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Stars of athletics, the West End, talent shows and rally driving will entertain passengers on board Celebrity Silhouette’s summer seacations.

Guest celebrities joining voyages include Olympian Derek Redmond, who bravely completed the 400 metres at the 1992 Barcelona Games with a torn hamstring, and pioneering Penny Mallory, the TV presenter who was the first woman in the world to compete in a World Rally Car for Ford in the World Rally Championship.

Also on board are Les Mis stars The Barricade Boys, award-winning illusionist Matt Mcgurk and Richard Jones, the only magician to have won Britain’s Got Talent.

Silhouette sails from Southampton on July 3 for a season of six-to-eight-night itineraries around the British

ON BOARD

Derek Redmond and Penny

Mallory coast. Celebrity’s UK managing director Jo Rzymowska said: “These influential athletes and performers perfectly complement Celebrity’s existing vast entertainment offering, which guests will be able to enjoy again onboard the beautifully revolutionised Celebrity Silhouette.”

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■■TUI’S much-anticipated new river cruise line is so confident that passengers will love their voyages that if they don’t, they can get their money back.

The travel giant is due to launch on European waterways including the Danube, Rhine and Moselle on August 2 and says if any customer issue can’t be resolved by the onboard team during their cruise, they can get a full refund when they return home.

The firm is also offering £300 off bookings for itineraries up to October 25 using the code SETSAIL300 at tui.co.uk/river-cruises