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Did you miss this mornings heated debate between
@isaby
from
@BrexitCentral
and former trade negotiator for Hong Kong
@JasonJHunter
Well you can listen to it in full on the below link:
Tell us your thoughts in the comments below 👇
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The first of two lions rescued from Ukraine has successfully arrived in Kent after leaving war-torn Kyiv.
Yuna, a three-year-old lioness, has shell shock but it is hoped she can now heal at her new home at
@TheBigCatSanct
in Smarden.
Read more 👉
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🥈 It's silver for Iona! An incredible life-time best for 13-year-old Iona Winnifrith, from Tonbridge, secures a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke at the Paralympic Games in Paris.
#ParalympicsGB
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🎙 "Are you ashamed of what you've done?"🎙
@annacookson
puts questions from the people of Kent to the Prime Minister
@trussliz
Listen to the full interview here 🔊
#bbcradiokent
#primeminister
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With nearly 300 arrests at the
#ExtinctionRebellion
protests; Wild life campaigner
@ChrisGPackham
tells BBC Radio Kent his message to the activists:
"Keep it peaceful, don't over step that mark and stamp out any troublemakers asap"
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Hundreds of lorries are stuck in Kent for a second day after France closed its borders with the UK.
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Floral tributes to a suspected burglar from Swanley, who died during a botched raid, have been torn down for a second time.
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🗣️ "It'll be a good challenge for us."
@MaidstoneUnited
players and fans react to the news that they'll travel to Ipswich Town for the
#FACup
Fourth Round. ⚽
Full list of Fourth Round fixtures here:
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A large see-through window in the new £20 note with a blue and gold foil on the front depicts Margate lighthouse and Turner Contemporary.
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A humpback whale has been spotted swimming in the Thames next to the Dartford Crossing. It comes a year after Benny the Beluga was first noticed in the same area.
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⚽ They took the victory AND the shirts off their backs!
@MaidstoneUnited
defender Chi Ezennolim wore Axel Tuanzebe's Ipswich Town shirt to the first training session since the Stones' historic
#FACup
win.
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Thousands of starfish have been washed up on beaches in Thanet. Video from Lucy Anderton.
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From 4, X Factor star
@CharlieJones
from
@StereoKicks
chats to
@radiodominic
about their new single. Don't miss!
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A portrait of World War One poet Wilfred Owen on the beach in Folkestone is slowly being washed away by the sea.
#ArmisticeDay100
#LestWeForget
#RemembranceDay2018
#RemembranceSunday
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Castle Farm lavender fields, in Shoreham. 💜 Thank you to Michelle Dawes for this beautiful
#PhotoOfTheDay
📸
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Morse the Border Terrier’s owners
@r_latter
and 3-year-old Edward want to say thank you to everyone who helped bring their stolen dog back - especially
@SimonCowell
for offering a reward as part of the
#findmorse
campaign 🐶
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The beautiful setting of the lavender fields at Castle Farm. 💜 Thank you to Ann Hepper for today’s
#PhotoOfTheDay
📸
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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey told supporters to "keep motivated" as he tackled an obstacle course in Tunbridge Wells.
Tap below to read more:
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Tonight at 6pm! 🤟 Hear
@StephenDFBrown
talking with
@taylormomsen
🎶
Can’t wait for you to hear my chat with
@taylormomsen
this FRIDAY! 🤟
@BBCRadioKent
/ 29th Jan! (6pm)
Here’s a preview of us talking about
@tmorello
on the new
@TPROfficial
track!
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Dolphins have been spotted swimming up the River Medway 🐬
@john_warnett
talks to Stephen Anderson who filmed then
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Indie band
@libertines
are headlining
@wheelsandfinsuk
festival early next month at Joss Bay, very close to the site of a Margate B&B they are renovating. 🎤🏝
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Are you a fan of Call The Midwife?
Last week
@DockyardChatham
launched the official tour and new gallery containing items and props from the show with the cast!
We sent our very own super fan
@djmikeziolek
to check it out….
