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I. John Cruddas has announced that he will stand to replace John Prescott as Deputy leader of the Labour Party.

II. There were no British deaths in Iraq or Afghanistan this week for the PM to lament

III. England captain Andrew Strauss got a duck in England’s opening Champions trophy tie in India

IV. The Thatcherite Lord Forsyth

V. Sophia Coppola, whose new film Marie Antoinette is out this week

VI. Ken Livingstone, who this week had his 4-week suspension overturned in the High Court. Livingstone was disciplined for likening a Jewish reporter to a Nazi

VII. YouTube is based in the suburb of San Mateo, on the San Francisco peninsular (San Fran will do)

VIII. Corus, the steel maker, is to be bought out by its smaller Indian rival Tata Steel

IX. Reading footballer Stephen Hunt, who was criticised by Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho for his tackle on Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech (Cech suffered a fractured skull)

X. Republican Congressman Mark Foley, who will not defend his Florida seat in the Novermber’s midterm elections, after being found to have sent lewd messages to 16-year-old male pages working in congress

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