There was also real growth in furniture and construction materials, not bad for a country with a cooling housing market.

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Mr Winwood, a retired engineer, says it is also worrying not knowing whether it could be the actual movement of the bridge that had caused the problem, or if it was down to bad workmanship or using the wrong materials.

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There are still too many bad actors in search of these dangerous materials, and these dangerous materials are still vulnerable in too many places.

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Thursday was bad for almost everyone, but the biotech and materials sectors suffered the most.

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