Listen on BBC Sounds 🔊
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This is the moment South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay received a standing ovation on his return to Parliament for the first time after suffering a life-threatening episode of sepsis which led to the amputation of his hands and feet. Latest:
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The first of two lions rescued from Ukraine has successfully arrived at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden.
Tap below to read more:
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Five days of gruelling perseverance and Patrick Barden - who has cerebral palsy - finished the
#LondonMarathon
. More
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Did you miss the heated debate between trade negotiator
@JasonJHunter
and
@BrexitCentral
@isaby
Then you can listen back to it here - As BBC Radio Kent Breakfast looks at debunking what a
#NoDealBrexit
means!
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Molly McLaren was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in a "frenzied" attack. Joshua Stimpson has been jailed for life for the “cruel, calculated and cowardly act”.
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It’s a fond farewell to
@John_warnett
after 31 years behind the mic 🎙 Have a very happy retirement! 🎉 📻
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About 650 lorries are parked on the M20 between junctions 11 and 9 as part of Operation Stack, the Department for Transport says.
These will be moved to Manston today. They join about 870 lorries that were already on site as of 6am.
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🚌 The
@MaidstoneUnited
players and staff have left the Gallgher Stadium for the approx. 150-mile journey to Coventry.
Keep up-to-date with our dedicated live page:
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This lovely picture of Margate was taken by 12-year-old Jamie Horton. It was sent to us by his proud dad - and it's our
#photooftheday
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It's been 20 years since the death of Princess Diana, but her legacy lives on through people like
@DianaAward
winner Jonjo.
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Metropolitan Police says it is investigating comments allegedly made by a Dartford councillor at a counter protest as a "matter of urgency".
Tap below to read more:
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A three-legged cat which lived at a train depot in Medway and went missing on 28 November has been found over 20 miles away.
Tripod disappeared from Southeastern's Gillingham depot prompting a social media appeal.
He has now been discovered safe and well in Otford.
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Watch this timelapse video of a portrait of World War One poet Wilfred Owen being etched on the beach in Folkestone before slowly being washed away by the sea.
#LestWeForget
#RemembranceDay2018
#ArmisticeDay100
#RemembranceSunday
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A 27-year-old man from Maidstone has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 19-year-old woman died in the town. Emergency services were called to a property in London Road following a call at 1.18pm today. The woman was declared dead at the scene, according to
@kent_police
.
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So this happened in
#Detling
#freezingrain
. The video was sent over to us by Karen Harrison.
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💙 The beautiful bluebells at Emmetts Garden, near Sevenoaks. Thank you to Laura Page for today's
#PhotoOfTheDay
📸
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Full-back
@barryfuller2
is used to earning ovations from
#Gills
fans at Priestfield...but he's glad another member of the Fuller family is getting the applause right now.
@TheGillsFC
defender's wife Laura works at Ashford's William Harvey Hospital.
#ClapForTheNHS
#ClapForCarers
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Shepherd Neame in Faversham and Chatham-based Copper Rivet Distillery are teaming up to make alcohol hand sanitiser for the emergency services.
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🚨CALLING ALL
@midnightbeastuk
FANS!🚨
Could you beat Stef, Ash & Dru in the ultimate TMB Quiz?
COMMENT or EMAIL by Sunday 28th March for a chance to be featured on air!
#TMBTAKEOVER
📧 Stephen.Brown
@bbc
.co.uk
📲 DM
@StephenDFBrown
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BBC Radio Kent's new breakfast show host is
@iancollinsuk
who left LBC last month. Ian will join
@AnnaCookson
from 5 November, with
@john_warnett
teaming up with
@LaurenTroupBBC
on Drive. 🎙🎤📻
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"Fantastic. Exceptional."
@TheGillsFC
owner
@BradGalinson
was back in
#Medway
on Saturday, to watch the Gills take on
@TranmereRovers
.
Matt Cole talked to Brad, asking him what he’s made of his first few weeks as owner...
Hear the full interview here:
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A set of medieval stained glass windows are to go on display in Canterbury Cathedral.
http://t.co/wq3jT01kM1
http://t.co/bPf9TBE15R
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Reform UK - Howard Cox, Dover and Deal: “It looks as though we’re going to get a 200 seat majority from Labour. And that’s why we need to get as many Reform UK candidates to be truly the official opposition in Parliament.”
