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Despite being from the Tigray region, which was blighted by a two-year civil war, he contributed when he could to the dam's construction ever since the plans were first announced in 2011.

But a succession of injuries blighted his time at Goodison Park.

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay said the situation in Gaza was a "blight on humanity".

The 76-year-old retired state employee, former gun store owner and avid elk hunter from La Grande, Oregon, is on a mission to keep turbines and transmission towers from blighting the rural landscape.

Business owners in Surrey blighted by a massive sinkhole say they are fed up of people thinking their village is closed six months on.