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Fred Goodwin's role in the collapse of RBS, has meant he's been stripped of
his knighthood.

A committee's decided he was an "exceptional case", because of the "scale and
severity" of the impact of his actions at the bank - which required a massive
bailout.

Chancellor George Osborne says we now need to support the bank, so taxpayers
see their money returned.

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<TEXT>The cost of placing new power lines through North Somerset - underground, cannot be justified.

That's from National Grid  who say burying them would be up to six times more expensive than overhead cables..

The new 37-mile long power line would connect a proposed new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point with a substation in Avonmouth - but campaigners say pylons would ruin the countryside.
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<TEXT>An armed stand-off at a house in Lincolnshire ended late last night after a man was found dead by officers. 

Negotiators had been on the scene for several hours - police say no shots were fired by them.
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<TEXT>We're being encouraged to try cycling to work - by borrowing a bike for two weeks to see how we like it.

North Somerset Council has launched a scheme with Weston shop Bicycle Chain - where local people are given a voucher which they can exchange for a free loan of a bike.
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<TEXT>A bus company's banned its drivers from calling passengers 'babe' or 'love' in a bid to avoid lawsuits from offended women.

Brighton and Hove Buses posted warnings to drivers after a complaint from a woman who said she felt insulted.
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