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                <h3>LEONARDO DICAPRIO has shown he is the real Lion King with a million dollar pledge to protect Africa’s iconic big cats.</h3>
        
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<section class="text-description"><p class="p1">The million-dollar donation is part of a $20 million (&pound;14.66 million) grant portfolio from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to more than 100 organisations revealed this week during a climate conference with former US Secretary of State John Kerry.</p><p class="p1">DiCaprio&rsquo;s commitment to saving lions is spelt out in the short film he has narrated for the LRF in which he outlines the big cats&rsquo; plight &ndash; and hopes for their future.</p><p class="p1">He said: &ldquo;The world&rsquo;s lion population is in trouble. Over the last 25 years we have lost half of the wild lions that ranged across the African continent. The vast landscapes where they once roamed are rapidly disappearing as we take over their habitat. With less space, conflicts between lions and local communities are on the rise and, where there is conflict, the lion always loses.</p><p class="p1">&ldquo;Even in Africa&rsquo;s parks, where lions should be thriving, lions struggle to find enough food as parks are emptied of wildlife for the commercial trade of bushmeat, killing both predators and prey alike.&rdquo;</p></section><section class="photo changeSpace"><p class="withoutCaption"><img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/128/590x/secondary/Leonardo-DiCaprio-1077144.jpg" alt="Leonardo DiCaprio" title="Leonardo DiCaprio" data-w="590" data-h="613" /><span class="photo-caption defaultLeft">GETTY</span></p><span class="newsCaption">Leonardo DiCaprio recently donated $1million to the Hurricane Harvey appeal</span></section><section class="text-description"><p class="p1">Yet he says the solution to saving lions is within our grasp by investing in projects that connect and protect Africa&rsquo;s wildlife parks and reserves. &ldquo;We can transform these landscapes into places where lions and wildlife recover and people can thrive,&rdquo; he adds.</p><p class="p1">Explaining the importance of funding lion conservation, Justin Winters, executive director of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, says: &ldquo;Lions are a keystone species and play a critical role in African ecosystems. Recovering them means the protection and restoration of Africa&rsquo;s extraordinary biodiversity that drives a $34 billion (&pound;25.2 billion) tourism economy.&nbsp;</p><p class="p1">&ldquo;Investment in lion protection and recovery preserves this iconic symbol of Africa&rsquo;s ecology and its economies.&rdquo;</p><p class="p1"></p><p class="p1">As news of the funding from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation was being announced, the LRF unveiled a series of new lion recovery projects in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.</p><p class="p1"></p></section><section class="p402_hide external-gallery v2-cta nointellitxt ctx_blocked"
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                        $('html, body').animate({
                            scrollTop: $('#commentsDiv').offset().top
                        }, 'slow', 'easeOutExpo');
                    }
                }

            };

            gigya.socialize.showShareBarUI(showShareBarUI_params2);
        } else {
            $('#selected_text').fadeOut('fast').remove();
        }
    });
}

</script>
<script type="text/x-tmpl" id="tmpl-selected-text">
    <div class="selected_text" id="selected_text" style="position:absolute; top:{%#o.top%};  left:{%#o.left%}; z-index:500;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.9);box-shadow: -1px 3px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);padding-left: 7px;padding-top: 2px;">
        <{%='a'%} href="{%#o.twitterUrl%}" class="twitter">Share on twitter</{%='a'%}>
        <{%='a'%} href="{%#o.facebookUrl%}" class="facebook">Share on facebook</{%='a'%}>
        <{%='a'%} href="{%#o.emailUrl%}" class="twitter">Share via email {%#o.text%}</{%='a'%}>
    </div>
    <style>
        .selected_text .gig-share-bar-container>table>tbody>tr>td {padding-left:0}
    </style>
</script>


<script>

    $.extend(ExpressApp, {
        RelatedVideoModal: {
            modalWindow: null,
            modal: null,
            video: null,
            videocontent: null,
            stop: false,

