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  • NEWS - London: Just Stop Oil-Demonstranten auf der Dartford-Brücke
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    NEWS - London: Just Stop Oil-Demonstranten auf der Dartford-Brücke
    18 October 2022.

    Dartford Protesters lay in their hammocks while playing on their mobile phones 494ft over the Dartford Bridge and the Thames. The Just Stop Oil protesters forced police to close it to traffic for more than a day.
    Credit: GoffPhotos.com Ref: KGC-330 (FOTO: DUKAS/GOFF)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - London: Just Stop Oil-Demonstranten auf der Dartford-Brücke
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    NEWS - London: Just Stop Oil-Demonstranten auf der Dartford-Brücke
    18 October 2022.

    Dartford Protesters lay in their hammocks while playing on their mobile phones 494ft over the Dartford Bridge and the Thames. The Just Stop Oil protesters forced police to close it to traffic for more than a day.
    Credit: GoffPhotos.com Ref: KGC-330 (FOTO: DUKAS/GOFF)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - London: Just Stop Oil-Demonstranten auf der Dartford-Brücke
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    NEWS - London: Just Stop Oil-Demonstranten auf der Dartford-Brücke
    18 October 2022.

    Dartford Protesters lay in their hammocks while playing on their mobile phones 494ft over the Dartford Bridge and the Thames. The Just Stop Oil protesters forced police to close it to traffic for more than a day.
    Credit: GoffPhotos.com Ref: KGC-330 (FOTO: DUKAS/GOFF)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - London: Just Stop Oil-Demonstranten auf der Dartford-Brücke
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    NEWS - London: Just Stop Oil-Demonstranten auf der Dartford-Brücke
    18 October 2022.

    Dartford Protesters lay in their hammocks while playing on their mobile phones 494ft over the Dartford Bridge and the Thames. The Just Stop Oil protesters forced police to close it to traffic for more than a day.
    Credit: GoffPhotos.com Ref: KGC-330 (FOTO: DUKAS/GOFF)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - London: Just Stop Oil-Demonstranten auf der Dartford-Brücke
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    NEWS - London: Just Stop Oil-Demonstranten auf der Dartford-Brücke
    18 October 2022.

    Dartford Protesters lay in their hammocks while playing on their mobile phones 494ft over the Dartford Bridge and the Thames. The Just Stop Oil protesters forced police to close it to traffic for more than a day.
    Credit: GoffPhotos.com Ref: KGC-330 (FOTO: DUKAS/GOFF)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - London: Just Stop Oil-Demonstranten auf der Dartford-Brücke
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    NEWS - London: Just Stop Oil-Demonstranten auf der Dartford-Brücke
    18 October 2022.

    Dartford Protesters lay in their hammocks while playing on their mobile phones 494ft over the Dartford Bridge and the Thames. The Just Stop Oil protesters forced police to close it to traffic for more than a day.
    Credit: GoffPhotos.com Ref: KGC-330 (FOTO: DUKAS/GOFF)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
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    NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Grant Falvey/LNP/REX (10609007g)
    Easter bank holiday weekend getaway traffic comparison images of the M25 near Dartford in Kent one year apart, (10/4/2020) and (18/4/2019).
    Easter getaway traffic, Dartford, UK - 10 Apr 2020

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
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    NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Grant Falvey/LNP/REX (10609007e)
    Easter bank holiday weekend getaway traffic comparison images of the M25 near Dartford in Kent one year apart, (10/4/2020) and (18/4/2019).
    Easter getaway traffic, Dartford, UK - 10 Apr 2020

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
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    NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Grant Falvey/LNP/REX (10609007c)
    Easter bank holiday weekend getaway traffic comparison images of the M25 near Dartford in Kent one year apart, (10/4/2020) and (18/4/2019).
    Easter getaway traffic, Dartford, UK - 10 Apr 2020

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
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    NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Grant Falvey/LNP/REX (10609007f)
    Easter bank holiday weekend getaway traffic comparison images of the Dartford crossing in Kent one year apart, (10/4/2020) and (18/4/2019).
    Easter getaway traffic, Dartford, UK - 10 Apr 2020

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
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    NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Grant Falvey/LNP/REX (10609007b)
    Easter bank holiday weekend getaway traffic comparison images of the M25 near Dartford in Kent one year apart, (10/4/2020) and (18/4/2019).
    Easter getaway traffic, Dartford, UK - 10 Apr 2020

