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Producers of the TV show are investigating after being told that actors and crew could have been put at risk by filming while buildings there were being demolished.

Asbestos, which can cause heart, lung and breathing problems - and the cancer mesothelioma - was used in building the original blocks on the estate in Wallington in the 1960s.

Some residents fear the knocking down of homes may be putting them in danger of being poisoned.

And there is concern that crew and cast members of the police show could have been affected, as they regularly film on the estate.

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Yesterday, the United States Senate's Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights held a hearing designed to publicly discuss the issue of laws restricting game sales.

Titled "What's in a Game?

Regulation of Violent Video Games and the First Amendment," the hearing saw a two panels of four testify on the impact violent video games have on children and how games are-or aren't-protected as free speech under the U.S.

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The hearing was called by Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), a vocal game-industry critic and co-sponsor of Senate bill 1902, the Chil...

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Sen.

Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) sent a scathing letter to Architect Alan Hantman yesterday expressing her “disgust” at the conditions that his employees were subjected to inside the tunnels and the potential security risks that have been alleged.

“If it is true that U.S.

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