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Quiz of the week

1) Which is England’s only ‘natural’ World Heritage Site?

2) Under which monarch did England lose Calais, its last toehold in France?

3) What’s the name of Mr Wickfield’s devious law clerk (later partner) in David Copperfield?

4) How many Pomp and Circumstance marches did Elgar complete?

5) Which marsupials can be found in the wild in the UK?

Word of the week

Vaccary (noun) A place where cattle are kept

Paws for thought

Dog trainer Ben Randall offers his advice

Over the top

Q Training with my dog, Bobby, went well at first, but now I find he keeps losing concentration and gets easily distracted. Help! — B. W., Derbyshire

A Training a dog should

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