Dr Lyle Armstrong, of the International Centre For Life at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, called the studies a "major development".

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"Indeed, the prosecution relied as part of its evidence upon the president of the local Shia community centre, " Ms Jackson said.

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Otters have also been recorded in the centre of major towns and cities, including Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Doncaster.

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Lazily stretching out across the northern perimeter of the city walls, the Villa Borghese looks down upon the Piazza del Popolo and the trio of busy thoroughfares that flow into the centre of town.

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Tony Blair was supposed to deliver a heavily-trailed speech to the CBI at 9.15 this morning, the centre piece of which was to announce a new review into the nation's energy needs with a focus upon finding out if a new nuclear programme was the way forward.

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