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<Slug>fat tax 8</Slug>
<TEXT>Fatty food and drinks should have a 20 percent tax slapped on them - to help keep Britain healthy - according to a new report. 

Researchers at the University of Oxford say subsidies should also be offered on healthy foods like fruit and vegetables.
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<Slug>POLICE 2</Slug>
<TEXT>Police officers will deliver a stark warning to the Home Secretary in Bournemouth today - that she's close to destroying a service that's admired and copied throughout the world.

The Federation's annual conference will argue that reforms to pay, terms and conditions fundamentally change the dynamics of policing.
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<Slug>EXCUSE 2</Slug>
<TEXT>Some of the latest excuses that careless drivers have given to Dorset police have been released..

One driver using a mobile phone claimed she was actually
eating a prawn cracker, and a man breaking the speed limit said he didn't see the sign because he was on his way to an eyesight test.

Another who was stopped for not wearing his seatbelt,
told them he was still getting used to the new law...which actually came in 30 years ago.
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<Slug>FIRE 1</Slug>
<TEXT>Firefighters have spent almost 2 hours tackling a fire at a bunch of empty poultry sheds with asbestos in them - in Verwood..

They had to create water curtains to protect nearby properties off Horton Road - one which contained cylinders.

Crews will return there at half 8 this morning to check everything's ok.
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<Slug>becks 8</Slug>
<TEXT>Barack Obama has poked fun at one of sport's biggest stars - David Beckham.

The footballer and his team LA Galaxy were guests at the White House - following their MLS Cup victory.

The US President jokingly tackled the 37 year old about his age
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<Slug>sport 8</Slug>
<TEXT>It looks like Rio Ferdinand is gonna be left out of Roy Hodgson's England squad for Euro 2012.

Officially, injury and loss of form are the reasons - But it's understood tensions between the 33 year old and John Terry are a factor.
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