Leading article: The car boot code
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But before Langdon could dip into his breast pocket for his roll of English pound notes, a gentleman, who introduced himself as Martin Roberts, stepped in front and made an offer for the artefact. "There's only one thing for it" said Langdon. "We must not let that tabernacle door out of our sight..."(With apologies to Dan Brown)
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