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A contestant on ITV1's Pop Idol talent show has been disqualified after judges found out she was too young to take part. Schoolgirl Layla Manoocherhri, from Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, led the judges to believe she met their strict 16 to 26 age requirements, but anonymous e-mails to them revealed she was only 15. News here

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