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His entry on the Friends Reunited website provides an innocent story. His former schoolmates at Dudderston Manor School noted that he had moved down south: "Still following the Blues. Unfortunately not grown up yet.''Kevin Miles of the Football Supporters Federation said he was not a genuine fan, 40,000 of whom had packed into the stadium in Lisbon for Sunday night's match against France while a further 7,000 watched on the city's big screen. "These 12 were not matchgoing fans; only two had tickets or had been near a match venue,'' Mr Miles said. "These people simply come to the country because there is a tournament; they are not real fans.''Mann would almost certainly disagree with that assessment. Friends said that he was extremely proud of the St George Cross which he had tattooed on his forearm.And when he is released from jail at the Railway Hotel, at least, he will be assured a friendly reception. Another friend said: "If your house was on fire and he arrived to put it out they wouldn't be calling him a thug then.''.

Suicide is the second most common cause of death - disease apart - for European teenagers after road accidents, a study by the World Health Organisation reveals today. Its most remarkable conclusion is that one in three child deaths in Europe are due to environmental hazards. But the WHO definition of "Europe" includes the Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union such as Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.The researchers found that 100,000 deaths are caused every year by air pollution, unsafe water, lead poisoning and injuries to children and adolescents. This represents 34 per cent of deaths from all causes.The vast majority of these fatalities are not in Western Europe and are due to respiratory infections caused by fuel burning in countries such as Kazakhstan, or gastro-intestinal infections caused by contaminated water in countries such as Romania.

Other countries know this and will probably try to extract a price from the UK in other areas, leading to compromise likely to be accepted by all sides today.VOTING POWERProposalsThe latest draft by the Irish aims to break the deadlock that stopped the first attempt to approve the constitution in December. But Blair is determined to safeguard his "red lines'' at all costs. Tony Blair appears ready to accept the proposed compromise on social security, arguing it safeguards a British veto - a point disputed by Eurosceptics.Likely Summit OutcomeFrance, Germany and Belgium opposed the concessions to Britain over tax when the summit opened. Gordon Brown is implacably opposed to any EU role in tax affairs, believing it would set a dangerous predecent. Yesterday's opening skirmishes were described by one European Union diplomat as "a typical restatement of positions at the start of a negotiation".And Belgium's Foreign Minister, Louis Michel, spoke for many of his colleagues when he said: "If we don't succeed a second time, it would be very embarrassing."THE KEY ISSUESTAX AND SOCIAL SECURITYProposalsLatest draft of constitution by Ireland, the current president, which axes the previous plan to allow majority voting in limited areas such as combating tax fraud. It also suggests an "emergency brake" on social security - which would allow any member state to refer a decision on that issue to the European Council if it is unhappy with it.Blair's PositionTax is a key "red line" or no-go area for Britain.

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