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
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    NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Grant Falvey/LNP/REX (10609007d)
    Easter bank holiday weekend getaway traffic comparison images of the M25 near Dartford in Kent one year apart, (10/4/2020) and (18/4/2019).
    Easter getaway traffic, Dartford, UK - 10 Apr 2020

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
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    NEWS - Coronavirus: Osterverkehr in Grossbritannien im Vergleich mit 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Grant Falvey/LNP/REX (10609007a)
    Easter bank holiday weekend getaway traffic comparison images of the M25 near Dartford in Kent one year apart, (10/4/2020) and (18/4/2019).
    Easter getaway traffic, Dartford, UK - 10 Apr 2020

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
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    NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Martin Dalton/REX (10505900g)
    The chimney at Littlebrook Power Station is demolished
    Littlebrook Power Station chimney demolition, Dartford, Kent, UK - 15 Dec 2019
    The Demolition of the 215 meter Chimney at the Littlebrook Power station is the next step in the dismantling of the plant that closed in 2015 and first opened as a coal-fired station in 1939 and was a Navigation aid for the Luftwaffe during WW2. The blast conducted by Kent based demolition firm Brown and Mason caused a temporary closure of the nearby QE2 bridge crossing the River Thames from Essex to Kent. The chimney stood twice as tall as Big Ben and was the second largest in the UK.

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
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    NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Martin Dalton/REX (10505900f)
    The chimney at Littlebrook Power Station is demolished
    Littlebrook Power Station chimney demolition, Dartford, Kent, UK - 15 Dec 2019
    The Demolition of the 215 meter Chimney at the Littlebrook Power station is the next step in the dismantling of the plant that closed in 2015 and first opened as a coal-fired station in 1939 and was a Navigation aid for the Luftwaffe during WW2. The blast conducted by Kent based demolition firm Brown and Mason caused a temporary closure of the nearby QE2 bridge crossing the River Thames from Essex to Kent. The chimney stood twice as tall as Big Ben and was the second largest in the UK.

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
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    NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Martin Dalton/REX (10505900e)
    The chimney at Littlebrook Power Station is demolished
    Littlebrook Power Station chimney demolition, Dartford, Kent, UK - 15 Dec 2019
    The Demolition of the 215 meter Chimney at the Littlebrook Power station is the next step in the dismantling of the plant that closed in 2015 and first opened as a coal-fired station in 1939 and was a Navigation aid for the Luftwaffe during WW2. The blast conducted by Kent based demolition firm Brown and Mason caused a temporary closure of the nearby QE2 bridge crossing the River Thames from Essex to Kent. The chimney stood twice as tall as Big Ben and was the second largest in the UK.

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
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    NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Martin Dalton/REX (10505900d)
    The chimney at Littlebrook Power Station is demolished
    Littlebrook Power Station chimney demolition, Dartford, Kent, UK - 15 Dec 2019
    The Demolition of the 215 meter Chimney at the Littlebrook Power station is the next step in the dismantling of the plant that closed in 2015 and first opened as a coal-fired station in 1939 and was a Navigation aid for the Luftwaffe during WW2. The blast conducted by Kent based demolition firm Brown and Mason caused a temporary closure of the nearby QE2 bridge crossing the River Thames from Essex to Kent. The chimney stood twice as tall as Big Ben and was the second largest in the UK.

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
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    NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Martin Dalton/REX (10505900c)
    The chimney at Littlebrook Power Station is demolished
    Littlebrook Power Station chimney demolition, Dartford, Kent, UK - 15 Dec 2019
    The Demolition of the 215 meter Chimney at the Littlebrook Power station is the next step in the dismantling of the plant that closed in 2015 and first opened as a coal-fired station in 1939 and was a Navigation aid for the Luftwaffe during WW2. The blast conducted by Kent based demolition firm Brown and Mason caused a temporary closure of the nearby QE2 bridge crossing the River Thames from Essex to Kent. The chimney stood twice as tall as Big Ben and was the second largest in the UK.

