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Council officials and police were forced to
step in last year – issuing a closure order for the flat banning visitors.

to step in : means to intervene - to act

issuing : nice verb - to issue; a public office can issue a document, a school can issue a certificate

banning : it in its -ing form, the verb is to ban to prohibit, here what's important is the structure it is equivalent to saying a flat closure order that bans visitors.


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