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London Irish: C4 comedy about Ireland's binge-drinking diaspora accused of 'racism'
22 March 2013 03:08 PM
A new Channel 4 comedy series which depicts London’s Irish population as binge-drinking, English-haters suffering from a permanent hangover has been accused of “racism” by members of the community.
'Saudi weather station down due to head-on collision with camel': BBC Twitter accounts hacked by group calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army
21 March 2013 03:44 PM
The @BBCWeather, @BBCArabicOnline and @BBCRadioUlster accounts were hacked by campaigners
Châteaux du Shandong: China breaks into British wine market
21 March 2013 02:47 PM
It’s time to uncork a bottle of Châteaux du Shandong. British wine lovers will get a taste of China’s vineyards after Berry Bros and Rudd became the first UK retailer to give rising wine power a permanent place on its shelves.
Polly would be a cracker: PJ Harvey asked to front Nirvana by Dave Grohl
21 March 2013 02:31 PM
PJ Harvey nearly became the new singer with Nirvana at a UK concert last month, Dave Grohl has revealed.
Rod Stewart makes plea for teenage lover who bore his first child in new album Time
20 March 2013 07:00 PM
Despite being happily married to Penny Lancaster, the crooner has broken a 20-year song-writing silence with an album about divorce, the daughter he put up for adoption, and his 17-year-old first love
American-style televised courts move a step closer: Channel 4 to show a British murder trial for first time
19 March 2013 04:33 PM
The prospect of American-style televised courts has moved a step closer after Channel 4 announced that it is to show a British murder trial in its entirety for the first time.
'Toffishness and twittishness' - Boris Johnson spills beans on Bullingdon Club and reveals childhood ambition to be 'world king'
19 March 2013 12:00 AM
In a BBC profile 'Boris Johnson: The Irresistible Rise' London's mayor also reveals his ambition to be British Prime Minister
Teen soap star 'raped boy to prove he was bisexual' court hears
18 March 2013 04:43 PM
A teenage television soap actor raped a 14-year-old boy to prove to his girlfriend he was bisexual, a court heard.
Court hears plot 'to decapitate Joss Stone with samurai sword and dump her body in a river'
18 March 2013 01:36 PM
Two men plotted to rob and kill the pop star Joss Stone before dumping her body in a river, a court heard.
- 1 'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Bloody attack brings terror to capital’s streets
- 2 Mothers' diets may harm IQs in two-thirds of babies
- 3 Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
- 4 After woman sells virginity for $780,000, here are the results of our prostitution survey
- 5 Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
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