Several companies gave them contractor or decorator discounts, or lower prices if they bought items off the floor.

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Police spent two days searching his ground floor flat and took a number of items away for further examination, including flying manuals.

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As part of the restoration, the abbey's top floor is being made into a gallery which will display items relating to its 800-year history, with new learning spaces created for educational groups to use.

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Dignan says that some shopping malls have started embedding sensors in the floor to track where people walk, and on hangers to register which items get picked up the most.

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Lampposts and other items from the streets were hurled through the walls of the ground floor.

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