"This was a complex investigation over several months, which involved a team examining documents and records going back to 2003 and interviewing as many as 12 individuals to uncover the wide ranging fraud and deception carried out by Beard over many years, " said DC Evans from North Wales Police.

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DC, to discuss the future of the North American Free-Trade Agreement.

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Spark EV is the first all-electric vehicle in North America to offer optional SAE Combo DC Fast Charge capability, which can charge the battery to 80 percent of capacity in about 20 minutes.

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Born Philip Wallach Blondheim in January 1939, the singer, songwriter and guitarist grew up in North Carolina where he lived with his grandparents while his widowed mother worked in Washington DC.

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We know the North so-so (because so many of us are transplants), but South of DC, not so well.

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It is thanks to this co-operation, says DC Sadler, that month on month, almost without exception, the number of people receiving drugs treatment across the North East has gradually increased.

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