The bees were infected with just about every bee virus known, including deformed-wing virus, sac-brood virus, and black-queen-cell virus, and also by various fungi and bacteria.

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Lillian Morrison was struck by a Black Vauxhall Corsa on Queen's Road and died at the scene as a result of her injuries.

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When the hour-long service came to a close, police officers again formed a guard of honour as PC Bone's coffin was carried outside, with her hat, black leather gloves and Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal on top.

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Welsh Liberal Democrat housing spokesperson Peter Black said he was disappointed the Queen's Speech did not include measures to tackle homelessness.

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Mr Black was appointed to the post by the Queen in February 2000, on the unanimous recommendation of the Scottish Parliament, shortly before Audit Scotland was formed.

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The Queen Elizabeth in King's Lynn, on black alert, has told patients on its website it is "under severe pressure" having been affected by the norovirus and staff shortages, the hospital told BBC Radio Norfolk.

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With her black hair lying against her pale white face, she looked like a queen who dwelled within a secluded, innermost palace, behind layer upon layer of thick curtains.

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But all the debate over the architecture, the politics, the morality is irrelevant to the likes of Mr. Cunningham and the other old boys who tottered along to meet the queen, leaning on walking sticks or being pushed in wheelchairs, many with relatives proudly holding black-and-white photographs of them when they were young and brave-hearted.

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