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Outside its two major markets, Kingfisher reported very strong growth in Poland (against weak comparatives) and good performances in Italy and China.


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PAUL DAVIES When seniors first come here, they're apprehensive. But once they're here, they see that it's a warm...
BARBARA DAVIES The one I remember is going into London, as it was for us in Essex, on New Year's Eve in 1981. T...
ALAN DAVIES This is an important historical site which is now a leisure facility and I feel certain that there i...
BARRY DAVIES Europe's fragmentation puts the wider historical picture beyond reach.
NORMAN DAVIES I think a four-year ban would effectively rule out one Olympic games - a life ban is too harsh. I th...
LYNN DAVIES I think people are turning inward more now cause the world's got in such a weird, crazy state. I...
DAVE DAVIES I think you enjoy the game more if you don't know the rules. Anyway, you're on the same wavelength a...
JONATHAN DAVIES In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic...
PAUL DAVIES It is important to remember that John Paul II was not an American or a Frenchman.
NORMAN DAVIES People don't see very often their death coming... Look at the French Revolution: The king of Fra...
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