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
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    NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Martin Dalton/REX (10505900b)
    The chimney at Littlebrook Power Station is demolished
    Littlebrook Power Station chimney demolition, Dartford, Kent, UK - 15 Dec 2019
    The Demolition of the 215 meter Chimney at the Littlebrook Power station is the next step in the dismantling of the plant that closed in 2015 and first opened as a coal-fired station in 1939 and was a Navigation aid for the Luftwaffe during WW2. The blast conducted by Kent based demolition firm Brown and Mason caused a temporary closure of the nearby QE2 bridge crossing the River Thames from Essex to Kent. The chimney stood twice as tall as Big Ben and was the second largest in the UK.

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
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    NEWS - Zerstörung des Kamins des Kraftwerks Littlebrook in Dartford
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Martin Dalton/REX (10505900a)
    The chimney at Littlebrook Power Station is demolished
    Littlebrook Power Station chimney demolition, Dartford, Kent, UK - 15 Dec 2019
    The Demolition of the 215 meter Chimney at the Littlebrook Power station is the next step in the dismantling of the plant that closed in 2015 and first opened as a coal-fired station in 1939 and was a Navigation aid for the Luftwaffe during WW2. The blast conducted by Kent based demolition firm Brown and Mason caused a temporary closure of the nearby QE2 bridge crossing the River Thames from Essex to Kent. The chimney stood twice as tall as Big Ben and was the second largest in the UK.

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - England: Sturm "Katie" wütet über Grossbritannien
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    NEWS - England: Sturm "Katie" wütet über Grossbritannien
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Grant Falvey/LNP/REX/Shutterstock (5619511e)
    Traffic on the M25 anti-clock wise towards Dartford crossing.
    Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford River Crossing in Kent is closed because of high winds from storm Katie
    Storm Katie, Britain - 28 Mar 2016
    Winds up to 80 mph have battered the UK overnight
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - England: Sturm "Katie" wütet über Grossbritannien
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    NEWS - England: Sturm "Katie" wütet über Grossbritannien
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Grant Falvey/LNP/REX/Shutterstock (5619511f)
    Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford River Crossing in Kent is closed because of high winds from storm Katie
    Storm Katie, Britain - 28 Mar 2016
    Winds up to 80 mph have battered the UK overnight
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - England: Sturm "Katie" wütet über Grossbritannien
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    NEWS - England: Sturm "Katie" wütet über Grossbritannien
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Grant Falvey/LNP/REX/Shutterstock (5619511g)
    Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford River Crossing in Kent is closed because of high winds from storm Katie
    Storm Katie, Britain - 28 Mar 2016
    Winds up to 80 mph have battered the UK overnight
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - England: Sturm "Katie" wütet über Grossbritannien
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    NEWS - England: Sturm "Katie" wütet über Grossbritannien
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Grant Falvey/LNP/REX/Shutterstock (5619511i)
    Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at Dartford River Crossing in Kent is closed because of high winds from storm Katie
    Storm Katie, Britain - 28 Mar 2016
    Winds up to 80 mph have battered the UK overnight
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • Boris Johnson Speech on Vote Leave
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    Boris Johnson Speech on Vote Leave
    11/03/2016. London, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson Speech on Vote Leave. The London Mayor Boris Johnson making a speech on the Vote Leave campaign at europa worldwide, Dartford,. After announcing he will support the Vote Leave Europe campaign in the June referendum . Picture by Andrew Parsons / Parsons Media / eyevine

    Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
    T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
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    http:///www.eyevine.com (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)

    © Parsons Media / eyevine.

     

  • Boris Johnson Speech on Vote Leave
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    Boris Johnson Speech on Vote Leave
    11/03/2016. London, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson Speech on Vote Leave. The London Mayor Boris Johnson making a speech on the Vote Leave campaign at europa worldwide, Dartford,. After announcing he will support the Vote Leave Europe campaign in the June referendum . Picture by Andrew Parsons / Parsons Media / eyevine

    Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
    T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
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    http:///www.eyevine.com (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)

    © Parsons Media / eyevine.

     

  • Mono Print
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    Mono Print
    Miss Margaret Roberts and her fiance Denis Thatcher announce their engagement.

    Portrait by John Topham

    Zusammenstellung: Margaret Thatcher mit 87 Jahren gestorben - Bilder von Topfoto

    DUKAS/TOPFOTO

     

  • A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
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    A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features (1726324w)

    Geek to Freak: A* Student Quits Uni To Join Freak Circus
    An academically gifted, young woman, who excelled throughout school, quit her university course so she could fulfil her dream of becoming a freak show performer.

