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Daily Mirror
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Helen William

Queen gives city status to EIGHT towns to mark her Platinum Jubilee celebrations

The capital of the Falkland Islands is among eight places to win city status as part of celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Stanley in the Falklands Islands is the first Overseas Territory to win the competition for city status, while Douglas on the Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man has also claimed the civic honour.

The Cabinet Office said that Bangor in Northern Ireland, along with Colchester, Doncaster and Milton Keynes in England, plus Dunfermline in Scotland and Wrexham in Wales have also won the honour.

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