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Old 30th Sep 2016, 19:40
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And now the best news of all!

Budget airline Monarch has received an extension to its licence to operate, the company has announced.
It also said it had received "significant" further investment and was close to announcing the biggest investment in its 48-year history.
The news came just ahead of a midnight deadline for the renewal of its Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) licence .
Last weekend Monarch was forced to deny "negative speculation" about its financial health.
On Saturday Monarch is due to operate 133 outbound and inbound flights, and passengers have been expressing their concerns about what was going to happen on social media.
The airline employs around 2,800 staff and is based at Luton Airport.
Monarch is protected by the CAA's Air Travel Organisers' Licensing (Atol) scheme - the scheme that refunds customers if a travel firm collapses, and ensures they are not stranded.
But for the licence to be renewed, allowing it to continue to trade, the airline had to prove that it was financially robust.
Monarch has been majority-owned by Greybull Capital since 2014, when the investment firm bought a 90% stake in the airline.
Greybull also bought a division of Tata Steel this year, as well as 140 M Local convenience stores from Morrisons, which subsequently went into administration.
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