    Danielle Martin, 24, would compete with her two school friends to see who could get the best grades, describing herself as a 'goody two-shoes'.

    Now for a living Danielle hammers a nail into her nose, jumps on bits of broken glass and climbs up a samurai sword ladder, all for entertainment.

    "I was the quiet one that worked hard to be top of the class," said Danielle.

    "As an only child I wanted to please my family with my grades and make them proud of me. They expected me to stick to academia and have a sensible career but my true passion is being on stage and shocking people."

    The petite, blonde from Dartford in Kent went to an all girl's school called Blackfen, where she gained a mixture of A*'s, A's and the odd B grade in her GCSE's.

    Outside of education Danielle would spend all her spare time and pocket money on acting and dance classes.

    She said: "My family would always make it clear to me that dancing and acting were very much a hobby."

    When Danielle was 13, her mum Ruth Goldsmith, 54, took her to see the Circus of Horrors, a horror-themed rock-and-roll circus freak show, which got to the semi-finals in last year's Britain's Got Talent.

    Danielle said: "She knew I would love it and she was right. I went back every year to see them perform.

    "One year I was luckily enough to go backstage and get my programme signed by the ringmaster, Dok Haze.

    "I said to him 'when I grow up I am going to come and work for you'."

    With Danielle's impressive GCSE results she continued onto college to study biology and art and design, with her mum's dream of her becoming a docto...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ICAOVRNQJ

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  • A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
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    A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features (1726324v)

    Geek to Freak: A* Student Quits Uni To Join Freak Circus
    An academically gifted, young woman, who excelled throughout school, quit her university course so she could fulfil her dream of becoming a freak show performer.

    Danielle Martin, 24, would compete with her two school friends to see who could get the best grades, describing herself as a 'goody two-shoes'.

    Now for a living Danielle hammers a nail into her nose, jumps on bits of broken glass and climbs up a samurai sword ladder, all for entertainment.

    "I was the quiet one that worked hard to be top of the class," said Danielle.

    "As an only child I wanted to please my family with my grades and make them proud of me. They expected me to stick to academia and have a sensible career but my true passion is being on stage and shocking people."

    The petite, blonde from Dartford in Kent went to an all girl's school called Blackfen, where she gained a mixture of A*'s, A's and the odd B grade in her GCSE's.

    Outside of education Danielle would spend all her spare time and pocket money on acting and dance classes.

    She said: "My family would always make it clear to me that dancing and acting were very much a hobby."

    When Danielle was 13, her mum Ruth Goldsmith, 54, took her to see the Circus of Horrors, a horror-themed rock-and-roll circus freak show, which got to the semi-finals in last year's Britain's Got Talent.

    Danielle said: "She knew I would love it and she was right. I went back every year to see them perform.

    "One year I was luckily enough to go backstage and get my programme signed by the ringmaster, Dok Haze.

    "I said to him 'when I grow up I am going to come and work for you'."

    With Danielle's impressive GCSE results she continued onto college to study biology and art and design, with her mum's dream of her becoming a docto...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ICAOVRNQJ

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
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    A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features (1726324g)

    Geek to Freak: A* Student Quits Uni To Join Freak Circus
    An academically gifted, young woman, who excelled throughout school, quit her university course so she could fulfil her dream of becoming a freak show performer.

    Danielle Martin, 24, would compete with her two school friends to see who could get the best grades, describing herself as a 'goody two-shoes'.

    Now for a living Danielle hammers a nail into her nose, jumps on bits of broken glass and climbs up a samurai sword ladder, all for entertainment.

    "I was the quiet one that worked hard to be top of the class," said Danielle.

    "As an only child I wanted to please my family with my grades and make them proud of me. They expected me to stick to academia and have a sensible career but my true passion is being on stage and shocking people."

    The petite, blonde from Dartford in Kent went to an all girl's school called Blackfen, where she gained a mixture of A*'s, A's and the odd B grade in her GCSE's.

    Outside of education Danielle would spend all her spare time and pocket money on acting and dance classes.

    She said: "My family would always make it clear to me that dancing and acting were very much a hobby."

    When Danielle was 13, her mum Ruth Goldsmith, 54, took her to see the Circus of Horrors, a horror-themed rock-and-roll circus freak show, which got to the semi-finals in last year's Britain's Got Talent.

