Making fun of stammering was once common, with Ronnie Barker's grocer Albert Arkwright in Open All Hours a classic example.

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"School catering facilities may well move to an open all hours type of service, offering hot and coldd foods from breakfast to supper, " said Mr Wasson.

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Onsite cafes and seafood bars are open all hours for a late-night snack between purchases stop for a bite at the Deep Seafood Cafe and Oyster Bar, located between Poulos Bros Seafood and All Seas Wholesale, before having dessert at Scoop Ice-Cream and Coffee.

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Its mix of open-all-hours eating and cheap, homemade food proved a hit, and the formula has been repeated ever since.

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Since this emirate isn't hobbled by curfew laws, as are some airports, aircraft can come in at all hours, and the stores stay open to handle them.

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They are near major cities, have long hours, and are almost all open seven days a week in countries that historically close retail operations on one or more days and often for several hours during the middle of the day.

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Polls will open at 06:30 local time (10:30 GMT) and close 10 hours later, although they will stay open until all those queuing at closing time have voted.

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Plans are also in progress to make all government services available online by 2005 and the eventual aim is to open them to 24 hours a day access, seven days a week.

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All commercial flights were suspended at Guernsey Airport for nearly three hours after a plane was left open overnight.

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