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Country diary: The autumn glory of a tulip tree
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Country diary: The autumn glory of a tulip tree

The autumn glory of a tulip tree. Their summer flowers provide the name and the fame, but this species is arguably at its best now Beech mast crunches underfoot, and the occasional conker catches the sunlight, tiny beacons leading me to Camp Hill, south Liverpool, with its distant views over the Mersey estuary.

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Australian F1 world champion Alan Jones dies aged 80
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Australian F1 world champion Alan Jones dies aged 80

Jones one of just two Australians to win F1 title after triumph in 1980 He won 12 grands prix across 10 seasons before retirement in 1986 Alan Jones, the 1980 Formula One world champion, has died aged 80. Jones won 12 F1 grands prix across his career and became just the second Australian, after Sir Jack Brabham, to be crowned world champion when he claimed the title with Williams in 1980.

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