    Danielle said: "She knew I would love it and she was right. I went back every year to see them perform.

    "One year I was luckily enough to go backstage and get my programme signed by the ringmaster, Dok Haze.

    "I said to him 'when I grow up I am going to come and work for you'."

    With Danielle's impressive GCSE results she continued onto college to study biology and art and design, with her mum's dream of her becoming a docto...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ICAOVRNQJ

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
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    A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features (1726324u)

    Geek to Freak: A* Student Quits Uni To Join Freak Circus
    An academically gifted, young woman, who excelled throughout school, quit her university course so she could fulfil her dream of becoming a freak show performer.

    Danielle Martin, 24, would compete with her two school friends to see who could get the best grades, describing herself as a 'goody two-shoes'.

    Now for a living Danielle hammers a nail into her nose, jumps on bits of broken glass and climbs up a samurai sword ladder, all for entertainment.

    "I was the quiet one that worked hard to be top of the class," said Danielle.

    "As an only child I wanted to please my family with my grades and make them proud of me. They expected me to stick to academia and have a sensible career but my true passion is being on stage and shocking people."

    The petite, blonde from Dartford in Kent went to an all girl's school called Blackfen, where she gained a mixture of A*'s, A's and the odd B grade in her GCSE's.

    Outside of education Danielle would spend all her spare time and pocket money on acting and dance classes.

    She said: "My family would always make it clear to me that dancing and acting were very much a hobby."

    When Danielle was 13, her mum Ruth Goldsmith, 54, took her to see the Circus of Horrors, a horror-themed rock-and-roll circus freak show, which got to the semi-finals in last year's Britain's Got Talent.

    Danielle said: "She knew I would love it and she was right. I went back every year to see them perform.

    "One year I was luckily enough to go backstage and get my programme signed by the ringmaster, Dok Haze.

    "I said to him 'when I grow up I am going to come and work for you'."

    With Danielle's impressive GCSE results she continued onto college to study biology and art and design, with her mum's dream of her becoming a docto...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ICAOVRNQJ

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
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    A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features (1726324h)

    Geek to Freak: A* Student Quits Uni To Join Freak Circus
    An academically gifted, young woman, who excelled throughout school, quit her university course so she could fulfil her dream of becoming a freak show performer.

    Danielle Martin, 24, would compete with her two school friends to see who could get the best grades, describing herself as a 'goody two-shoes'.

    Now for a living Danielle hammers a nail into her nose, jumps on bits of broken glass and climbs up a samurai sword ladder, all for entertainment.

    "I was the quiet one that worked hard to be top of the class," said Danielle.

    "As an only child I wanted to please my family with my grades and make them proud of me. They expected me to stick to academia and have a sensible career but my true passion is being on stage and shocking people."

    The petite, blonde from Dartford in Kent went to an all girl's school called Blackfen, where she gained a mixture of A*'s, A's and the odd B grade in her GCSE's.

    Outside of education Danielle would spend all her spare time and pocket money on acting and dance classes.

    She said: "My family would always make it clear to me that dancing and acting were very much a hobby."

    When Danielle was 13, her mum Ruth Goldsmith, 54, took her to see the Circus of Horrors, a horror-themed rock-and-roll circus freak show, which got to the semi-finals in last year's Britain's Got Talent.

    Danielle said: "She knew I would love it and she was right. I went back every year to see them perform.

    "One year I was luckily enough to go backstage and get my programme signed by the ringmaster, Dok Haze.

    "I said to him 'when I grow up I am going to come and work for you'."

    With Danielle's impressive GCSE results she continued onto college to study biology and art and design, with her mum's dream of her becoming a docto...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ICAOVRNQJ

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
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    A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features (1726324r)

    Geek to Freak: A* Student Quits Uni To Join Freak Circus
    An academically gifted, young woman, who excelled throughout school, quit her university course so she could fulfil her dream of becoming a freak show performer.

    Danielle Martin, 24, would compete with her two school friends to see who could get the best grades, describing herself as a 'goody two-shoes'.

    Now for a living Danielle hammers a nail into her nose, jumps on bits of broken glass and climbs up a samurai sword ladder, all for entertainment.

    "I was the quiet one that worked hard to be top of the class," said Danielle.

    "As an only child I wanted to please my family with my grades and make them proud of me. They expected me to stick to academia and have a sensible career but my true passion is being on stage and shocking people."

