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Senior doctors to strike on Tuesday after union rejects offer
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Lawn bowls a sport for all
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Aims Games: Thousands of students party at the opening ceremony
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New $340k fire pump truck likely written off in crash
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New police squad arrests dozens of the worst retail thieves
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