Heather Mills McCartney and Johnny Vegas take flight in race to save the Albatross; Vegas Strikes First Bet on Eighteen Stone of Idiot!

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 April 2005-Ladbrokes: Heather Mills McCartney and Johnny Vegas take flight in race to save the Albatross; Vegas Strikes First Bet on Eighteen Stone of Idiot!(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28042005 Zany funnyman Johnny Vegas has struck the first bet on the 2005 Big Bird Race - backing the bird named after his new TV show - 18 Stone of Idiot - to win the marathon migration across the Southern Seas.

Should his bird win the race, Vegas will win GBP6,000 for his GBP500 bet with proceeds going to seabird conservation charities. Well known faces ranging from Heather Mills McCartney and Dame Ellen MacArthur to Michael Parkinson have been named today as the owners of the 17 runners in the Ladbrokes.com Big Bird Race 2005. The celebrities...

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