    The petite, blonde from Dartford in Kent went to an all girl's school called Blackfen, where she gained a mixture of A*'s, A's and the odd B grade in her GCSE's.

    Outside of education Danielle would spend all her spare time and pocket money on acting and dance classes.

    She said: "My family would always make it clear to me that dancing and acting were very much a hobby."

    When Danielle was 13, her mum Ruth Goldsmith, 54, took her to see the Circus of Horrors, a horror-themed rock-and-roll circus freak show, which got to the semi-finals in last year's Britain's Got Talent.

    Danielle said: "She knew I would love it and she was right. I went back every year to see them perform.

    "One year I was luckily enough to go backstage and get my programme signed by the ringmaster, Dok Haze.

    "I said to him 'when I grow up I am going to come and work for you'."

    With Danielle's impressive GCSE results she continued onto college to study biology and art and design, with her mum's dream of her becoming a docto...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ICAOVRNQJ

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  • A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
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    A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features (1726324q)

    Geek to Freak: A* Student Quits Uni To Join Freak Circus
    An academically gifted, young woman, who excelled throughout school, quit her university course so she could fulfil her dream of becoming a freak show performer.

    Danielle Martin, 24, would compete with her two school friends to see who could get the best grades, describing herself as a 'goody two-shoes'.

    Now for a living Danielle hammers a nail into her nose, jumps on bits of broken glass and climbs up a samurai sword ladder, all for entertainment.

    "I was the quiet one that worked hard to be top of the class," said Danielle.

    "As an only child I wanted to please my family with my grades and make them proud of me. They expected me to stick to academia and have a sensible career but my true passion is being on stage and shocking people."

    The petite, blonde from Dartford in Kent went to an all girl's school called Blackfen, where she gained a mixture of A*'s, A's and the odd B grade in her GCSE's.

    Outside of education Danielle would spend all her spare time and pocket money on acting and dance classes.

    She said: "My family would always make it clear to me that dancing and acting were very much a hobby."

    When Danielle was 13, her mum Ruth Goldsmith, 54, took her to see the Circus of Horrors, a horror-themed rock-and-roll circus freak show, which got to the semi-finals in last year's Britain's Got Talent.

    Danielle said: "She knew I would love it and she was right. I went back every year to see them perform.

    "One year I was luckily enough to go backstage and get my programme signed by the ringmaster, Dok Haze.

    "I said to him 'when I grow up I am going to come and work for you'."

    With Danielle's impressive GCSE results she continued onto college to study biology and art and design, with her mum's dream of her becoming a docto...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ICAOVRNQJ

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  • A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
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    A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features (1726324ad)

    Geek to Freak: A* Student Quits Uni To Join Freak Circus
    An academically gifted, young woman, who excelled throughout school, quit her university course so she could fulfil her dream of becoming a freak show performer.

    Danielle Martin, 24, would compete with her two school friends to see who could get the best grades, describing herself as a 'goody two-shoes'.

    Now for a living Danielle hammers a nail into her nose, jumps on bits of broken glass and climbs up a samurai sword ladder, all for entertainment.

    "I was the quiet one that worked hard to be top of the class," said Danielle.

    "As an only child I wanted to please my family with my grades and make them proud of me. They expected me to stick to academia and have a sensible career but my true passion is being on stage and shocking people."

    The petite, blonde from Dartford in Kent went to an all girl's school called Blackfen, where she gained a mixture of A*'s, A's and the odd B grade in her GCSE's.

    Outside of education Danielle would spend all her spare time and pocket money on acting and dance classes.

    She said: "My family would always make it clear to me that dancing and acting were very much a hobby."

    When Danielle was 13, her mum Ruth Goldsmith, 54, took her to see the Circus of Horrors, a horror-themed rock-and-roll circus freak show, which got to the semi-finals in last year's Britain's Got Talent.

    Danielle said: "She knew I would love it and she was right. I went back every year to see them perform.

    "One year I was luckily enough to go backstage and get my programme signed by the ringmaster, Dok Haze.

    "I said to him 'when I grow up I am going to come and work for you'."

