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Other places bidding for the 2017 title are East Kent - covering Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Thanet - Hastings and Bexhill on Sea, Portsmouth and Southampton and Southend on Sea.
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East Kent, which covers Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Thanet, is among 11 contenders bidding to become the next UK City of Culture.
BBC: Orlando Bloom backs East Kent City of Culture bid
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Bloom, 36, who also starred in Pirates Of The Caribbean, was born and raised in Canterbury, the cathedral city which forms part of the East Kent bid.
BBC: Orlando Bloom backs East Kent City of Culture bid
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"They may be from East Kent, they may now live in East Kent or East Kent may have had a real impact on their careers, " said Canterbury City Council spokeswoman Janice McGuinness.
BBC: Orlando Bloom backs East Kent City of Culture bid
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The Commons does not sit on Friday , but in the Lords, from 10am, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams leads a debate on the situation of Christians in the Middle East.
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In his opening speech on 9 December 2011, the Archbishop of Canterbury said that the church was not seeking a "privileged position" for Christians in the Middle East but a "long-term hope that the communities will have a guaranteed place in their homelands".
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