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Herne

American  
[hurn] / hɜrn /

noun

  1. James A(hern) 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.

  2. a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr region.


Herne British  
/ ˈhɛrnə /

noun

  1. an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr on the Rhine-Herne Canal. Pop: 172 870 (2003 est)

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Ms Webster, from Herne Bay, has since given awareness talks to tens of thousands of pupils on behalf of the Kenward Trust, a Kent-based charity.

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The Herne Bay-based high street firm employs six people, including two licenced conveyancers.

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Lambeth Council has permitted Brockwell Park, near Herne Hill, to host a series of events, such as the Mighty Hoopla, which are expected to attract hundreds of thousands of people.

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Shelli Birkett, from Herne Bay, said she had "never been to Liverpool in my life" and that she "had to fight" to prove she hadn't been in the city at the time.

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"Then I remembered I could use my Google locations and luckily on that day I was in Herne Bay and I posted some videos on my business page on social media, proving I was at work that day."

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