Its rector, the Reverend Jonathan Clark, is chair of Affirming Catholicism, a group "working to make the Catholic element within Anglicanism a positive force for the Gospel" - and a member of the General Synod.

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"Together, we proved that a human in freefall can break the speed of sound returning from near space, going through a transonic phase and landing safely on the ground, " said Dr Jonathan Clark, a former space shuttle flight surgeon and the Red Bull Stratos medical director.

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Already this season the likes of defenders Eric Lichaj and Ciaran Clark, midfielders Jonathan Hogg and Barry Bannan and striker Andreas Weimann have had a taste of first-team action.

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CNN's Roger Clark, Per Nyberg, Jonathan Wald, Richard Allen Greene, Laura Perez Maestro, Paula Newton, Devon Sayers, Natasha Maguder, Kim Norgaard, Nana Karikari-apau, Karen Zuker, Kay Jones, Maria Ebrahimji, Catherine E.

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CNN's Roger Clark, Per Nyberg, Jonathan Wald, Richard Allen Greene, Laura Perez Maestro, Paula Newton, Devon Sayers, Natasha Maguder, Kim Norgaard, Nana Karikari-apau, Karen Zuker, Kay Jones, Maria Ebrahimji, and journalist Peter Taggart contributed to this report.

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