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<TEXT>A church service is to be held in Chamonix in the French Alps tomorrow - in memory of nine climbers, including three Britons, killed in an avalanche.

Steve Barber and John Taylor from York - who were climbing Mont Modee to raise money for a local hospice - have been named by the Foreign Office, along with experienced mountain guide Roger Payne.

French Police say the avalanche was triggered by heavy snow.
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<TEXT>A magistrate's expected to give his verdict in John Terry's racism trial this afternoon.

The Chelsea captain denies racially abusing Queens Park Rangers' Anton Ferdinand during a match last October.

The case has been heard all week - and we're expecting a decision soon.
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<TEXT>A magistrate's expected to give his verdict in John Terry's racism trial this
afternoon.

The Chelsea captain denies racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand during a
Premier League match last October.

The case has been heard all week - and we're expecting a decision at around
2pm.

Sky Sports News reporter Bryan Swanson is at Westminster Magistrates Court.

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<TEXT>An inquest into the death of one of Britain's richest women has heard her
husband is still not fit to be questioned.

Tetra Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing is under medical supervision after being
arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife Eva.

Police discovered the millionairess' body in a bedroom of their Chelsea home
earlier this week.

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<TEXT>Two North Somerset companies - involved in very 21st century industries - have been paid a visit by the South West's MEP, to see what they're doing for the local economy - and the UK's.

Sir Graham Watson's met workers from Kember Associates - who make microchips for everything from our mobile phones and laptops to cars and fridges ... and web firm Worthers Limited - at an event at Tickenham near Nailsea.
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<TEXT>Climbing the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales in just 24 hours is the charity challenge a North Somerset team are setting off for today.

The ten employees - from the Council and I-T contractor Agilysis - are leaving Clevedon for the Three Peaks Challenge, starting their ascent of Ben Nevis north of the border at 4am tomorrow. 

They aim to raise three thousand pounds for their chosen causes - Weston Hospicecare and Operation Smile.
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<TEXT>Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry is being lined up for a movie adaptation of 'Wicked'.

The hit West End musical is a prequel of the classic 'The Wizard of Oz'.
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