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Nursery World, 24 April 2008

A boy of five is the UK's youngest person to patent an invention - a labour-saving broom to sweep leaves, reported the BBC. Sam Houghton of Buxton, Derbyshire, was just three when he came up with the double-headed broom to collect large debris and fine dust simultaneously. Sam said, 'I saw Daddy brushing up and made it. There are two brushes, one gets the big bits and one gets the little bits left behind.'

An infamous pub in Salford where two hitmen were shot dead could become the venue for a children's centre, said the Manchester Evening News. Property developer Chek Whyte,...

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