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At that stage it looked as though his only consolation would be to keep hold of the £10,000 high break prize alongside a runner-up cheque of £60,000.

Los Angeles County prosecutors later elevated the charge to murder, but for Allen’s family, that has been little consolation.

However, he took consolation from fellow Republicans managing to hold on to two congressional seats in Florida elections on Tuesday.

If the FA Cup really is struggling to count as a consolation prize for Guardiola and City this season, you could have fooled everyone inside Vitality Stadium who watched him.

Today, the UK may be a global leader in science and financial services but is that of much consolation to communities where we once made things that are now made offshore?