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John Studd, 65, claimed he knew all along that he was chatting with an undercover police officer rather than a 12-year-old girl - and was doing it to help his ill wife.

Residents face a night without electricity as Storm Boelo hits the north-east.

Police shut off the southern stretch of Charlotte Street at around 2pm, as special aerial ladder trucks were brought in to stop debris crashing onto the road below.