’s catastrophic wildfires, as the government submitted legislation outlining financial relief for victims.Distraught relatives who lost family members in the devastating blazes 10 days ago lodged the suit with the public prosecutor’s office amid mounting criticism over the response to the catastrophe.Continue
  
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