The OONY has done it twice before, both times with exceptional tenors: Jose Carreras in 1972 and Carlo Bergonzi in 1986.

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He added that whilst Thursday's weather had been "exceptional" it was wrong that the A55 had been shut twice in the space of five months due to flooding.

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