The flight criss-crossed a massive warm front edging across the English Channel towards the coast of Cornwall.

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Mr Major was simply saying that the ordinary and intrinsic pleasantness of English life was safe from these fiends, cricket and warm beer not being amendable to a 20-metre wicket and compulsory lager.

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France won the World Cup warm-up games against England but the void has diminished - and the English have grown in confidence.

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English Heritage historian Paul Pattison said the troops who disembarked at the ports of Dover were given a warm and compassionate welcome.

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