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What the Sugababes didn't know was......

OOH er missus, watch me ballcock...

Pop stars the Sugababes stepped up to switch on the Christmas lights at Millennium Point, assisted by Lord Mayor Randal Brew.

Little did they - or indeed Hancock - know but the plunger which did the trick is in fact an industrial-size ballcock cut in half.

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