North West

noun

1. a province in N South Africa, created in 1994 from the NE part of Cape Province and part of Transvaal: agriculture and service industries. Capital: Mafikeng. Pop: 3 807 469 (2004 est). Area: 116 320 sq km (44 911 sq miles)

Example Sentences

On Sunday, counter terror police were granted more time to hold them in custody, while inquiries are under way to establish "the full picture" into what was happened, a spokesman for Counter Terrorism Policing North West said.

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He said: "A little interesting tidbit is that this means the boiling point of water will be probably 98C for parts of the north west of Scotland on Friday night, in theory."

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The Impact award also went to Hugh Sheehan and his six part BBC series Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7, which explores a landmark legal case in the 1990s that changed the lives of seven men from north west England forever.

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A wider yellow warning for winds to up to 60mph - and up to 70mph in exposed areas - has been issued for all of Scotland, Northern Ireland and large parts of north west England and Wales, from 15:00 to midnight on Saturday.

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The North West Ambulance Service confirmed that a major incident had been declared and that it had deployed staff to the scene.

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