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Champions League final: Angela Merkel turns her back on Bayern Munich's Uli Hoeness as tax row clouds Wembley showdown
Sunday 19 May 2013
Saturday's all-German Champions' League final is being overshadowed by a Bayern Munich saga that has reached the very top
Comedy review: Doc Brown, The Royal Albert Hall, London
Wednesday 01 May 2013
Towards the end of his show rapper-turned comic Doc Brown (real name Ben Bailey Smith) says that he feels he is “still drifting”and that his career journey so far could still be a work in progress.
I've had the surgery of my life: Patients choose to watch relaxing classic films during theatre
Thursday 18 April 2013
Dirty Dancing, The Sound of Music and Cabaret are proving popular film choices in the new scheme run at Peterborough City Hospital
One Minute With: Jess Richards, novelist
Saturday 01 December 2012
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Superstar victor Ben Forster gives sneak preview of Jesus Christ Superstar role
Friday 17 August 2012
TV's Superstar victor looks to be having a riot as he is seen in his winning role for the first time - facing baton-wielding police.
Olympic Shorts: Cameroon athletes choose the land of Cameron
Wednesday 08 August 2012
Athletes from all corners of the world have been delighted by the bright lights of London, but it seems Cameroon's delegation may have been enjoying it a bit too much. Its entire boxing squad – comprising five fighters – has "disappeared", along with a Cameroonian swimmer and a footballer. The country's Ministry of Sports and Physical Education confirmed that the competitors were no longer at the Athletes' Village. A reserve goalkeeper for the women's football team, Drusille Ngako, was the first to disappear. She was not one of the 18 retained after pre-Olympic training in Scotland and when her team left for Coventry for a game against New Zealand last week, she vanished. A few days later, swimmer Paul Ekane Edingue departed. The five boxers are suspected of leaving in order to stay in Europe for economic reasons.
Chris Moyles to present his last Radio 1 breakfast show on 14 September
Monday 06 August 2012
Chris Moyles will present his last Radio 1 breakfast show on Friday 14 September, with Nick Grimshaw taking over 10 days later.
Argentina's former first lady Evita Peron honoured on 100 peso note
Thursday 26 July 2012
Argentina's iconic former first lady Evita Peron has been honoured in song, in film and currently on Broadway. Now her face will grace the nation's currency.
Alice Jones' Arts Diary: Never one to shy away from a campaign, Michael Moore is embarking on a new mission: to save cinema itself
Saturday 21 July 2012
Next month, the director-provocateur will stage his eighth film festival in his hometown, Traverse City, Michigan.
Nick Grimshaw to replace Chris Moyles as Radio 1 breakfast show host
Wednesday 11 July 2012
Radio 1 has announced that Nick Grimshaw will replace Chris Moyles as breakfast show host after the long-running DJ announced his decision to leave this morning.
The Weekend's Viewing: The South Bank Show, Sun, Sky Arts 1
Sebastian Bergman, Sat, BBC4
Monday 28 May 2012
There are only a handful of TV institutions that have remained essentially unchanged for more than 30 years and in the case of The South Bank Show at least two of the hallmarks are aural.
Coffee machine's starring role in search for Jesus
Tuesday 10 April 2012
His ability to transform water into wine is well known, but the Bible tells us less about his coffee-making abilities. Which is perhaps why Jesus Christ will endorse the Magnifica bean-to-cup cappuccino coffee maker as ITV offers brands the chance to embed their products in its new search to find a West End star.
Jesus Christ ... Salesman? TV show to plug coffee-maker
Tuesday 10 April 2012
His ability to transform water into wine is well known. But now Jesus Christ will endorse the Magnifica bean-to-cup cappuccino coffee maker as ITV offers brands the chance to embed their products in its new search to find a West End star.
Johannes Heesters: Actor dogged by his Nazi associations
Wednesday 22 February 2012
The Dutch-born entertainer Johannes Heesters, who made his name performing in Germany and was dogged later by controversy over his Nazi-era past, died on 24 December at the age of 108. Born in the Netherlands on 5 December 1903, Heesters made his stage debut on the big stage at the Volksoper in Vienna in 1934. His career took off in Berlin where, he became a crowd favourite at the Komische Oper and Admiralspalast. He gained fame appearing in films such as Die Leuchter des Kaisers [The Emperor's Candlesticks] and Das Hofkonzert [The Court Concert].
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- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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