            Start: function(url) {
                ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.video = url;
                ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.InitModal();
                ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.Listener();
            },
            InitModal: function() {
                ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.modalWindow = $('.reveal-dynamic').length == 2;
                ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.modal = ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.modalWindow
                    ? $('.reveal-dynamic:hidden').last()
                    : $('<div>').addClass('reveal-modal reveal-dynamic GallerySlideshowModal videoModal').appendTo('body');

                var modalBody = ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.GetModalContent({
                        photoSrc: null,
                    }, false);
                    console.log('modalBody:' + modalBody);
                if (ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.modalWindow && ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.modal.is(':visible')) {
                    ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.modal.bind('reveal:closed.reveal', function(){
                        ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.modal.empty().html(modalBody).reveal();
                    });
                } else {
                    //alert('no here');
                }

                ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.Listener();
                ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.modal.empty().html(modalBody).reveal();
            },
            ReplaceModalBody: function(modalBody) {
                console.log('modalBody:' + modalBody);
                ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.modal.empty().html(modalBody);
            },
            GetModalContent: function(content, isButtonPaused) {
                    console.log('modalBody:' + ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.video);
                $.ajax({
                    url : ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.video,
                    dataType : 'html',
                    success: function(data){
                        ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.ReplaceModalBody(tmpl("tmpl-relatedvideo-slideshow", {
                            videoContent: data
                        }));
                    }
                });
            },
            Listener: function() {
                // Click on the button "Play slideshow" in the gallery


                // Click on the "Close" button on the modal slideshow
                $(document).on('click', '.GallerySlideshow [data-button="close"]', function() {
                    ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.modal.trigger('reveal:close');
                    setTimeout(function() {
                        $('.videoModal').remove();
                    }, 500);
                });
            }
        }
    });

    $(function () {
        $(document).on('click', '.three-related-videos .Videos a', function (e) {
            e.preventDefault();
            var url = $(this).attr('href');
            ExpressApp.RelatedVideoModal.Start(url);
        });
    });
</script>


<script type="text/x-tmpl" id="tmpl-relatedvideo-slideshow">
    <div class="GallerySlideshow">
        <div class="Navigation">
            <a class="Button string close" data-button="close">Close</a>
        </div>
        <div class="Photo preloader v2">
            {%#o.videoContent%}
        </div>
        <div class="Description">
        </div>
    </div>
</script>
<script>
    var headerbgcolor = '#f4f4f4';
    var InskinControls = {
        InskinControl : {
            BurgerFunction : {},
            inskin_delay : 4500,
            timeSinceWindowLoad : 0,
            actualTimeSinceWindowLoad : 0,
            shouldDelayScroll : true,
            userHasScrolled : false,
            advertDelayCounter : null,
            CssFunction : null,
            SecondayCssFunction : null,
            advertType : null,
            divId : null,
            SecondaryDivId : null,
            backgroundJob : null,
            originalBackground : null,
            hasInskinJoinedUs : false,
            hasPutBack : false,
            hasTemplateAndSuperbanner : 0,
            inskinTop : 0,
            startTime : 0,
            deltaTime : 0,
            deltaDiff : 0,
            adslotChanges : 0,
            DelayScroll : function (divId, type) {
console.log('delayscroll');
             ExpressApp.InskinControl.inskinTop =  0;
             if (ExpressApp.InskinControl.shouldDelayScroll == true) {
                    ExpressApp.InskinControl.advertType = type;
                    if (!ExpressApp.InskinControl.divId) {
                        ExpressApp.InskinControl.divId = divId;
                    } else {
                        ExpressApp.InskinControl.SecondaryDivId = divId;
                    }
                    switch (type) {
                        case 'superbanner':
                            console.log('superbanner');
                            $(window).resize(function(){
                                ExpressApp.InskinControl.Resize();
                            });
                            document.addEventListener('megabanner', function (e) {
                                if($('#' + ExpressApp.InskinControl.divId + ' > div > iframe').length !== 0) {
                                  $('#' + ExpressApp.InskinControl.divId + ' > div > iframe').contents().bind('DOMSubtreeModified', function(el) {
                                    if (el.target.innerHTML.length > 0) {
                                        $iframe = $('#' + ExpressApp.InskinControl.divId + ' > div > iframe');
                                        ExpressApp.InskinControl.adslotChanges++;
                                        if((($iframe.width() === 970 && $iframe.height() === 250) ||
                                            $iframe.width() === 728 && $iframe.height() === 90) && this.actualTimeSinceWindowLoad < 4500) {
                                               console.log('iframe contents have changed');
                                               ExpressApp.InskinControl.StartTheClock();
                                               ExpressApp.InskinControl.shouldDelayScroll = true;
                                               ExpressApp.InskinControl.RefreshTheClock();
                                        }
                                    }
                                  });
                                }
                            }, false);
                            var megaevent = document.createEvent('Event');
                            megaevent.initEvent('megabanner', true, true);
                            document.dispatchEvent(megaevent);

