Dr Richard Bojar, principal research fellow at the skin research centre, said there had been an explosion in the number of different bacteria identified because of better technology, but it did not necessarily have a clinical application.

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By establishing London as Europe's dominant banking centre, for instance, he saw how the explosion of the Eurobond market would help pave the way for Britain's entry into the forerunner of the European Community.

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It later confirmed that an explosion had taken place "in the B2 building of the administrative centre".

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