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Queen guitarist
@DrBrianMay
has visited school children in
#Maidstone
to tell them why hedgehogs should be protected.
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We meet the new Head Gardener at
@Godinton
@loujnicholls
on today’s
#SundayGardening
with
@BBCRadioKentAG
. Your
#gardening
questions welcome call 08007561111, WhatsApp 08000321333 start with the word Kent. Listen via
@BBCSounds
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Don’t miss Liz Truss speaking LIVE to Anna Cookson on The Wake Up Call tomorrow morning at 8:15am.
Got a question for the PM? Message our WhatsApp on 08000 321 333 and start your message with the word KENT.
Listen live here 🔊
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The Wake Up Call with
@iancollinsuk
9.30am -
@Tim_Burgess
has taken the web by storm with
#timstwitterlisteningparties
- hear your favourite albums as their creators talk you through them 🎶
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It's a girl!
@portlympnepark
has welcomed an endangered giraffe calf, the first to be born at the reserve in 8 years
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We love this shot from Herne Bay, sent to us by Colin Smith. 🌅 It is today's
#PhotoOfTheDay
📸
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The Subbuteo World Cup has 'flicked' off in the Kent town where it was invented. ⚽️
Players representing over 15 countries have gathered in Tunbridge Wells to compete for the coveted title of World Subbuteo Individual Champion.
Read more 👉
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A nine-year-old double amputee, from West Malling, who missed the King’s garden party due to a traffic jam has attended a private gathering with Queen Camilla.
Tap below to read more:
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The M2 in north Kent has been shut after a 50ft-deep hole appeared in the central reservation
http://t.co/FQXOf4paZP
http://t.co/0dOTOhxDIy
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This Kentish village scene was caught and submitted by Suzy Edgson. If you don't recognise it, it is of Aylesford bridge.
#PhotoOfTheDay
📸
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“This shows we’re doing the right thing.” Paula Hudgell, the adoptive mother of Tony Hudgell, says her OBE in the New Year Honours list vindicates her campaign for tougher penalties for child cruelty.
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A Kent man has been jailed for stealing £75,000 from Emmy award-winning Alan Pattillo, who directed the first episode of Thunderbirds.
Tap below to read more:
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Nine-year-old Tony Hudgell, who had both legs amputated following abuse as a baby by his birth parents, has had life-changing surgery.
Tap below to read more:
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From 6pm.. join
@StephenDFBrown
for some fun, games and great music 🎶
Tonight’s big guest is
@PaulYoungParlez
who has been talking about his tour with
@lospacaminoscom
⬇️
🔊 (LISTEN HERE: )
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A stunning view of The Street, at Tankerton beach, Whitstable. 🌊 Ralph Lombart supplied today's
#PhotoOfTheDay
📸
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Making Medway proud! Nathan Hales has won Team GB's third gold medal in Paris, setting a new Olympic record in the men's trap final 🥇👏🇬🇧
#Paris2024
|
#Olympics
|
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It's the first time Jessica Taylor from Rochester will walk in 10 years... and it's her wedding day. 👰🏻
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He’s the fastest milkman in the West (of Kent!).... Zach from
@countydairies
has been telling
@philharrison77
that although customers have increased by a fifth since coronavirus, he’s finishing his milk round 2 hours earlier due to fewer vehicles on the road 🥛
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Eurostar tells customers "don't travel" from Paris to London unless "absolutely necessary".
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Earlier we tweeted a poll about gay conversion therapy which breached our guidelines. We have removed this and apologise for offence caused.
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Is this the best dressed postbox in Kent? 📮 Find out more about the 'fab' makeover here:
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Sarah Thomas has become the first person to swim the English Channel four times non-stop. 👏👏👏
She began the epic challenge in the early hours of Sunday and finished after more than 54 hours.
#sarahthomas
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It's with great sadness that BBC Radio Kent has to report the death of our former presenter, friend and colleague Paul James at the age of 72. Working for BBC Radio Kent for 28 years, Paul, affectionately known as PJ the DJ, hosted most of our major programmes.
