Newly-elected members of the assembly managed to make an immediate mark - visibly unencumbered by the City Hall fatigue or Boris-blindness which may have set in elsewhere in the ranks.

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Ex-worker Thomas Richardson and Mark Hall of Haverhill, Suffolk, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court to deny arson with intent to endanger life.

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The future Hall of Famer topped the 3, 000-hit mark last season and the 250-home run milestone this season.

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After a bright start by the Pilgrims, Chris Hall netted a first-half brace for the visitors before Mark Haran's own goal in added time reduced arrears.

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He could become the player with the highest-percentage of the vote who is not in the Hall, a mark currently held by Gil Hodges at 63 percent in 1983.

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Meanwhile, in the parallel debating chamber, Westminster Hall, there will be a backbench debate on bank competition - a discussion proposed by Andrea Leadsom, Teresa Pearce, Mark Garnier, Tessa Munt, George Freeman and Penny Mordaunt.

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