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It's a similar story for councils, many of whom across the country are using community wardens to keep a grip on antisocial behaviour.

Gaza is gripped by a famine caused by Israel restricting food and other vital supplies.

Generally speaking, the harder the compound, the less grip but the more durability.

To try and get a grip of the problem, this season they hired Joseph Sells into a new staff position as tickets investigation officer, and he was on duty for the Tottenham fixture.

Explaining the case's grip on the public mind, writer Thibault de Montaigu said in Le Figaro newspaper it was like "a novel by Georges Simenon" – creator of the fictional detective Inspector Maigret.