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Business community's Staines 'removal' plan

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There are calls to remove Staines, as we know it, from the map. The Surrey town has long been the butt of many a joke - made infamous by the comedian Ali G.

But now some business people want it to be renamed saying rebranding the area will improve its economic fortunes. BBC London's Mike Ramsden reports.

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