                            $('body').css({backgroundColor: '#f4f4f4'});
                            $('#maincontainer').css({paddingTop: '3px'});
                            $('#maincontainer header').css({borderTop: 'none'});
                            $('.superbanner').css({marginBottom: '0'});
                            ExpressApp.InskinControl.Resize();
                            ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner++;
                            console.log('superbanner');
                            ExpressApp.InskinControl.addShadow();
                            if (!ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasInskinJoinedUs) {
                                ExpressApp.InskinControl.DoTheSticky();
                            }
                            ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasInskinJoinedUs = true;
                            console.log(ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner);
                        break;
                    }
                }
            },
            DoTheSticky : function(){
                console.log('dothesticky');
                if (ExpressApp.InskinControl.shouldDelayScroll == true ) {
                    console.log('doing sticky at ' + this.actualTimeSinceWindowLoad);
                    var tmpfunc = setInterval(function(){
                        ExpressApp.InskinControl.checkForTwoAdverts('superbanner');
                        if (ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner > 1) {
                        }
                        if ($(window).scrollTop() > ExpressApp.InskinControl.inskinTop) {
                           if (!ExpressApp.InskinControl.userHasScrolled) {
                                ExpressApp.InskinControl.startTime =  Date.now();
                           }
                           ExpressApp.InskinControl.userHasScrolled = true;
                           var thediv = ExpressApp.InskinControl.divId;

                           bannerContainerWidth = $('.container').width() + 40;
                           if ($(window).width() < 980) bannerContainerWidth = $('.container').width() + 18;
                           leftpos = (($(window).width() - Math.max($('#' + thediv + ' div iframe').width(), bannerContainerWidth))/2);
                           heightval = $('#' + thediv).height() + 20;
                           $('.superbanner').css({marginBottom: '0'});
                           $('#' + thediv).css({minWidth: bannerContainerWidth + 'px', left: leftpos +'px', top:0, position: 'fixed', zIndex: 9998500, marginBottom: 0, padding: '10px 0', background: '#f4f4f4'}).parent().css({height : heightval + 1});
                           
                                                          if ($.fn.stickyPlayer) {
                                   // send message to the sticky player to set height as heightval + 20;
                                   window.ns_video_player_topPosition = heightval + 20;
                               }
                                                      
                                                   }
                    }, 100);
                    if (ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner > 1) {
                        ExpressApp.InskinControl.SecondayCssFunction = tmpfunc;
                        $('#superbanner').css({marginTop: '10px', position: 'relative',zIndex:6000 });
                        $('.bodywrapper').css({marginTop:  '-' + ($('#superbanner').first('iframe').height() + 10) + 'px'});
                    } else {
                        ExpressApp.InskinControl.removeShadow();
                        ExpressApp.InskinControl.CssFunction = tmpfunc;
                    }
                }
            },
            Resize : function (){
                console.log('resize');
                bannerContainerWidth = $('.container').width() + 40;
                if ($(window).width() < 980) bannerContainerWidth = $('.container').width() + 18;
                $('#' + ExpressApp.InskinControl.divId).css('width', 'auto').css('cssText', $('#' + ExpressApp.InskinControl.divId).attr('style')  + '; margin-bottom:0;  border-bottom:1px solid #d4d4d4; width: ' + bannerContainerWidth + 'px !important;');
                            },
            SplitTheBackground : function(){
            },
            addShadow : function(){
                //$('.headerShell').addClass('shadow');
                //$('#maincontainer').addClass('shadow');
            },
            removeShadow : function(){
                //$('.headerShell').removeClass('shadow');
                //$('#maincontainer').removeClass('shadow');
            },
            checkForTwoAdverts : function(whichTemplate){
                if ($('#div-gpt-ad-673184064180901434-1 div iframe').width() == 0 || !$('#superbanner').is(':visible')) {
                    ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner = 1;
                    ExpressApp.InskinControl.removeShadow();
                }
            },
            SetTheBackground : function(){
            },
            StartTheClock : function(){
                    console.log('StartTheClock');
                if (ExpressApp.InskinControl.timeSinceWindowLoad === 0) {
                    console.log('timeSinceWindowLoad is 0');
                    ExpressApp.InskinControl.startTime =  Date.now();
                    ExpressApp.InskinControl.advertDelayCounter = setInterval(function(){
                            ExpressApp.InskinControl.UpdateSeconds();
                        }, 100);
                }
            },
            RefreshTheClock : function(){
                console.log('RefreshTheClock');
                this.timeSinceWindowLoad = 1;
            },
            UpdateSeconds : function(){
                if (!ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasInskinJoinedUs) {

