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British Steel takeover 'making progress'
China's Jingye denies a newspaper report suggesting its bid to rescue the firm could collapse.
Video 1 minute 34 seconds
'We're building a blueprint'
Gary Hamilton says the Pallister Park Community Centre has reduced anti-social behaviour in the area.
Video 1 minute 29 seconds
PM thanks northern voters for 'trust' in Tories
Boris Johnson visits Sedgefield in north-east England, which has returned its first Conservative MP for 84 years, following the party's general election victory.
'Toxic' Corbyn 'lost Labour Tony Blair's old seat'
John Burton has urged Labour MPs to break away and form a new party.
The 'no-hope' seat the Tories won
Why did the Conservatives win a seat they did not target and one they had never won before?
Conservatives take Labour heartland seats
Labour loses Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Stockton South, Redcar and Tony Blair's old Sedgefield seat.
Video 1 minute 34 seconds
'We're building a blueprint'
Gary Hamilton says the Pallister Park Community Centre has reduced anti-social behaviour in the area.
Video 1 minute 29 seconds
PM thanks northern voters for 'trust' in Tories
Boris Johnson visits Sedgefield in north-east England, which has returned its first Conservative MP for 84 years, following the party's general election victory.
'Toxic' Corbyn 'lost Labour Tony Blair's old seat'
John Burton has urged Labour MPs to break away and form a new party.
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England cricketer Ben Stokes is voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019.
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Ben Stokes' Sports Personality of the Year award is reward for an extraordinary cricketer, says BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew.
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