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Keith Chegwin's hotel room key is most valued item in showbiz

Keith Chegwin
Keith Chegwin: coming to a hotel near you. Photograph: Rex Features/ITV

Keith Chegwin, what are the five things you really couldn't live without, asks the Daily Express. BBC News, his local pub, walking boots and an eReader he opens with, so not entirely out of the ordinary. But what's this? His collection of Allen keys? "This is going to make me sound strange but I have a huge collection of Allen keys that I take everywhere," says the chap who used to play pop. "I don't use them for DIY but to help me open the windows in hotel bedrooms. I stay away from home at least twice a week. I cannot stand being stuck in a stuffy hotel room so I have an Allen key to fit window locks at most of the major hotel chains." There's a reason hotel windows don't open, Cheggers. To keep the fans out.

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