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Image source, ReutersImage caption, Joe Thompson played for his beloved Rochdale at Wembley Stadium in February 2018The family and friends of Joe Thompson will gather later this morning to celebrate the footballer, pundit and charity campaigner's life. The former Rochdale, Tranmere, Carlisle, Southport and Bury player died, aged 36, on 17 April after his lymphoma spread to his lungs. He had twice recovered from the disease, a form of blood cancer, during his playing career.

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Image caption, Toymaker Bill Houghton said he was always really busy in the run up to ChristmasA 79-year-old man who has crafted hundreds of wooden toys from his shed for disadvantaged children in his hometown says he is "just doing my bit to help". Bill Houghton's playful creations feature animals like elephants and koala bears, as well as small lorries, all of which are made for young people in Wigan. Local support charity Daffodils Dreams said the toys he donated had made a "huge difference".

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Fracking site to shut decade after protest clashEwan GawneBBCPolice clashed with anti-fracking demonstrators by the Barton Moss siteAn exploratory shale rock drilling site where police clashed with anti-fracking demonstrators has been decommissioned more than a decade later. Tests were carried out by energy firm IGas at Barton Moss in Salford between 2013 and 2014, while environmental campaigners set up a protest camp nearby.

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Image source, PA MediaImage caption, Paula Leeson's body was discovered at a cottage in Denmark in 2017The body of millionaire businesswoman Paula Leeson was found in a pool at a cottage in a remote part of Denmark seven years ago. Her husband, Donald McPherson, who stood to inherit her £4.4m estate in the event of her death, was found by a judge to have held her in an arm-lock before leaving her in the water where she drowned.

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Paula Leeson's body was discovered at a cottage in Denmark in 2017 [PA Media]The body of millionaire businesswoman Paula Leeson was found in a pool at a cottage in a remote part of Denmark seven years ago. Her husband, Donald McPherson, who stood to inherit her £4.4m estate in the event of her death, was found by a judge to have held her in an arm-lock before leaving her in the water where she drowned.