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Speaking on behalf of her family, pharmacology student Ms Thiyagarajah said her father had been looking forward to her graduation this summer and a holiday to Sri Lanka.
BBC: Vairamuthu Thiyagarajah
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Jean-Pierre Raffarin, France's centre-right prime minister, had originally decided to sacrifice this public holiday after the summer canicule (heatwave) in 2003, in which 15, 000 people died, many of them elderly.
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Ferdinand was not the only celebrity to spend a holiday in north Wales this summer.
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Ryanair's new strategy is to use the Ayrshire airport more for outbound summer holiday flights, though with this year's capacity down on last year by about 15%.
BBC: Prestwick Airport sees drop in winter passengers
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Now, like many years past, we've actually been planning this day, and the holiday season, since the summer.
WHITEHOUSE: The First Lady Previews Holidays at the White House
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But this is politics, and with only five weeks or so go before AMs go on their two month summer break, it's equally hard not to read more into this than just a holiday.
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This trend might strengthen the case for proportional representation but only if the voters shake off their summer-holiday languor.
ECONOMIST: No, not the country, electoral reform