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<TEXT>There's growing unease about the stripping of ex-RBS boss Fred Goodwin's
knighthood - despite David Cameron insisting it was the right decision.

Alastair Darling - who was Chancellor at the time of the bank's decline - has
said there's something "tawdry" about it.

Former F1 world champion Sir Jackie Stewart is a friend of Fred Goodwin. 

He says the former RBS Chief Exec has been made a scapegoat.

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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>Harry Redknapp's due to take the stand at his tax evasion trial today.

The Tottenham manager denies charges of cheating the public revenue.
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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>It may be chilly here, but parts of central and eastern Europe are having to endure temperatures as low as minus 49 degrees.

At least 60 people have died in the cold snap that's stretching from Russia to as far south as Turkey.
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<TEXT>It's reported Mariah Carey is being lined up as a US X Factor judge.

It's after it was announced host Steve Jones, and judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul have all left.
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