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Sarah Champion, the Labour MP for Rotherham, said the situation at Liberty Steel was ''deeply troubling'', adding that the Liberty plant was critical for speciality steel in aerospace, defence and Formula One.

In San Diego last year, residents reported seeing more than the usual number of ground squirrels including at Liberty Station.

"This defendant, if he had been charged when he should have been, would not have been at liberty to abduct this six-year-old girl," she explained.

Asked about the congressional representatives, the Education Department spokesman said “the protest was organized by members of Congress who were exercising their 1st Amendment rights, which they are at liberty to do. They did not have any scheduled appointments.”

Having said that, there is serious concern within F1 - both at Liberty Media and among the teams - as to the way the FIA is being run at the moment, and the number of senior people who have ended up leaving this year, one way or another.