The plant driver, of Sandown Court, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, admitted bigamy at an earlier hearing.

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It was said that Esselen Park, which needed plenty of refurbishment, had been swapped for Sandown High School.

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Yaverland, at the northern end of Sandown Bay, is a popular family beach and a favourite for water sports.

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Diana Drayton, the head of the Sandown twinning committee, says most of them disappeared to London and were never seen again.

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"Nothing quite like has been seen before, " said Steve Hutt, Curator of the island's Museum of Geology at Sandown, who is heading the excavation.

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Tell that to the residents of Sandown, a holiday resort on the Isle of Wight which is twinned with the French town of Tonnay-Charante.

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Among the highlights are the opening day of Newmarket's Craven meeting on Wednesday, 13 April and the Easter Day fixture at Sandown Park on Sunday, 24 April.

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It said there was also intense competition from other events including the Olympics, Farnborough Air Show, Tom Jones at Sandown Park and Bruce Springsteen in London near the Guilfest weekend of 13-15 July.

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Sandown's National Hunt season finale will take place over the Easter weekend, while the Becher Chase at Aintree switches from Sunday to Saturday and Newbury stages its Challow Hurdle fixture two days later than usual on New Year's Eve.

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