The fair has a jewel of a 16th-century illuminated manuscript, and other museum-quality items, but fewer standouts over all.

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Day two of the RFU Continental Tyres Schools Finals saw more of the best schoolboy sides in the country go head-to-head in pursuit of national glory.

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Praised by the ancient Greek giants Homer and Euripides for its superb quality nearly 3,000 years ago, Cyprus' Commandaria is ...