Nearby, the County Down hunt was saddling up and moving out.

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Forensic pathologist Nicholas Hunt told the inquest in Crook, County Durham, the gunshot passed from above the right temple, back through the brain and out of the left side towards the back of the head.

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Mr Hunt has taken his step after North Yorkshire County Council referred the proposals to the Department of Health in December.

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Police in County Durham are to step up their hunt for drink drivers immediately after televised World Cup matches involving England.

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Mr Hunt and his mother had previously taken their case to Cardiff County Court in 2012 but lost their applications to have the pier transferred to them, in what is called a "vesting order".

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Jim Clark, chairman of North Yorkshire County Council's health scrutiny committee, said though he was disappointed at Mr Hunt's decision, the chance to look at other options meant it was "not the end of the road for top quality maternity services" at the hospital.

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Gloucestershire County Council said it had halved its salting operation to preserve stocks as it tries to hunt around for alternative supplies.

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After the death of Tamerlan and as authorities continued to hunt his younger brother, their uncle Ruslan Tsarni spoke passionately at a news conference Friday outside his Montgomery County, Maryland, home.

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North Yorkshire County Council's Scrutiny of Health Committee agreed at a meeting on Thursday to ask Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to intervene.

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