Paul Bell, leader of Wellingborough Council, said the town had no objections to the plans.

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Councillor Paul Bell, who chairs the resources committee and is also leader of the council, supported the idea of the council using its powers to force developers Wellmere Ltd to sell the land to Bovis Homes.

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Bopara, Bell and Paul Collingwood contributed a total of 16 runs between them at Headingley.

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England, who lead the series 1-0, were 86-5 after losing Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell and Paul Collingwood in 13 balls.

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Go to Milford, and every hour, you'll hear the ringing of a bell that was cast by Paul Revere in 1802.

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Paul Collingwood drove loosely to gully and the departure of Bell, who got an inside edge that left his off-stump out of the ground in the first over after tea, saw the scoring rate dip alarmingly.

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Ian Bell (79) hit his third fifty in as many games and Paul Collingwood made 44 as the hosts posted 281-7 at Edgbaston.

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But Paul Collingwood dug in to score a painstaking 40 from 188 balls, and he and Bell batted together for 57 overs in a stunning rearguard action.

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His route includes St Paul's Cathedral and a trip across the river to Southwark, where a lunchtime bell calling people to prayer is due ring out in Borough Market.

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England's front-row resources were severely stretched during the autumn Tests, with Bath's David Wilson and Duncan Bell and Wasps' Tim Payne filling in for the absent Vickery and Andrew Sheridan, while the inexperienced Paul Doran-Jones was called on to cover the bench.

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