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Zak Crawley had spent the lead up to the 2023 Ashes thinking about hitting the first ball for a boundary - about wanting to "make a statement".

Around 35 candidates were killed in the lead up to the general election last year in what was considered the bloodiest campaign in modern Mexico.

Fiona Eastwood, the boss of Merlin Entertainment, which owns Thorpe Park, Alton Towers and Legoland told the BBC that the lead up to Halloween now rivals its peak summer season in driving profits at some sites.

Crowley, like Escobar, had been critical of the mayor and of the level of funding the fire department received in the lead up to the Palisades fire.

"A time came for me when a switch was flicked, it was in the lead up to the Paris Games. I went through some health challenges, which, quite frankly, really rocked me mentally," she said.