The judge gave her a six-month conditional discharge for the offences but said he would disqualify her until she passed a further driving test.

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Her employer was small, so she wasn't eligible for the subsidy until July, after California passed a mini-Cobra law aimed at businesses with fewer than 20 employees.

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However, she will not officially take up the watchdog role until the Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill is passed by Parliament later this year.

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She and her father loved playing scrabble through the social network, until one day her father passed away.

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