The Codexis-Cosan-Shell partnership and the Amyris-Santelisa-Total one are the furthest along of the drop-in fuel businesses, but others are coming up on the rails.

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Mr Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, said his candidate was "coming up on the rails", partly because people had "made the connection" between EU membership and "open-door immigration".

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The Lib Dems have said the Eastleigh contest is a straight fight between them and the Conservatives but Mr Farage said UKIP was "coming up strongly on the rails" with some polls suggesting support for his party was up 20% since the last election.

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The National Transportation Safety Board also found evidence on the brake discs and the rails leading up to the crash scene suggesting McMillan may have applied the brakes manually in the moments before impact.

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On the rail network, Mr Hammond said night time "ghost trains" were being run in an attempt to keep lines open but "build up of ice on third rails across the Southeastern and Southern networks have led to loss of power and trains being stranded, causing severe delays and cancellations".

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Roger spreads it over a lissom, a wooden board covered in a rough, porous cloth, and repeats the process until he has made up a "cheese", eleven lissoms in total, which is wheeled on rails to the press.

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