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Agriculture continues to be a major part of the economy of Somerset. Apple orchards were once plentiful, and to this day the county is linked to the production of strong cider. The unemployment rate in the county is lower than the surrounding counties. The largest employment sectors are retail, manufacturing, leisure/tourism, and health/social care.

QUESTION A: Agriculture continues to be a major part of the economy of Somerset. Apple
orchards were once plentiful, <and to this day the county is linked to the production of strong cider. The unemployment rate in the county is lower than the surrounding counties. The largest employment sectors are retail, manufacturing, leisure/tourism, and health/social care.

SOLUTION A: Coronation Street is Britain's longest-running television soap opera,
first broadcast on Friday 9 December 1960 in the Granada region of ITV. The program has consistently been the most highly rated program on British television. Since its launch, Coronation Street has aired in many countries worldwide, including Canada, Australia, Belgium and Holland, and has also been translated into five languages. Its storylines have covered diverse topics and themes, including death, marriage, divorce and murder.

• "Since its launch" is logically assumed.
• The second "program" can be ellided.
• "Worldwide" doesn't say much after "In many countries"; it implies that these countries are widely spread around the world, but this is obvious from the subsequent list.
• "Also", as usual, is idle.
• "Topics" is logically assumed from the context; the list is of themes, not topics, so the sentence is improved by the removal.