11.   Today, classrooms were empty for the second day running.

12.   However, defending champion Lyons was in top form and went on to take the chequered flag for the second year running.

13.   Middlesbrough is hoping its bid will be lucky for the second time running.

14.   Manchester United registered an astonishing double for the second year running as Welsh whizz-kid Ryan Giggs won the Young Player of the Year title.

15.   For the second week running Neil Russell top scored for the Seasiders.

16.   The McCapra String Quartet have just been reappointed Aldeburgh Quartet in Residence for the second year running.

17.   Stroking Oxford for the second year running is a Glasgow Academy FP, Iain Gardiner.

18.   Early Friday morning, NATO warplanes hit and severely damaged a Bosnian Serb munitions dump for the second day running.

19.   For the second day running, demonstrators in Ramallah clashed with Israeli troops, whose fire provoked Palestinian paramilitary police to shoot back.

20.   For the second year running, however, the partners have declined to approve budgets for the wireless venture.