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• Accidents: Police are told to check if motorists used their phones in the lead up to any accident. The Sun
• Broken trees are scattered everywhere; scoured paths lead up mountainsides to mysterious hidden cirques.
• Dirty black steps lead up to a deserted platform, blocked off somewhere behind a car repair yard.
• A GMP spokesman said the crime falls under the common assault category, a conviction for which could lead up to five years in jail.
• It is a recipe for further volatility in the lead up to next year's elections.
• Ineffective efforts to quench anger may be due to the fact that other emotions are fueling its fire, so ask questions about what lead up to the child's anger and investigate anger's accomplices.
• The eight bells in the tower were estimated at 146 cwt., and were ordered to be melted down, as was also the lead upon the roofs of the choir, the aisles and the chapels annexed, the cloister, chapter house, frater, St. Michael's Chapel, halls, farmery and gatehouse. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire
• The Taoiseach was in touch with most of his EU counterparts in the lead up to the summit and visited the other three neutral capitals and Rome to ensure support for the declaration.
• He lead up the flight of stairs to a small landing and then proceeded down a large, well-lit corridor decorated with huge tapestries.
• The controversial amendment to the Electoral Bill, banning opinion polls for seven days in the lead up to elections, was passed without debate or a vote when the Bill was guillotined in the Dáil yesterday.