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<Slug>exams 9</Slug>
<TEXT>Ministers have ordered an urgent inquiry into England's exams system.

It's after claims that examiners have secretly been advising teachers on how to boost GCSE and A-level results.

The Daily Telegraph filmed one of the sessions - where teachers get advice on future questions and the exact wording pupils should use to get better marks.
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<Slug>XMAS 3</Slug>
<TEXT>Dorset police are dishing out advice on how to keep ourselves and our homes safe this Christmas.

Every day they'll give us a tip via twitter and on their website...in a month where robberies shoot up by more than 40 percent.

Here's Assistant Chief Constable Mike Glanville:

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<Slug>die 9</Slug>
<TEXT>A British woman who travelled abroad to die says politicians denied her the dignity of ending her life in her own home.

61 year old Geraldine McClelland had terminal cancer and used her final months to urge politicians to change the law on assisted suicide.

She died yesterday at the Swiss clinic Dignitas.
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<Slug>TORCH 1</Slug>
<TEXT>We'll find out later which people are the first from Dorset to be chosen as torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame at next years games.

Altogether 8 thousand people across the UK will carry it for a short distance...They've been picked because of their personal achievement or how they've contributed to their local community.
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<Slug>x fact 7</Slug>
<TEXT>The X Factor finalists are apparently going to duet with their mentors this weekend.

Amelia Lily, Little Mix and Marcus will take to the stage with Kelly, Tulisa and Gary. 

Other acts confirmed to appear during the final are Coldplay, Westlife and Michael Buble.
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<Slug>sport 9</Slug>
<TEXT>It was a rubbish evening for Manchester's football clubs last night.

City and United both crashed out of the Champions League group stage.

Other results for the Blues didn't go their way despite beating Bayern Munich 2 nil and United lost 2-1 at Basel.
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