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    New sport adds turf to surf

    Take a horse, a wakeboard, put them together and what have you got?
    By Kate Rew
    I am standing in the freshly swept stable block of the world's only "extreme riding" school. It's a cold sunny morning -- out in the yard, water tanks are iced over, the sand in the paddock is solid -- and 26-year-old Daniel Fowler-Prime is about to give his first horse-surfing lesson.

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    When `I do' is replaced with `you will'

    For youngsters forced into marriage by their families in Britain, there is little support
    Troubled by the number of youngsters of South Asian origin being forced into marriage, Britain has launched an assault on a practice that is pushing many vulnerable teenagers into a living nightmare.

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