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WOW. WOW. WOW.
Congratulations to
@annacookson
and the whole of our team who put
#TheWakeUpCall
together each and every weekday morning.
We’ll continue to tell the stories that matter to YOU and show our worthiness for this honour 🤩
🎉The winners of Best Speech Breakfast Show supported by
@BroadcastBionic
are:
GOLD - The Wake Up Call,
@BBCRadioKent
SILVER -
@VanessaOnAir
,
@BBCRadioLondon
BRONZE -
@TimesRadio
Breakfast with
@AasmahMir
and
@StigAbell
#UKARIAS
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The club that came back from the dead to knock on the Football League's door. This is the story of the
#Stones
.
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A crowdfunding campaign to buy personal protective equipment for
#NHS
staff has now raised over a million pounds.
"Masks For Heroes" was started by a group of doctors including
@salajmasand
at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford.
Actor James McAvoy is backing the campaign.
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⚽ We're live from the home of
@MaidstoneUnited
this morning ahead of their
#FACup
Fourth Round tie with Ipswich Town on Saturday.
Keep an eye on this thread to hear from fans, players, and others involved in the club's historic moment! ⬇️
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⚽ Tickets to
@MaidstoneUnited
's
#FACup
fifth round tie with Coventry City have sold out!
Were you one of the lucky ones to get your hands on a ticket? 🎟️
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Tony Hudgell was described as "an extraordinary young man whose story has moved much of the nation" by Tonbridge & Malling MP
@TomTugendhat
.
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A teenage
@TheGillsFC
player says he'll continue to try to inspire young people after winning awards for his community work.
#thisisme
⚽️️⚽️
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Volunteers at the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara in Gravesend start cooking at 4am, preparing meals for staff at the Darent Valley Hospital.
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Mummy fox and fox cub at Romney Marsh. 🦊 Thank you to Jenny-Louise Read for today's
#PhotoOfTheDay
📸
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🏆
#FACup
score prediction! ⚽ Who will come out triumphant in our
#Subbuteo
prediction match -
@Coventry_City
or
@MaidstoneUnited
? ⬇️
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The childhood home of Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle is reopening after undergoing major restoration.
Tap below to read more:
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Teenage racing driver
@BillyMonger
, who lost both legs in a crash, has completed a charity walk
@Brands_Hatch
.
#billywhizz
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🚄 "All change for the home of Maidstone United!"
@DomKingLive
asked
@Se_Railway
for a special dedication to the
@MaidstoneUnited
crew. ⬇️
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Here's a gorgeous picture of five-week-old Hunter snoozing together with his 104-year-old great-great-grandfather Charles from Canterbury. 👶👴 Photo: Hannah Temple
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Fancy hopping aboard a steam train without having to leave your home? Today the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway fixed web livestream cameras on a steam train, taking people on a virtual ride.
@RHDR
said it believes it's the first time in the world this has happened.
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Tempers have become frayed at the Port of Dover as lorry drivers face continuing delays to cross the Channel. Read more:
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Ever fancied being on the radio? We’re looking for new voices and it could be you! 📻🎙🤩
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The largest lavender farm in the UK - Castle Farm in Shoreham, near Sevenoaks - has seen an early blooming of its purple fields. More here:
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What's the best track from
@Lloyd_Cole
?
He's the featured artist on the latest
#stereounderground
with
@RichardLatto
Listen anytime via
@BBCSounds
here:
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The county is so proud of
@EmmaRaducanu
🎾 🏆 Share your messages of congratulations with
@philharrison77
on
#SundayBreakfast
📻
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In a post-Brexit world how will Britain find importing and exporting goods into Europe through Dover?
Political editor
@BBCHelenCatt
travelled to Switzerland to get an idea.🚗🛣🚚🇨🇭🇬🇧
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Labour shadow minister Ed Miliband visited Broadstairs to meet with Polly Billington, Labour's candidate for East Thanet, and her supporters.
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Have you seen who is back with you at breakfast for Friday and Saturday mornings?
The Radio Kent legend
@john_warnett
is back on breakfast until 10
Why don't you join him 👇🔊
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