The Electoral Commission says this is the first time it has been done in the UK.

He appears to have thrown himself enthusiastically into the gay scene around this time. His imposing frame meant he easily found work as a doorman at gay venues through a security firm.

There are other ways, Batey says, that we may be returning to the joy of flight that Abram C Pheil might have seen from the passenger seat of a flying boat 100 years ago such as the layout on Boeings new 787 Dreamliner. "Making the windows bigger, making the cabin a bit more spacious, with ambient lighting and even by having the basic colour scheme including a lot of the colours we associate with skies (blues and whites), they're doing their best to get us to experience flight, rather than to just go from A to B."

Chaco was once famous for its cotton. Beef cattle dotted the endless plains. Now soya dominates the landscape. Argentina has become one of the world's largest producers of GM soya, with some 20 million hectares under cultivation. It is the nation's leading export.

Pellegrini's popularity was everywhere at The Etihad. The familiar "This Charming Man" banner - using the famous song by The Smiths as its reference point - was on display along with "The Quiet One", pointing out his contrast to Jose Mourinho, and "Muchas Gracias Manuel".