Tom Watson's quest for a sixth Open title at the age of 59 held the world of golf in raptures at Turnberry.

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Germany's Oksana Chusovitina, competing in her sixth and likely final Olympics at the age of 37, came in fifth.

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It must be remembered that secondary education after the compulsory leaving age is not just about sixth forms and A levels.

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Then Langer began acting his age, with bogeys on the sixth, seventh and 10th holes and doubles on 12 and 13.

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"It is completely unfair that even though these colleges are funded in the same way as sixth forms attached to schools and are teaching the same age children, they are treated differently under the VAT rules, " he told Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander.

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The parents, who have set up a group called Route 39, want to take 500 pupils up to the age 16, as well as set up a sixth form.

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Williams first became World No.1 on July 8, 2002 at the age of 20 and will take top spot for the sixth time her career.

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Sixth seed Venus Williams, who is chasing her first Australian Open title at the age of 29, claimed her second consecutive straight-sets win as she was similarly untroubled by Sybille Bammer 6-2 7-5.

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The spokesman also said that the figures quoted by the Sixth Form Colleges Association were "misleading" as they related to funding for two different age groups.

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An ASCL survey suggested that more than 80% of heads of further education colleges, sixth form colleges and schools with sixth forms believed they would have to reduce the choice of courses they offered while 83% said they believed this age group should attract more rather than less funding than younger pupils.

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