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Ex-England football icon charged with sexual assault on train

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Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne has been charged with committing sexual assault on board a train, police said on Monday.

Gascoigne, 51, a former Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United player, widely known as Gazza, was arrested at Durham train station in northern England in August and released while police investigated the incident.

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