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Bluewater announces cap and hood ban.

Bluewater attendance jumps on news of ban (or following publicity generated by announcement).

Says BBC News: The Children's Society charity has branded Bluewater's move "blatant discrimination based on stereotypes and prejudices", and said it infringes young people's rights.

Charity calls for Bluewater boycott.

Deputy PM Backs Ban "Hoods are intimidating and I rather welcome what they have done there at Bluewater", says Mr Prescott.

Prescott punches man armed with egg, in "self-defence".

PM gives his support to hoody ban, BBC reports: Tony Blair gave his backing to the shopping centre on Thursday as he announced a Labour crackdown on "yobbish behaviour [which] will not be tolerated any more".

Estimates suggest between 5 and 100,000 Iraqi civilians dead following US/UK invasion.

50 year old man on life support following youth gang assault. "One of the assailants is described as a white boy, approximately 6ft tall, 15-17 years old and was wearing a dark coloured baseball cap and a dark coloured coat".

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