On Sunday, three people escaped from a car which was overwhelmed with water while they were crossing a ford at Mountjoy, near Newquay.

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The fire service said it was called to Strefford to reports of a man "trapped in fast flowing flood water who had attempted to cross a ford".

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Harry Irwin, the chairman of Stanhope Parish Council, wants to see gates, with sensors which monitor water levels, to be installed at the ford.

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In 1999 Ford dipped a toe in the water with a small assembly plant near St Petersburg, and in the same year GM went for a seemingly risky joint venture with AvtoVAZ (at the time a byword for corruption and gangsterism) to produce an improved version of the Niva, a cheap SUV.

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Mr Ford handled his party's support for water charges more smoothly than during UTV's debate with his assertion that the others would soon be making so many U-turns it would be dangerous to cross the road.

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David Ford of the Alliance Party said there were also issues of water quality not being addressed and the viability of shops affected by congestion.

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The drilling technique, which uses sand, water and chemicals under high pressure to extract oil and natural gas from rock formations, has helped Eagle Ford oil production grow by 184% last year compared with 2011, according to the Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates the state's oil and gas exploration and production.

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Dishwashers and water heaters that are programmed to do most of their high energy tasks at night, for instance, or Ford's Value charging system, which leverages a cloud database to charge electric vehicles when utility rates are at their lowest.

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