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"Every police service had their own, as did ambulance services, so they couldn't communicate with one another."

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This started to change in the 1980s, when more people owned their homes and retailers like Woolworths and BHS started selling a wider choice of decorations, Lucy says.

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"It was horrific. There were people tapping my phone. They were just everywhere. And I was just on my own. I was terrified to go to sleep," she said.

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Over the past two years, the Board of Deputies of British Jews has faced questions of their own about how to conduct debates on Israel.

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It had been the same when he owned a clothing label.

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