FOR THE RECORD

Saturday 30 May 1998 18:02 EDT
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Please don't take me off. I want to carry on.

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Actor Max Douchin, who plays "Papa" in Renault's television advertisements, on the three alternative endings to an instalment which features his daughter getting hitched

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Deana Moore, mother of Frank Sinatra's secret grandsons

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East Riding Council's principal traffic officer Mike Dainty, on a parking ticket issued to hapless motorist Robert Walls because his

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They see themselves as a slick, professional outfit, and couldn't believe Geri pulled out.

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