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By then, RayRay was wracked by an assortment of infirmities linked to his advanced age.

Like many of us at this time of year, Josie Hughes wracks her brain to think of gifts for friends and family.

But people can also try to convince a court a ban would result in exceptional hardship, which could lead to being allowed to drive despite having wracked up 12 points or more.

“Here I was, wracked with fear and tension,” says Curtis, “and there I was being lifted by the sound of instruments and voices coming together harmonically, spiritually, emotionally. I left better.”

The election had been seen as a turning-point for the resource-rich country which is wracked by economic problems, corruption and poverty.