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Alan Titchmarsh, Dame Mary Berry and David Beckham are among the famous faces to have painted gnomes to raise funds for a Royal Horticultural Society campaign for school gardening.

The BBC's Sarah Campbell went to see the gnomes ahead of this year's Chelsea Flower Show opening on Tuesday. It runs until Saturday 23 May.

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Lights, camera, Bangaranga: Highlights from EurovisionBulgarian singer Dara stormed to victory in the contest, while Ukraine broke the record for the longest note ever sung at Eurovision.

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Driver films himself doing 119mph while bannedHe is seen singing, smoking and smiling in one clip, while another shows his speedometer going up.

Olaf the cat's 15-mile hitchhikeOlaf fell from underneath a neighbours car 15 miles from home

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