                }
                if ($(window).scrollTop() > ExpressApp.InskinControl.inskinTop) {
                    deltaTime = Date.now() - ExpressApp.InskinControl.startTime;
                    ExpressApp.InskinControl.deltaDiff = deltaTime - ExpressApp.InskinControl.deltaTime;
                    ExpressApp.InskinControl.deltaTime = deltaTime;
                	this.timeSinceWindowLoad += ExpressApp.InskinControl.deltaDiff;
                	this.actualTimeSinceWindowLoad += ExpressApp.InskinControl.deltaDiff;
                }
                if (this.timeSinceWindowLoad > ExpressApp.InskinControl.inskin_delay && ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasInskinJoinedUs == true) {
                    ExpressApp.InskinControl.PutAdvertBack();
                }
            },
            PutAdvertBack : function (){
                window.clearInterval(ExpressApp.InskinControl.CssFunction);
                window.clearTimeout(ExpressApp.InskinControl.backgroundJob);
                if (ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner > 1 || ExpressApp.InskinControl.SecondayCssFunction) {
                    window.clearInterval(ExpressApp.InskinControl.SecondayCssFunction);
                }
                ExpressApp.InskinControl.SecondayCssFunction = null;
                ExpressApp.InskinControl.shouldDelayScroll = false;
                window.clearInterval(ExpressApp.InskinControl.advertDelayCounter);
                switch (ExpressApp.InskinControl.advertType) {
                    case 'superbanner':
                        if (ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasPutBack == false) {
                            ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasPutBack = true;
                            console.log('putting super banner back at ' + this.timeSinceWindowLoad + 'ms');
                            var thediv = ExpressApp.InskinControl.divId;
                            maxanimation = -1 * $('#' + thediv).height();
                            if (($(window).scrollTop() - $('#superbanner').offset().top) < $('#' + thediv).height()) maxanimation = -1 * ($(window).scrollTop() - $('#superbanner').offset().top);
                            $('#' + thediv).animate({top : maxanimation + 'px'}, 1000, function(){
                               
                                                                   // send message to the sticky player to set height as 0
                                    if ($.fn.stickyPlayer) {
                                        window.ns_video_player_topPosition = 0;
                                    }
                               
                               $('#' + thediv).css({zIndex: 500, position: 'static', padding: '10px 0', background: 'transparent', width: 'auto !important', minWidth: '1px'});
                            });
                                                    }
                    break;
                }
                ExpressApp.InskinControl.shouldDelayScroll = false;
                ExpressApp.InskinControl.SecondaryDivId = null;
            }
        }
    };

    $.extend(ExpressApp, InskinControls);
    $(window).load(function(){
        ExpressApp.InskinControl.StartTheClock();
    });
    $(function(){
        setTimeout(function(){
            ExpressApp.InskinControl.StartTheClock();
        }, 2000);
    });
</script>
<script>
// <![CDATA[
$.extend(ExpressApp.Weather, {
    weatherForecastUrl: '/news/weather',
    weatherForecastThumb: 'https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/weather/png/{ICO_SIZE}/head2_icon_{SKY_CODE}.png',
    GetWeatherData: function() {
        var $object = $(ExpressApp.Weather.weatherWidgetTrigger);
        var cookieLocationCode = $.cookie('metOfficeLocationId');

        $.ajax({
            url: '/weather/get/'+(cookieLocationCode ? cookieLocationCode : '352409'),
            success: function(data) {
                if (data) {
                    ExpressApp.Weather.FillInWeatherWidget(data);
                }
            },
            beforeSend: function() {
                ExpressApp.Preload.Start($object, {left:'auto', right:297});
            },
            complete: function() {
                ExpressApp.Preload.Stop($object);
                $object.find('a').addClass('in');
            }
        });
    },
    FillInWeatherWidget: function(data){
        var $object = $(ExpressApp.Weather.weatherWidgetTrigger);

