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IT will be the thrill of a lifetime for 12-year-old Suzanne Kelly tonight (Friday) at 6pm when she sees herself performing a solo dance on television in BBC 1’s Nationwide programme. Suzanne, of Blandy Road, is a pupil of the Jeannine Greville Dancing Academies and, although she has been on television twice before, her previous appearances were in commercials.

What is probably the second most-expensive road vehicle in the world was on show in Henley on Monday. Nicknamed the “Jumbulance”, this coach ambulance is complete with beds, reclining seats, air conditioning, an electric lifting hoist, a chemical flush toilet, an aircraft-type galley, oxygen supply, radio and cassette music and even television.