    With Danielle's impressive GCSE results she continued onto college to study biology and art and design, with her mum's dream of her becoming a doct...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ICAOVRNQJ

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  • A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
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    A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features (1726324d)

    Geek to Freak: A* Student Quits Uni To Join Freak Circus
    An academically gifted, young woman, who excelled throughout school, quit her university course so she could fulfil her dream of becoming a freak show performer.

    Danielle Martin, 24, would compete with her two school friends to see who could get the best grades, describing herself as a 'goody two-shoes'.

    Now for a living Danielle hammers a nail into her nose, jumps on bits of broken glass and climbs up a samurai sword ladder, all for entertainment.

    "I was the quiet one that worked hard to be top of the class," said Danielle.

    "As an only child I wanted to please my family with my grades and make them proud of me. They expected me to stick to academia and have a sensible career but my true passion is being on stage and shocking people."

    The petite, blonde from Dartford in Kent went to an all girl's school called Blackfen, where she gained a mixture of A*'s, A's and the odd B grade in her GCSE's.

    Outside of education Danielle would spend all her spare time and pocket money on acting and dance classes.

    She said: "My family would always make it clear to me that dancing and acting were very much a hobby."

    When Danielle was 13, her mum Ruth Goldsmith, 54, took her to see the Circus of Horrors, a horror-themed rock-and-roll circus freak show, which got to the semi-finals in last year's Britain's Got Talent.

    Danielle said: "She knew I would love it and she was right. I went back every year to see them perform.

    "One year I was luckily enough to go backstage and get my programme signed by the ringmaster, Dok Haze.

    "I said to him 'when I grow up I am going to come and work for you'."

    With Danielle's impressive GCSE results she continued onto college to study biology and art and design, with her mum's dream of her becoming a docto...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ICAOVRNQJ

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  • A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
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    A* student goes from geek to freak after becoming a freak show performer, Dartford, Britain - May 2012
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features (1726324a)

    Geek to Freak: A* Student Quits Uni To Join Freak Circus
    An academically gifted, young woman, who excelled throughout school, quit her university course so she could fulfil her dream of becoming a freak show performer.

    Danielle Martin, 24, would compete with her two school friends to see who could get the best grades, describing herself as a 'goody two-shoes'.

    Now for a living Danielle hammers a nail into her nose, jumps on bits of broken glass and climbs up a samurai sword ladder, all for entertainment.

    "I was the quiet one that worked hard to be top of the class," said Danielle.

    "As an only child I wanted to please my family with my grades and make them proud of me. They expected me to stick to academia and have a sensible career but my true passion is being on stage and shocking people."

    The petite, blonde from Dartford in Kent went to an all girl's school called Blackfen, where she gained a mixture of A*'s, A's and the odd B grade in her GCSE's.

    Outside of education Danielle would spend all her spare time and pocket money on acting and dance classes.

    She said: "My family would always make it clear to me that dancing and acting were very much a hobby."

    When Danielle was 13, her mum Ruth Goldsmith, 54, took her to see the Circus of Horrors, a horror-themed rock-and-roll circus freak show, which got to the semi-finals in last year's Britain's Got Talent.

    Danielle said: "She knew I would love it and she was right. I went back every year to see them perform.

    "One year I was luckily enough to go backstage and get my programme signed by the ringmaster, Dok Haze.

    "I said to him 'when I grow up I am going to come and work for you'."

    With Danielle's impressive GCSE results she continued onto college to study biology and art and design, with her mum's dream of her becoming a docto...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ICAOVRNQJ

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    London, Britain - 2009
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    Looking over Averley Marshes, Purfleet, and down the River Thames to the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Dartford, England, Britain
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  • Johnny the British Bulldog, Dartford, Kent, Britain - 17 Oct 2007
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    Johnny the British Bulldog, Dartford, Kent, Britain - 17 Oct 2007
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    Johnny the British Bulldog, Dartford, Kent, Britain - 17 Oct 2007

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    Britain
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    River Darent at Dartford Salt Marshes, Dartford, Kent, England, Britain
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    Britain
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    River Thames at Queen Elizabeth II bridge, Dartford, Kent, England, Britain
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    Britain
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Londonstills.com / Rex Features ( 1167314eu )
    River Thames at Queen Elizabeth II bridge, Dartford, Kent, England, Britain
    Britain

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  • VARIOUS - 2004
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    VARIOUS - 2004
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    BLUEWATER SHOPPING CENTRE, DARTFORD, KENT, BRITAIN
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