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Tim Donovan

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2 months

How does @SadiqKhan feel about the ⁦ @Conservatives ⁩ portrayal of crime in London - using images of New York?

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6 years

"Jo Johnson should at least be intimately acquainted with the problems London faces, after all his brother caused most of them." - London Labour

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3 years

Sadiq Khan sparring at his brother’s boxing club in Earlsfield as mayoral bout nears end

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4 years

New: @SadiqKhan is to move the seat of London government from City Hall to a new headquarters in east London to save £60m over next 5 years

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4 years

If Jennifer Arcuri is right that BJ ‘used to always get worried’ about how their relationship looked, it’s potentially significant. If he had any doubts about a conflict of interest, why not seek advice from City Hall officials, or just declare it?

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1 year

Breaking : five councils win first stage of legal battle against #ulez expansion by @MayorofLondon

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10 months

Five Conservative councils lose legal bid to stop @MayorofLondon Sadiq Khan expanding Ulez to the whole of London at the end of next month

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4 years

TfL say 26 transport workers have now died in London having tested positive for #coronavirus

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10 months

Anyone know where he is?

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10 months

Bring this brother back for the Uxbridge by-election

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3 months

Breaking - Government is sending in inspectors to @TowerHamletsNow after concerns about how it is being run under independent mayor @LutfurRahmanTH

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6 months

Hello you! (Seen from Waterloo Bridge)

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Tim Donovan

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4 years

Measures announced in London, including major car-free zones, will clean the air that Londoners breathe, improve public health both during the COVID-19 pandemic and long into the future, whilst also helping to avert the climate crisis. This is the future we want - @c40cities

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6 years

Breaking: Ken Livingstone resigning from Labour Party @BBCLondonNews @BBCPolitics

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7 years

First tactical withdrawal of #GE2017 in London? Greens won't run in Ealing Central & Acton to help Labour's @RupaHuq on a 274 majority

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3 years

Has the battle over clean air and safer roads brought a political casualty? Tonight @juliangbell has been toppled as @EalingCouncil leader. Seems after introducing controversial low traffic neighbourhoods he may have reached the end of the road

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Tim Donovan

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7 years

Wonder which way @standardnews new editor will go?

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8 days

. @SadiqKhan wins West Central constituency vote. He lost to Sean Bailey here last time

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4 years

For the first time @Londoncouncils - which speaks for the capital’s boroughs - has four women at the helm. New chair @Georgia_Gould . Tory leader @TeresaONeillLBB . Lib Dems’ @ruthdombey & @City_McGuinness

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Tim Donovan

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5 years

So true. We cd always quiz @ken4london on anything. He never shirked/ cancelled his weekly audience even when he was up sh** creek (which happened a lot). BJ knew he could always count on support from certain newspapers/ had a direct line to them. So no accountability needed

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5 years

The first thing Boris Johnson did when he became mayor of London was cancel regular press conferences and his first big move as PM was to shut down Parliament. There’s a pattern here.

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3 months

Setback for ⁦ @MayorofLondon ⁩ and ⁦ @TfL ⁩ over 'misleading' #ulez adverts

Ulez: Complaints upheld over four radio adverts

The censure follows hundreds of complaints over adverts promoting London's ultra-low emission zone.

www.bbc.co.uk

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8 days

Despite speculation about the impact of turnout tbh I am not getting a sense of much concern among Labour people #LondonMayorElections

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7 years

Uber does medical checks on internet and won't use TfL's approved contractor for background checks, @SadiqKhan tells @BBCr4today

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Tim Donovan

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5 years

So I am watching The Last Leg... as you do....

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4 years

It’s a two-horse race between him and @ShaunBaileyUK says @SadiqKhan as he asks Lib Dems to ‘lend’ him their vote. Er,no, says @SiobhanBenita . Not ready to be written off

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Tim Donovan

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1 year

The councils - Bexley, Bromley, Harrow, Hillingdon and Surrey given permission to proceed with case for judicial review

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1 year

Significant ULEZ development. Pressure mounts on ⁦ @MayorofLondon ⁩

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2 years

Looking iffy?! Sir Edward Lister, former leader of Wandsworth Council, deputy mayor for planning at City Hall and chief of staff to BJ at Downing Street

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19 days

Listening in her opponent's back yard. ⁦ @Councillorsuzie ⁩ visiting the south London estate where @sadiqkhan grew up

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8 years

A third of London results to come but the capital finds itself irrelevant to the story as BBC says impossible now for Remain to win #EUref

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Tim Donovan

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7 years

Ukip not standing against Kate Hoey in Vauxhall - as trailed. Also not standing in Ilford North - to help Tories vs @wesstreeting

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4 years

So @mayoroflondon could be on the move from City Hall - owned by Kuwaiti investors who want £12.5m a year rent -to the Crystal building in the Royal Docks owned by the Greater London Authority. Commute by cable car anybody?

