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<Slug>019 ALEVELS VOX</Slug>
<TEXT>It's a tense morning for teenagers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
who are learning their A-level results.

This year it's not just grades they'll be worrying about.

Some face a difficult decision about going to university as they'll be the
first to face tuition fees of up to 9-thousand pounds.

These students at the Q3 Academy in Birmingham have just found out what they
got.

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<TEXT>200,000 pounds is being spent on re-surfacing roads across North Somerset.

The council's says putting down surface dressing will help prevent cars skidding, and water seeping into the foundations ... avoiding more costly repairs later.

The work starts today and weather permitting should be done by next Wednesday.
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<TEXT>The Duke of Edinburgh is expected to spend the next few days in hospital.

Prince Philip - who's 91 - was admitted in Aberdeen with a bladder infection.
 
He was taken ill while staying with the Queen at Balmoral.
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<TEXT>Royal Mail says it WILL now mark British Paralympic gold medal winners with special-edition first class stamps.

They'll also be painting post boxes gold in the Paralympian's home town...honouring them in the same way as
Olympic champions.
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<Slug>p and j 8</Slug>
<TEXT>A new look Punch and Judy has come under fire.

The revamped show features Punch as a tracksuit-wearing benefits cheat and Judy as a wannabe Wag.

But comedian Ken Dodd says that's not the way to do it and there was no need to alter the seaside favourite.
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