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<TEXT>Sandbanks football manager Harry Redknapp has denied avoiding tax by hiding two payments from his former club's chairman in a Monaco bank account.

Redknapp who's 64 is accused of taking tax-free offshore bungs in an account named after his pet dog...when he was manager at Portsmouth Football club.

The cash was allegedly paid to him by the club's then chairman Milan Mandaric who also denies the charges.

The trail's expected to last 2 weeks.
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<TEXT>Police searching for an escaped murder suspect have arrested a person in Tipton in the West Midlands.

Yesterday morning a masked gang attacked a prison van as it was taking John Anslow from prison to Stafford Crown Court.
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<Slug>drugs 7</Slug>
<TEXT>Drug dealers caught with heroin, cocaine or cannabis, could AVOID jail.

But new sentencing guidelines would also mean people who import or export drugs regularly for profit might face life behind bars.
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<Slug>RECYCLE 1</Slug>
<TEXT>A new Dorset-wide rubbish collection service is set to go ahead - involving all 7 local councils.

It's gonna replace the current twelve different ones in phases - and it's hoped it'll save two million pounds, and allow more recycling at the kerbside.

Christchurch and part of East Dorset will be first to make the switch - with Bournemouth and Poole joining by 2014-15.
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<Slug>disney 7</Slug>
<TEXT>Workers at Disney's theme parks will be allowed to grow beards and goatees for the first time ever from next month.

Disney's never allowed facial hair on its theme park workers ever since Disneyland opened in the states in the mid-1950s.
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<TEXT>Manchester City's Mario Balotelli is facing a four-match ban after being hit a violent charge by the FA.

The striker is accused of stamping on Scott Parker's head during City's win over Tottenham on Sunday.
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