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Ricky Jefferies, whose business neighbours the MP’s office, heard a loud bang just after 3:30pm yesterday when Ms Haines was critically injured.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… aggrandise (verb) - 1: to make great or greater : increase, enlarge 2: to make appear great or greater : praise highly 3: to enhance the power, wealth, position, or reputation of Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Aggrandise is a grand word, and we don’t just mean that