NEWSPAPER NEWS STORY RESEARCH

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  1. Copy the headline, date and link.
Oil tanker bursts into flames off the Yorkshire coast after being struck by container ship - sparking fears of environmental disaster


By TOM COTTERILL and CIARAN FOREMAN and TOM MIDLANE 

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