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<Slug>010 ADOPTION COLEMAN 2</Slug>
<TEXT>League tables on adoption are going to be published later.

The move is designed to name and shame local councils in England that drag
their feet when it comes to finding parents for kids.

3- thousand 6-hundred children under the
age of one are in care - but only 60 were adopted last year.

However, Jeffrey Coleman, from the British Association for Adoption and
Fostering says finding a home for siblings and older children is also a problem:

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<TEXT>A one mile stretch of a Portishead road will be closed in four stages from today for resurfacing work.

A hundred and fifteen thousand pounds is being spent on extra layers of tarmac for Nore Road to strengthen it for the winter.

One section was done two years ago but was found not to reach the required standard and is being patched at no cost to the council.
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<Slug>uni 7</Slug>
<TEXT>Students should wait until AFTER they have their A-Level results before applying to go to university.

That's what the admissions service UCAS is suggesting in a report - it claims the current system is too complex.
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<Slug>quantas 7</Slug>
<TEXT>Australian airline Qantas has resumed flights, after grounding its entire fleet over the weekend because of industrial action.

Bosses admit it'll be Wednesday before it can operate a full schedule of flights.
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<Slug>KITE 1</Slug>
<TEXT>The coastguard had to rescue a kite surfer who'd lost control of his kite off Uphill beach yesterday...

They found him unable to swim to shore as he was battling the tide.

The RNLI say he wasn't hurt - but very tired.
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<Slug>x factor 7</Slug>
<TEXT>Sophie Habibis is the latest to be booted off the X Factor.

The 19 year old London barmaid faced Misha B in the sing off - and her own mentor Kelly Rowland, who voted over the
phone - decided it was time for her to go.
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