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1 year

Conservatives in @LondonAssembly : “The High Court has now ruled there is sufficient evidence that Sadiq Khan's ULEZ decision may have been unlawful. The Mayor clearly does not have the legal grounds to proceed with his ULEZ tax plans.” #uLez

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4 years

“Don’t leave home unless you have to, don’t use public transport unless essential…Do it for loved ones who will die if you don’t.” @mayoroflondon on #marr #coronavirus

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5 years

Free sanitary products in schools and colleges from next year - big win for period poverty campaigners #SpringStatement2019

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7 years

Tory MP Bob Neill says he's lost confidence in Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and he should resign over #southeastern

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7 years

Transport Sec Chris Grayling wanted to 'keep rail services out of the clutches of any future Labour mayor' - @standardnews #Southeastern

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6 months

Lib Dem mayoral candidate Rob Blackie says London is “wounded” by crime and the impact of Brexit. Says he would de-prioritise stop and search for cannabis and laughing gas, and “not be tribalist the whole time.” #IsLondonInCrisis

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3 months

It will look at a range of issues including finances, awarding of grants, appointments of staff and bringing services back under remit of the council and mayor.

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@BBCTimDonovan

1 year

London borough of Richmond calls on @MayorofLondon to delay #ULEZExpansion - becoming ninth borough to object to current plans

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Tim Donovan

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3 years

London average : 224 per 100,000. UK average: 166 per 100,000. Tier 3 discussions continue #coronavirus

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7 years

Get over it. Time to look forward. Need to get best deal now. No. Londoners aren't buying Brexit #bbcelections #ge2017

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7 years

Education secretary Justine Greening holds Putney by not much more than 1200 - majority was nearly 10,000 ge2017 #majorswing

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4 years

BJ never liked press conferences. Stopped usual weekly one when he became mayor. Convened a special one to defend a key adviser. Within hours he was gone.... #coronavirus

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4 years

The latest WaughZone is out. Is the PM now just bored of coronavirus. Or just of press conferences? Or both?

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7 years

Quick break outside for Labour activists in Kensington - about to pull off the biggest shock of night in London? #ge2017

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4 years

Traffic down 8% on weekdays and 27% at weekends since congestion charge has applied 7-days 7am to 10pm - @TfL board

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10 months

Five councils are about to make their arguments against ⁦ @MayorofLondon ⁩ plans for #ulez

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Tim Donovan

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8 years

Abbott asks how come Margaret Hodge didn't practise what she preached and get working class people to vote Remain in Barking #bbcsp

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Tim Donovan

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6 years

Looks like formal legal challenge to #heathrow expansion to be launched imminently by councils and @MayorofLondon

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7 years

What do we want? No more recounts #kensington #ge2017

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3 months

Confusion over ⁦ @MayorofLondon ⁩ off-peak Friday fare pledge. He says train companies will get £2m a week to make it happen. TfL says not. No deal has been agreed.

Confusion over Sadiq Khan's plans for off-peak Friday fares trial

Negotiations are ongoing with rail firms over the idea to scrap peak fares in London on Fridays.

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In North East seat @SadiqKhan wins 61% of the vote, with @Councillorsuzie down to 16%. I make that a swing to Labour of around 7%

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5 years

Now clear that BJ link to Jennifer Arcuri wasn’t declared in GLA’s register of interests. So by saying there is ‘nothing to declare’ is BJ denying he had a close friendship?

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1 year

Councils have succeeded in getting the case to a High Court hearing on two grounds: failure to follow statutory procedures and a failure of consultation over the scrappage scheme

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6 years

Why has @MayorofLondon approved Westfield's revised plans for Croydon when they propose 20% affordable housing...a few weeks after he enshrined a minimum of 35 % in his draft London Plan?

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7 years

Greens standing aside to try to help Labour hold SE London marginal of Eltham #ge2017

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6 years

No deal Hard Brexit would mean £11bn hit to London's £500bn economy - and 87,000 fewer jobs created - says research for @MayorofLondon by Cambridge Econometrics #Brexit

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4 years

It’s punishing London to give train operating companies an 18-month extension of grant but offer TfL a tough 6-month deal, @MayorofLondon tells @LBC #coronavirus

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Tory mayoral candidate ⁦ @Councillorsuzie ⁩ campaigning in Golders Green ahead of first face-to-face event with ⁦ @SadiqKhan ⁩ - with three weeks until polling day

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Tim Donovan

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7 years

The Zac Goldsmith story keeps on giving. Recount 3 at Richmond Park. By the ninth, Lib Dems may take this #BBCElection #ge2017

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Tim Donovan

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4 years

The Crystal building in the Royal Docks In Newham will become the home of the mayor and the Greater London Authority at the end of next year.

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9 months

So @SadiqKhan and @TfL say aim of #ulezexpansion is to: - improve air quality in line with WHO targets - help tackle climate change - cut congestion Independent forecasts suggest it will have a moderate or small effect depending on the pollutant and minor impact on health.

