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Whether knockouts would be permitted is unclear - the fight would have to be arranged as an exhibition, unless sanctioned as a professional fight by a local commission.

We’ve allowed some conservatives to make alliances with loathsome figures and permitted destructive currents of thought to flourish without appropriately forceful criticism or reproach.

He said his mother had told him "not eating was the only power she's got", in the seven-and-a-half minute phone call she was permitted on Tuesday.

Following the military takeover, Bongo's wife and son were detained in Gabon for 20 months before being released in May and permitted to leave the country for London on medical grounds.

The Treasury blocked that, but the BBC understands a compromise has been reached with the NHS permitted to overspend this year.