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They called themselves Dongas ... the 15-20 urban youths who camped out to try to defend
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DISPATCHES (9pm C4) details the alleged dirty tricks resorted to by the
Department of Transport in its determination to bulldoze the M3 motorway through Twyford Down. ... an unlikely alliance has grown up between conservationists, Nimbys and a New Age tribe called the
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