For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
The model train running around the Christmas tree, watched by happy pyjama-clad children out of a Norman Rockwell illustration, is a Hollywood cliche you're bound to see in at least one US movie this festive season.
Before she was a world champion under-23 rower, Vicky Thornley was a model. And before that she was a national class showjumper. No wonder, then, that the 6ft 3in blonde from Wrexham has become a totem for the new Tall and Talented talent identification scheme launched by UK Sport last month.
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For the Tories the problem is people, not policy. David Cameron’s all-female shortlists are a way to boost the talent pool
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It’s not about women, it’s about taking power (Times Online)
RICHARD KAY: Kents to sell royal treasures
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ANGLO Coal's Dawson Mine, near Moura, had a big problem - measuring 40,000 square metres and 60 metres deep.
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Brisbane company chases mine-related jobs (The Daily Mercury)
Feminism has never had it so bad. Britain is riven with porn culture and a generation is in thrall to a sexist agenda
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When feminism went nuts (Times Online)
The controversy surrounding the removal of the East Coast line franchise from National Express and the question mark hanging over Crossrail risk overshadowing another major transport scheme that is already delivering one of its targets — faster journey times.
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An expanding train network will drive up Kent's property prices (Times Online)
Andy Murray v Fred Perry: The lives and loves of the young pretender and the triple Wimbledon champion
Model trains and Scalextric firm Hornby was driven into trouble this year by some wonky steering from its biggest supplier.
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A new business in Maroochydore has put personal trainers, physiotherapists, massage therapists, dieticians and psychologists under the one roof.
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