When I talked recently (via email) with ex-BMW chief designer Chris Bangle he was doubtful about driverless vehicles simply because the liability issues it created needed to be resolved before the cars could go on sale.

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Also competing will be weather presenter Sian Lloyd, model Catalina Guirado, chef Antony Worrall Thompson, ex-soccer star John Fashanu and Changing Rooms designer Linda Barker.

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Mr. Merkin still lives at his duplex at 740 Park Avenue the storied Manhattan apartment building that was the girlhood home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and has boasted high-profile residents such as ex-Merrill Lynch chief executive John Thain and designer Vera Wang.

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