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However, acknowledging the items actually showed nearby Sunderland and the River Wear which have no involvement in the event, the Great Run Company admitted it had "made a mistake".

The contest was triggered by Rayner's resignation following an investigation which found she had breached the ministerial code after admitting she had underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty on a new home earlier this year.

On Sunday, a closing party was held, with landlord Graham Matthews admitting he was "tearful" about the closure.

Still, his refusal to admit error, or to abandon his problematic colleague, came to symbolize for many the arrogance of the new mandarins of the biological sciences.

Over a year after losing her money, Anjali and others petitioned India's top consumer court in January, which admitted their complaint of "deficiency of services" by banks.