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Steve Coogan spared lengthy driving ban after using The Trip filming as excuse
The actor and comedian was caught travelling at 97mph on the M6 near Telford, Staffordshire, in July last year.
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Edward and Sophie joke together and hold hands on tour of Nepali botanic garden
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh planted a magnolia tree, metres away from a pair planted by the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in 1986.
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Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.5% as it downgrades growth forecast
The Bank voted to reduce the cost of borrowing on Thursday, but slashed its growth forecasts for the UK economy.
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Rare letter to Elizabeth I from possible love interest sold for £32,700
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote of an unspecified great matter of state said to bear directly on the Queen’s life.