Music starts playing instantly, even faster than it would from a local CD that required spin-up time.

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As I said at the start, it's great news if car companies - and other manufacturers - are making and selling more in the UK. Their success can produce a lot of positive spin-offs for local economies, and for the country as a whole.

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He added that the firm had a policy of sourcing locally wherever possible and, as a result, this expansion would create spin-off benefits for the local economy.

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One of its spin offs is the Mey Selections brand which features local farm produce.

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"It's a very clever piece of spin doctoring by ministers to avoid culpability for cuts in local services, " said Mr Burstow.

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They offer a guided cicheti crawl to the bacari, or bars where you can sample the unique small plates that are the Venetian spin on tapas, in a way that would be hard to do without local accompaniment.

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It also led to a number of spin-off sub-brands, such as Bike4Life and Walk4Life, which were used by local schemes to get people active.

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Local Sinn Fein councillor Packie McDonald, who witnessed the incident, said the helicopter appeared to go into a spin as it tried to land at a military observation post.

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