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<Slug>077 WITCHCRAFT HOPKINS</Slug>
<TEXT>A couple have been found guilty of murdering a teenage boy who they claimed was
possessed by witchcraft.

Fifteen year old Kristy Bamu was savagely beaten before he drowned in a bath
at his sister Magalie Bamu's flat in east London. 

She and her partner Eric Bikubi will be sentenced on Monday.

Jenny Hopkins from the Crown Prosecution Service says - despite pleading
otherwise - Bikubi knew exactly what he was doing.

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<TEXT>Passengers who've finally managed to get off the Costa Allegra cruiseliner say they were warned to be ready to abandon ship.

It's now docked in the Seychelles - after drifting for three days without power following a fire.
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<Slug>PLACES 1</Slug>
<TEXT>The number of children in Somerset getting into their first choice secondary school has gone up...

Figures out today show for September this year more than 96 percent of children received their first choice secondary school compared to 94 percent last year...
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<TEXT>The defence editor of The Sun newspaper has been bailed after being questioned on suspicion of paying public officials for information.

Virginia Wheeler was arrested earlier.
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<TEXT>13 police officers and a PCSO from across Avon and Somerset have been awarded for their bravery and dedication...

Among those praised at the ceremony in Portishead were officers Ryan Dinham and Adrian Jones and PCSO Peter Williams who helped to find and rescue a suicidal woman in Burnham.
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<TEXT>The Duchess of Cambridge has revealed she and Prince William have been using their wedding present from London Mayor Boris Johnson.

He gave them a tandem "Boris bike" - based on the cycles that can be hired in the capital to get around the city.

Apparently they've used it in the garden at Kensington Palace.
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