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<TEXT>Civil servants will be used as border staff next week when immigration officials join a public sector strike.

They've been asked by the UK Border Agency to man ports and airports during Wednesday's industrial action.
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<TEXT>A couple from Weston - have been telling Nova about the moment they decided to help a woman who'd been beaten by her partner - unknowingly putting their lives at risk.

Wendy Chambers and Stephen Thornton found the woman bleeding in the street and took her in their home..Moments later her attacker turned up, throwing Stephen to the ground and violently stamping on him.

They have now been given a bravery award by the North Somerset Against Domestic Abuse charity - and Stephen says he's overwhelmed.

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<TEXT>Prosecutors are pushing for Michael Jackson's doctor to be jailed for the maximum four years.

They also want Conrad Murray to pay 100 million dollars' compensation to the pop star's children.

He'll be sentenced next Tuesday, after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
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<TEXT>First Great Western's confirmed it will be adding more carriages to its trains.

In addition to more than 900 extra seats in and out of Bristol during peak times, there's gonna be an extra carriage on the most busy trains that stop at Weston on their way to and from London.
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<TEXT>A teenage burglar has written a letter to his victim blaming THEM for his crime.

West Yorkshire Police has released the note in which the boy - who was 16 at the time - says they shouldn't have left their kitchen window open.
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