A ship works near the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on August 3, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana

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Public Inquiry notices placed near woodland tracks in Adisham, Kent relating to a public inquiry into access to land owned by Timothy Steel. The landowner and former stockbroker disputes the claims of the villagers of Adisham, near Canterbury, Kent, who are fighting for the rights to roam in his woodland

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