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Newtown

American  
[noo-toun, nyoo-] / ˈnuˌtaʊn, ˈnyu- /

noun

  1. a town in SW Connecticut.


Newtown British  
/ ˈnjuːtaʊn /

noun

  1. a new town in central Wales, in Powys. Pop: 10 358 (2001)

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An estimated £700,000 is being spent repairing and protecting Bradgate House and Ruins near Newtown Linford, with work starting last year.

From BBC

Jones, a pillar of the conspiracy world, gained notoriety for claiming in 2012 that the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., was a ruse involving child actors—a claim for which he was ordered to pay $1.4 billion to families of victims and a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent he defamed.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pair first travelled to The Hanging Gardens in Llanidloes, a community project focused on resilience and creativity, before going on to visit an art gallery in Newtown.

From BBC

His body was found days later in Newtown Creek, making him the second person in less than three months to disappear after going to the Mirage and to turn up dead in the heavily polluted waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal

William and Catherine first travelled to The Hanging Gardens in Llanidloes, a community project focused on resilience and creativity, before going on to visit an art gallery in Newtown.

From BBC