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Former neo-Nazi withdraws as a Tory election candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine had been selected to contest a local council election.
A former neo-Nazi, who was controversially selected by the Conservative Party to contest a local council election in Somerset next year, has withdrawn his candidacy. Also: A drone carrying an explosive has been found at Leipzig airport in Germany. And part of a rocket, about the size of a five-story building, is believed to have crashed on the Moon.
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