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Sophie Lamb has opened a new sports therapy clinic at Gildacre Fields.

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Paul Bell has been jailed.

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Ashton Williamson and Daniel Lemon with Cllr Graeme Miller and BDN's Rochelle Richardson.

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The late Mark Davison.

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