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Win a family day at the races
Kids go free at Kempton Park Racecourse... So why not bring them to Kempton Park Racecourse for the Family Day on Saturday 30 September, 2006? Alongside free entertainment for the kids, there will be some fantastic horse racing. Kempton's course mascot
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Win a gym membership, health kit and Uncle Ben's rice
The Portobello Green Fitness Club in London's Ladbroke Grove has teamed up with Uncle Ben's to host a one-off talk by Dr. Ali, health expert to the stars, on Tuesday 19 September. Sponsored by Uncle Ben's, the Dr. Ali Wholegrain Works Out is a free
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Rail strike to cause travel hell
About 400,000 London commuters face two more days of travel chaos due to a strike by South West Trains staff. Talks to avert the walkout by over 900 workers on coming Friday and Monday reached a deadlock yesterday. SWT warned passengers to avoid peak
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Boy driver dies in car crash
A 13-year-old boy who drove a car died when he crashed into two other vehicles in Barnet, north London. Schoolboy Anthony Cheetham of Stockport, Cheshire, was alone in a family Ford Fiesta when he drove southwards along the A1 in the early hours of Monday
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Be pampered at Body Beautiful 2006
Enjoy a luxurious and totally pampered day out at the ultimate age-defying and beautifying experience, Body Beautiful 2006 (September 23- 24, 2006, Olympia 2, London). Find a raft of interactive in-show features, designed to make you look and feel great
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Enjoy a free taste of Italy at the Viva Italia Show
The Viva Italia Show comes to the National Hall, Olympia, London from September 22-24 at the National Hall, Olympia, offering visitors the opportunity to escape to this beautiful Mediterranean country. Italy attracts over 2.6 million visitors from the
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Win the One and Only Status Quo DVD
The One and Only Status Quo profiles in live performance the amazing career of British rock's survivors from their initial success in the late 60s all the way through to their more recent triumphs. Packaged as a deluxe long form DVD, this is a must-have
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Win John Pilger's shock documentaries on DVD
Twelve of acclaimed film-maker John Pilger's most hard-hitting films are brought together for the first time on DVD in John Pilger - Documentaries that Changed the World. Pilger has been a foreign correspondent and a front-line war reporter in Vietnam
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Wet Wet Wet your appetite for pop
Wet Wet Wet were undoubtedly one of the most successful pop bands Britain ever produced. Mark and Spencer has now released a special collection of all their finest songs including Wishing I Was Lucky, Sweet Surrender, and the huge hit Love Is All Around
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Sweet soul with the Ultimate Mowtown CD
Some of the greatest music the the US has ever produced is now available on the Ultimate Motown Collection exclusively for Marks and Spencer. With an amazing back catalogue to draw from, some of the many hits this collection has to offer include Heatwave
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Pop: X Factor's Steve Brookstein (Fairfield, Croydon)
Newlywed Steve Brookstein has just got back from his honeymoon in Rome when we speak, after marrying his long-term girlfriend two weeks ago. Yet I still do not escape the trademark flirtation which made him so memorable on the X Factor two years ago.
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Theatre: The Vagina Monologues (Fairfield, Croydon)
The ultimate girl's night out, sex has never been funnier or more poignant than in The Vagina Monologues - a collection of highly original stories gathered by the show's dynamic creator, New Yorker Eve Ensler. Ensler asked more than 200 women of all
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The classic comedy: Donkey's Years
In this classic comedy, six former students return to their university college for a reunion dinner 25 years after graduation. Whilst their lives may have had varying degrees of success, all are connected by a common past. Once locked in college for
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The hit musical: Footloose
Based on the 1980's riveting screen sensation starring Kevin Bacon which took the world by storm with its youthful spirit, dazzling dance and electrifying music, Footloose tells the story of city boy Ren who has to move to a rural backwater in America
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Didnt they get it right the first time?
Urban myth got stronger and wider over the last week. Twice we were told that unless you are from a minority of society, you have no chance of getting into any of our services – fire, police or ambulance. Please write if you can confirm this as a truth
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'Stolen' daughter DNA tests called off
DNA tests to prove whether a 48-year-old woman is the "stolen" daughter of a New Cross grandmother, have been postponed. Barbara Raymond-Waul was due to undergo tests yesterday with the woman at a Hammersmith clinic. But unforeseen circumstances have
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Two freed after weekend terror raids
Two men questioned over a suspected attempt to recruit a cell of British suicide bombers have been released without charge. Twelve other men remain in custody after being arrested in anti-terror raids that started at a Chinese restaurant in Borough,
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Developers want to bulldoze the Fairfield
Developers desperate to win the multi-million pound Gateway contract want to bulldoze and re-build Croydon's Fairfield Halls as part of the deal. Stanhope has put its controversial suggestion to council officers who, it is thought, are unlikely to sanction
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Fit man, 53, stuck in hospital
A GRANDFATHER who fought his way back from a series of devastating strokes has languished in his hospital bed for the past three months, despite being told he is fit to be discharged. Now doctors have told George Martin, 53, that his health could be
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Wycombe Marine dies in Afghan plane crash
ROYAL Marine Joseph Windall from Hazlemere, Bucks, has been named as one of the servicemen to die in the Nimrod MR2 aircraft crash in Afghanistan on Saturday. The 22-year-old, from Lowfield Way, died along with 12 RAF men and a Paratrooper when their
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Youth held over mum's stab death
A teenager has been arrested over the murder of a mother-of-two stabbed to death in a "frenzied" attack as she walked to work. A witness saw how a man stabbed Carmelita Tulloch, 51, repeatedly as she lay screaming in Wickham Street, Vauxhall, at 9.05am
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London gets new 'Overground' rail network
A new Metro- style service with trains as frequent as on the Tube will cover outer London in four years' time. Dubbed the "London Overground", it will connect 71 stations in 20 boroughs in the first major step to an orbital rail network for the capital
