The supporters include writers Bel Mooney and Susie Orbach, Sir Tim Brighouse (the former schools commissioner for London), academics and childcare experts.

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Mr Spencer, 43, and his wife, 59, from Brighouse, had just returned from a holiday in the Caribbean when they were killed.

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Her move leaves the Brighouse and Rastrick band as the only major UK brass band without a single woman in its ranks.

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Oxfordshire's Labour leader Liz Brighouse said her party would consider changing the current repair system by setting up "a not for profit organisation to do the work", as this might be more cost-effective.

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Wandering down Piccadilly, resplendent in their tiaras and red, white and blue outfits, were three friends - Jodie Merrylees, 27, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Charlotte Symonds, 30, from Brighouse, West Yorkshire, and Jodie Cosgrove, 27, from Leeds.

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The agency said the speed limit on the newly-opened section would remain at 50mph while work continued on the rest of the managed motorway, which will stretch from junction 25 at Brighouse to junction 30 at Rothwell.

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