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French ship joins 'toxic' fleet

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A former French aircraft carrier is due to arrive at a shipyard in Teeside to join a fleet of so called 'ghost ships'.

The ship, called the Clemenceu, is to be dismantled and recycled at Graythorp, after being rejected by India and Egypt for being too toxic.

Laura Bicker reports.

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