        $object.find('.weather-info').attr('href', ExpressApp.Weather.weatherForecastUrl.replace('{LOCATION_ID}', data.weatherlocation_id).replace('{LOCATION_TITLE}', $.cookie('metOfficeLocationName')));
        $object.find('a').attr('style', 'padding: 2px 32px 0 35px;background-size: contain;background-image:url("'+ExpressApp.Weather.weatherForecastThumb.replace('{ICO_SIZE}', '52x52').replace('{SKY_CODE}', parseInt(data.weather_type).padLeft(2,'0'))+'")');
        $object.find('.jq-centigrade').text(data.temperature);
        $object.find('.jq-town').text($.cookie('metOfficeLocationName'));
    }
});
$(window).load(function(){
    if ($.cookie('metOfficeLocationId') && $.cookie('metOfficeLocationId') != 352409 && $.cookie('metOfficeLocationId') != 350929) {
        ExpressApp.Weather.GetWeather();
    }
});
// ]]>
</script>
<script>
    $('#supportticket').on('click', function(e){
        e.preventDefault();
        var st_date = new Date();
        st_date.setTime(st_date.getTime() + (5 * 60 * 1000));
        $.cookie('st_backto', window.location.href, {expires: st_date, path: '/'}); // ca 30 minutes

        window.location.href = $(this).attr('href');
    });
</script>

        <script>
            ExpressApp.Config.webrootImg = 'https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/';
            ExpressApp.Config.webrootImgDynamic = 'https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/';
                        ExpressApp.Config.inProduction = true;
            
                        ExpressApp.Config.amazonAds = true;
            
            if (typeof(addToHomescreen) != 'undefined') {
                                addToHomescreen({
                    autostart: false
                });
                            }


                            var storeGigyaComment = function () {
                    var sl_date = new Date();
                    sl_date.setTime(sl_date.getTime() + (5 * 60 * 1000));
                    $.cookie('sl_hascookie', true, {expires: sl_date, path: '/'}); // ca 30 minutes
                    $.cookie('sl_backto', window.location.href, {expires: sl_date, path: '/'}); // ca 30 minutes

                    if (window.sessionStorage) {
                        if ($('.gig-composebox-textarea').length && $('.gig-composebox-textarea').text() != '') {
                            window.sessionStorage.setItem('comments_' + window.location.href, $('.gig-composebox-textarea').text());
                        }
                    } else {
                        if ($('.gig-composebox-textarea').length && $('.gig-composebox-textarea').text() != '') {
                            $.cookie('sl_content', $('.gig-composebox-textarea').text(), {expires: sl_date, path: '/'});
                        }
                    }
                };

                $('#nse-widget').on('click', 'a.nse_register-link', function (e) {
                    // prevent expresso from calling its handlers
                    e.stopImmediatePropagation();
                    e.preventDefault();

                    storeGigyaComment();
                    window.location.href = SECURE_LOGIN_URL + 'users/register';
                });
                $('#nse-widget').on('click', 'a.nse_login-link, .gig-composebox-site-login, .gig-composebox-post', function (e) {
                    // prevent expresso from calling its handlers
                    e.stopImmediatePropagation();
                    e.preventDefault();

                    storeGigyaComment();
                    window.location.href = SECURE_LOGIN_URL + 'users/login';
                });
            
                            $(function () {
                    ExpressApp.Gigya.getUserInfo();
                });
                    </script>
        <!-- displayInSkin: yes, displayPagePeel: no, showPagePeelRos: , showPagePeel: , areYouOnHomepage:no -->

