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The promised improvement after last season's woeful 15th-place finish is yet to materialise, and afterwards Amorim was forced to answer more questions about his future.

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Mr Barton, 58, said: "This came out of the blue and with no clear direction. I think it's absolutely woeful of any government to not have that direction."

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Come nightfall, the eerie silence is often pierced by the woeful bleat of a wandering burro.

The woeful week began on Aug. 14, when a wildlife health and care team conducted a medical examination of Kalluk.

The Public Accounts Committee - a cross party group of MPs - called the level of pollution "woeful".

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