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A plumber from Walton, Surrey, freed two toddlers who were stuck in a car in hot conditions.

Singer Charlotte Church had to call in a plumber on a emergency visit to retrieve her new diamond engagement ring, which had fallen down a plughole.

BBC TV’s Over The Rainbow judge panicked after the heart-shaped ring fell off as she washed her hands. The ring disappeared in a bathroom basin at the Welsh farmhouse she shares with rugby star fiancé Gavin Henson.

Plumber Andy Ward was about to set off on holiday when he got the frantic call to Charlotte’s 20-acre home at St Brides Major, near Bridgend.

Madonna, the undisputed Queen of Pop, has called plumbers into her London home to fill her central heating system with Kabbalah water.

A group of Fulham plumbers have a plan to help people in Uganda suffering from lack of water. They aren’t going to do it from afar, though. Come July, the plumbers plan to travel all the way to Africa so they can use their skills to build a water tank that will help hundreds of drought and poverty stricken Ugandans.

In 1990, West Yorkshire-based plumber Hattie Hasan established the appropriately named Stopcocks Women Plumbers after struggling to find full-time employment the male-dominated plumbing industry.

Stopcocks was one the first companies of women plumbers, and now Stopcocks Women Plumbers has a new scheme for helping women plumbers find and keep work.

The plumber from Lincolnshire who modified his scooter to shoot anti-tailgating flames was arrested last week.

Lincolnshire Police spotted the pictures of Mr Furze allegedly riding his scooter on a public highway, and they arrested him under suspicion of possessing a converted firearm. He was released on unconditional police bail without charge until May 6 pending further police investigation.

A plumber from Stamford in Lincolnshire spent a month tinkering in his back garden. The result? A 007-style, flame-throwing scooter.

Colin Furze, 30, first attached a flamethrower to a BMX bike. It worked so well that he did the same to his moped.

On Saturday the 13th, plumbers dyed the Chicago River green as a part of the St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the city.

Part time plumber Tom Bush has been called into the Leeds Rhino squad before today's Engage Super League game against Harlequins.

20 year old bush is an apprentice plumber and looks set to make his Super League debut as a replacement for winger Scott Donald. After hearing of the news, Bush said:

A new survey has revealed that the average Brit spends more than two weeks of their lives waiting for tradesmen. The time is equivalent to 366 hours or 15 days.

Kris Marshall, the star of BBC1 comedy My Family, was spotted with Hannah Dodkin, the plumber who won £335,000 in the Arab version of The Apprentice.

Who is America's sexiest plumber? One of life's most important questions has now been answered...

I came across this press release from a company called Penrose Plumbers listing the 8 traits of a professional plumber.

Housebuilders in the UK are beginning to claw back their investible status' according to hedge fund firm Toscafund. The news comes as the housing market gradually edges towards growth in 2011 and beyond, rejuvenating share prices, asset values and eventually, profitability.

"We feel we're going to make a lot of money out of housebuilders as they're undervalued," said Martin Hughes, founder of hedge fund firm Toscafund.

A plumber from Hertford, USA has been inspired to become a singer after featuring in Oprah Winfrey's "Karaoke Challenge".

A recent announcement by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has meant that billions of pounds could be invested into providing apprenticeships and skills training for electricians and plumbers.

A local plumber from Westchester, USA has become a local celebrity after becoming the subject of a painting that now hangs in the famous Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.

Artist Patricia Horing had the idea of painting her local plumber after he came to do some work on her bath tub. Plumber Herman Evly said,

"She came to the door and said, 'Herman, can I paint you?' And I said huh? I just go like this, I take off my cap and said, "Go for it, baby,'" he said.

The UK's richest plumber, who counts Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Hugh Grant and Dame Helen Mirren among his clients, is suing a rival company who he accuses of industrial espionage.

Charlie Mullins, the owner of Pimlico Plumbers, is set to sue rival company Service Corps for £1m, who are accussed of trying to persuade its staff to breach their contracts and taken the firm's instruction manual and a list of clients' names and addresses.

The boss of London plumbing company Pimlico Plumbers has gone undercover in Channel 4's latest series of the Secret Millionaire.

Charlie Mullins, spent his time working as a handyman on Longford Estate in Warrington, earning just £64 a week. In contrast, Mullins presides over a plumbing business in London that employs 160 staff and turns over £15m a year.

A plumber from Welham Green, Hertfordshire has been left waiting so long for his broken arm to be operated on that it's ended up bent out of recognition.

Colin Furze, a plumber from Lincolnshire, has entered the record books after building the world's longest motorbike.

Measuring a gigantic 46ft, the motorbike was constructed using two 50cc Honda Sky mopeds and pieces of aluminium and can travel up to 30 miles per hour.

The motorbike measures 14.03 metres and dwarves the previous record of 9.6 metres.

A plumber from Maidenhead has managed to shrug off a heart attack and a quadruple heart bypass in an effort to finish off work on a youth centre community project.

A band of plumbers from company Pimilico Plumbers has won BBC One's TV talent show Tonight's the Night.

The band, known as 'Never Mind the Ballcocks', will now have their CD sold in Plumb Centres and Part Centres across the UK. The band consists of heating engineer Stuart Dunne (lead vocals and guitar), Martin Botley (lead guitar), heating engineer Robbie Glanfield (bass guitar and backup vocals) and Billy Kikidis (drums).

The son of a master stonemason, Henry John Patch (Harry Patch) the last known surviving British soldier to have been involved on the western front and who passed away on the 25th July aged 111 was apprenticed to a plumber after leaving school at t

The BBC has reported that a plumber from Somerset been awarded £175,000 in compensation after contracting asbestos-related cancer.

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A 30 year old female plumber from Somerset has been named as this year's apprentice...in Abu Dhabi.

Hannah Dodkin, 30, from Polsham in the West Country, was working for a small property development firm in London before deciding last year to enter Hydra Executives, an Abu Dhabi-based version of the global hit TV show.

Mike Roberts, a plumber from Houston, TX, turned out to be a diamond geezer after he found a ring worth £51,000 in the toilets of the Bleak Bear Diner. Black Bear regular, Alison Berry, raised the alarm after the 7 carat sparkler fell from her finger as she "used the bathroom" (that's going for a wee to you and me).

A plumber from West Lothian, Scotland, who was slammed by Simon Cowell in the final of Britain's Got Talent has vowed to fight on and make his dream come true.

Andrew Muir, 24, who sang a tuneless version of John Lennon's Imagine, was ripped into by the judge on Saturday night, who claimed he was "out of his depth" and had "made the worse decision of his life" by choosing that particular song.

Muir, today was being defiant saying that "I probably wouldn't have won anyway – the talent was outstanding.

"But I don't agree with Simon when he said I was 'out of my depth', a