        <!--Visual Revenue Reader Response Tracking Script (v6) -->
<script>
	var _vrq = _vrq || [];
	_vrq.push(['id', 476]);
	_vrq.push(['automate', false]);
	_vrq.push(['track', function(){}]);
	(function(d, a){
		var s = d.createElement(a),
		x = d.getElementsByTagName(a)[0];
		s.async = true;
		s.src = 'https://vra.outbrain.com/vrs.js';
		x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x);
	})(document, 'script');
</script>
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<script src="//platform.twitter.com/oct.js"></script>
<script>
try {twttr.conversion.trackPid('l4f18');} catch (e) {}
</script>
<noscript>
<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none;" alt="" src="https://analytics.twitter.com/i/adsct?txn_id=l4f18&p_id=Twitter" />
<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none;" alt="" src="//t.co/i/adsct?txn_id=l4f18&p_id=Twitter" />
</noscript><script>
(function(c){var g,s='script',w=window,n=c.name||'PLISTA';if(!w[n]){w[n]=c;g=w.document.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];s=w.document.createElement(s);s.async=true;s.type='text/javascript';s.src=(w.location.protocol==='https:'?'https:':'http:')+'//static'+(c.origin?'-'+c.origin:'')+'.plista.com/async'+(c.name?'/'+c.name:'')+'.js';g.parentNode.insertBefore(s,g);}
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        "title": document.querySelector('meta[property="og:title"]').content.substr(0, 255),  /*max 255 characters*/
        "text": document.querySelector('meta[property="og:description"]') ? document.querySelector('meta[property="og:description"]').content.substr(0, 255) : '',  /*max 255 characters*/
        "url": document.querySelector('meta[property="og:url"]') ? document.querySelector('meta[property="og:url"]').content.substr(0, 1024) : document.location.href,
        "img":  document.querySelector('meta[property="og:image"]') ? document.querySelector('meta[property="og:image"]').content : '',  /*max 255 characters*/
        "category": document.querySelector('meta[property="article:section"]') ? document.querySelector('meta[property="article:section"]').content.substr(0, 255) : '',
        "published_at": document.querySelector('meta[property="article:published_time"]') ? Math.floor(Date.parse(document.querySelector('meta[property="article:published_time"]').content) /1000) : Math.floor(Date.parse(new Date())/1000),  /*UNIX timestamp, date article was first published*/
        "updated_at": document.querySelector('meta[property="article:modified_time"]') ? Math.floor(Date.parse(document.querySelector('meta[property="article:modified_time"]').content) /1000) : Math.floor(Date.parse(new Date())/1000)  /*UNIX timestamp, date article was last modified*/
    },
    "origin": "uk"
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<script type="application/ld+json">
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</script><!-- START Parse.ly Include: Standard -->
<div id="parsely-root" style="display: none">
  <div id="parsely-cfg" data-parsely-site="express.co.uk"></div>
</div>
<script>
(function(s, p, d) {
  var h=d.location.protocol, i=p+"-"+s,
      e=d.getElementById(i), r=d.getElementById(p+"-root"),
      u=h==="https:"?"d1z2jf7jlzjs58.cloudfront.net"
      :"static."+p+".com";
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  e.src = h+"//"+u+"/p.js"; r.appendChild(e);
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                    <script>
    ExpressApp.Log('defined tags:', window.gptadtags);

    var requestAds = function () {
        googletag.cmd.push(function () {
            for (var i = 0; i < window.gptadtags.length; i++) {
                ExpressApp.Log('displaying ad nr:', i, 'id:', gptadtags[i].id, 'slot: ', gptadtags[i].slot);
                googletag.display(gptadtags[i].id);
            }
        });
    };

    var __iasPET = window.__iasPET || {};
    __iasPET.queue = __iasPET.queue || [];
    __iasPET.pubId = '10079'; // your account manager will provide this ID

    // this is the maximum amount of time in milliseconds to wait for a PET response
    // before requesting ads without PET data. we recommend starting at 2 seconds
    // when testing and adjusting downwards as appropriate.
    // remember to replace 'requestAds' below with the function you use to request
    // ads from DFP.
    var IASPET_TIMEOUT = 2000;
    var __iasPETTimeoutRequestAds = setTimeout(requestAds, IASPET_TIMEOUT);

    // this function will be called when a PET response is received. it will
    // set the targeting data for DFP and request ads
    // remember to replace requestAds() with the function you use for requesting
    // ads from DFP
    var iasDataHandler = function (adSlotData) {
        ExpressApp.Log('iasDataHandler executed');
        clearTimeout(__iasPETTimeoutRequestAds);
        __iasPET.setTargetingForGPT();
        requestAds();
    };

    // make the PET request
    googletag.cmd.push(function() {
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