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    Removes links (``<a href="...">...</a>``) from the provided HTML input.
    Further, it replaces "&#x000A;" with ``\n`` and removes "¶" from the texts.

def _clean_html(html):
    """\
    Removes links (``<a href="...">...</a>``) from the provided HTML input.
    Further, it replaces "&#x000A;" with ``\n`` and removes "¶" from the texts.
    """
    content = html.replace(u'&#x000A;', u'\n').replace(u'¶', '')
    content = _LINK_PATTERN.sub(u'', content)
    content = _HTML_TAG_PATTERN.sub(u'', content)
    content = _BACKSLASH_PATTERN.sub(u'\n', content)
    return content