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Rajar figures: Radio 4 audience at an all-time high, boost for Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw but Radio 3 ratings fall
Thursday 01 August 2013
BBC Radio 4 has achieved a record audience, buoyed by the success of the Today programme, but Radio 3 has suffered a drop in ratings.
'Acting is insane for a human being': Johnny Depp hints at plans to retire from movie-making
Monday 29 July 2013
Johnny Depp has said he could retire from movie-making soon and described the life of an actor as "a kind of insane option for a human being".
Families keep McDonald’s UK sales on the rise
Tuesday 23 July 2013
McDonald’s UK has said that some British families are “running out” of cash ahead of payday, despite it posting another quarter of rising sales and enjoying its “busiest-ever” day of trading last month.
Skipping your breakfast can increase the risk of heart attack by almost 30%
Monday 22 July 2013
Study shows a morning meal is needed to take the body out of its protective ‘fasting state’
Get me out of here - Cumbrian cottages, Marakech, Antigua
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Now... Cumbrian Cottages has a selection of discounts this month. Examples for a week's rental from 26/27 July include Foxgloves near Windermere or Plum Corner near Hadrian's Wall, both sleeping two, for £390. bit.ly/CumbriaCots
Style shrinks: Our experts analyse Wimblemum Judy Murray's crowning glory
Sunday 14 July 2013
The dress
The Conversation: Nile Rodgers, musician
Saturday 06 July 2013
'I used to fly to Paris for lunch – insane'
Video: Wonderful film locations
Friday 21 June 2013
A spectacular film location can cause anyone to catch the travel bug. Watch the videos below to see trailers for a selection of favourites from celebrities:
The week in radio: Welcome wake-up call from Baddiel's brainy bunch on Radio 4's Four Thought
Wednesday 12 June 2013
There are times, with Radio 4, when the only way to listen is while lying horizontal in a darkened room with a cold compress on your head. I find this to be requirement while spending half an hour in the company of Melvyn Bragg as he pontificates over the concepts behind Dutch humanism or prophecy in the Abrahamic religions at 9 o'clock in the morning straight after the three-hour hard-news assault that is the Today programme.
Scarf at the ready? Russell Brand says he'd love to replace Matt Smith as Doctor Who
Thursday 06 June 2013
Comedian Russell Brand has revealed that he would love to replace Matt Smith as Doctor Who.
Significant number of children believe cheese comes from plants, reveals new survey
Monday 03 June 2013
Cheese comes from plants and fish fingers are made of chicken, according to a significant number of children questioned on their knowledge of where food comes from.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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