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11 months

And it’s forecast that expanding ULEZ across the whole of London will generate more than a £1bn in the first two years. More on ⁦ @BBCLondonNews ⁩ at 1830

ULEZ: Charges and fines raised nine-figure sum in 2022

The money was raised by making daily charges on non-compliant vehicles and issuing penalty notices.

www.bbc.co.uk

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2 years

There’s that increasing feeling the Conservatives have lost Wandsworth after 44 years #LocalElections2022

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8 years

Mayor says nearly 1m Europeans in London are welcome. 'We value the enormous contribution you make to our city and that will not change.'

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3 months

Mr Rahman was removed as mayor of the east London borough in 2015 after being found guilty of electoral fraud, served a 5-year disqualification but was re-elected two years ago - defeating Labour's John Biggs.

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1 year

Tory boroughs given deadline of tomorrow by @MayorofLondon to sign #ulez agreement. Or TfL will start installing cameras and signs without their co-operation

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5 years

Sir Vince Cable : how some political careers don’t have to end in failure #EuElection2019

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10 months

Beneath a Hurricane ⁦ @Councillorsuzie ⁩ with party chairman ⁦ @GregHands ⁩ and deputy ⁦ @twocitiesnickie ⁩

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7 years

Transport Sec Chris Grayling wanted to 'keep rail services out of the clutches of any future Labour mayor' - @standardnews #Southeastern

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3 years

Sadiq Khan wins again

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7 years

Article 50 process will have 'profound effect' on prosperity, standard of living,security, air quality, @MayorofLondon tells @BBCLondonNews

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8 years

Mayor of Paris does 5-hour Eurostar round trip to say well done to Khan and call Trump 'stupid'.

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And again. @sadiqkhan wins Enfield & Haringey with a swing of 4.4% from Conservatives #londonmayorelections

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4 months

Mayor @sadiqkhan accused of 'misleading' @LondonAssembly when earlier this month he denied he had provided £30 million to avert a Tube strike

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7 years

Ukip would transfer £11bn from foreign aid budget to health and social care says @SuzanneEvans1 #GE2017

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2 years

Growing sense that Lutfur Rahman will win in Tower Hamlets. Wd be a remarkable turn around in one way given 5- year suspension from office - but not so puzzling really if his underlying support was only on hold too and didn’t disappear @localelections22

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6 years

Breaking: Leader of @haringeycouncil @ClaireKober tells me she is standing down & has been subject to sexism & bullying. She accuses @UKLabour HQ of interfering in local democracy and ‘perverse & discourteous’ intervention in row over housing plans

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3 years

So @SloughCouncil has issued a section 114 notice - meaning it’s effectively bankrupt/ can’t see a way of balancing its budget. Hundreds of millions of ££ of debt apparently - much from property investment #slough

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7 years

New landmark for London? 'Winter garden and glass galleria' unveiled by @MayorofLondon on Greenwich Peninsula

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3 years

As we wait for a declaration unlikely to be much before 10pm, how many can you spot and name?

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4 years

So the government now wants @MayorofLondon to part-fund transport through council tax. A new precept like currently for the police #coronavirus

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7 years

Developers St Edwards say they are offering 68 affordable homes to families/ victims in new development 1.5 miles away #grenfelltower

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1 year

Five councils - Bexley, Bromley, Harrow, Hillingdon and Surrey confirm they will proceed with legal attempt to stop #ULEZ expansion

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4 years

Couple of decent sources now saying London to move to tier 2/ high alert - to be announced tomorrow by @MattHancock #coronavirus

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8 years

Turn out 67% in Lambeth and 82% in Richmond #EUref

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7 years

New: Treasury analysis of #gardenbridge suggests 'overall case for the project is weaker today than it was in 2014'

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6 years

Former mayor @BorisJohnson summonsed to appear before a City Hall enquiry into the failed garden bridge project. Rarely used power deployed by @londonassembly to get answers on his role

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4 years

What’s this? @MayorofLondon invited to COBRA? Yes, say city hall, at last #coronavirus

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7 years

Growing sense that Lib Dems have won #RichmondPark by-election

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2 years

Will Low Traffic Neighbourhoods drive London's elections?

London's Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods attract support and vitriol, but will they decide the election?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Trying to work out how long a London mayoral count takes is not easy. There's a history of delays ( and fatigue!). But at 12 of the 14 constituency counts for the mayoral contest they're more than half way through #LondonMayorElections

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1 year

Case looks set to be heard in July

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4 years

Looks like deal struck to fund transport in London. £1.6bn until end of September. Consists of 1.1bn grant. £500m loan to be repaid. ‘Strings attached’ says ‘government source’ #coronavirus

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6 years

First time @londonassembly has used legal powers to compel a former mayor to answer questions. @borisjohnson can only avoid #gardenbridge probe if there are special reasons. Summonsed to appear in February

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7 years

Police will make sure protesters are able 'to make their voices heard loud and clear' during any Trump state visit, says @MayorofLondon

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