In July Barton received a four-month suspended prison sentence for the assault in May 2007, when the pair were team-mates at Manchester City.

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To frame the collection, Louboutin has placed searchlights from the Suez Canal (picked up in Cairo and at the Paris flea markets), Syrian columns purchased at auction, two Aztec-like totem poles from Mexico City and a pair of Indian rococo columns found in a Paris antiques shop.

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Until 1995, he formed a ratings-topping double act with Kara Noble, as millions of listeners across the city tuned in to hear the pair exchange quips and banter each morning.

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