Thank you for joining uspublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 18 August 2021
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We are going to close our coverage for today.
The team on board with you were: Doug Faulkner, Francesca Gillett, George Bowden, Marie Jackson, James Clarke, Johanna Howitt and Joseph Lee.
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