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Jo Whiley at the Brit Awards 2013

Jo Whiley: Britain's Got Talent and The Voice make my skin crawl

DJ Jo Whiley has criticised Britain's Got Talent and The Voice - saying that contestants do not know what they are letting themselves in for.

The Voice scored its lowest viewing figures for the current series last night

Even with no Britain's Got Talent, The Voice suffers series-low viewing figures

Over on ITV, the Champions League final pulled in 3.5 million viewers

Jordan Poulton, Jaz Ampaw-Farr, Kurt Wilson, Francesca MacDuff-Varley, Myles Mordaunt, Natalie Panayi, Alex Mills, Luisa Zissman, with (sitting left to right) Tim Stillwell, Rebecca Slater, Jason Leech, Sophie Lau, Neil Clough, Leah Totton, Zeeshaan Shah, Uzma Yakoob, the contestants in this year's BBC programme, The Apprentice.

The Apprentice 2013 contestants revealed: Get ready for new format and 'all the usual clichés'

The Apprentice is back, but this time with a bit of a twist.

The duo are reportedly always filmed or photographed with Ant on the left, and Dec on the right

Presenters get ready to 'rhumble'? Survey reveals women fancy Dec more than Ant

This could cause a rumble between two of TV's best friends - a survey has revealed women would rather bed Dec than Ant.

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It'll cost you over a tenner to Facebook message Tom Daley - but why doesn't he see a penny of it?

This new system, which connects strangers and celebrities, seems far behind Twitter

Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon

Alesha Dixon steps out for domestic abuse victims

Talent show judge Alesha Dixon took a walk in the sun this morning as part of a campaign supporting women affected by domestic violence, as it was revealed two women are killed by current or former partners every week in England and Wales - but she refused to comment on Rihanna's reconciliation with Chris Brown.

Ant McPartlin is one half of duo Ant and Dec with Declan Donnelly

Ant McPartlin reveals he and his wife are having 'a tough time' trying to have a baby

TV star Ant McPartlin has revealed that he and his wife have been struggling to have a child.

Paul Gascoigne pictured in November last year at a Lazio match

Tottenham pledge to help troubled Paul Gascoigne

The former England midfielder is battling with alcoholism

Simon Kelner: Americans give up their right to bear Piers Morgan

Agood few years ago, when the world was a different place, I was on an aeroplane with Piers Morgan on the way back from a press trip to Morocco. Also in the party was a TV personality who had his own show on Channel 4. Piers had already been defenestrated as editor of the Daily Mirror, and the first edition of his diary, The Insider, had just been published (I know this because Piers had been walking round the hotel carrying a copy to enable anyone to recognise him). Somewhere over the Med, Piers idly wondered what would happen if the plane went down. Not in the sense of the grief that would be left behind, or the tragedy of lives cut short. No, what Piers was musing on was whether it would be him or the TV star who would be the first name mentioned in the news reports. "I'm afraid you'd just be 'also on board'," he told Dom Joly (for it was he), and sat back in his seat, smiling that smug grin.

More than 100,000 sign US petition to deport Piers Morgan

Former tabloid editor has angered gun lobby

In defence of Piers Morgan: The ex-Mirror editor has some unlikely champions

When news first broke of Piers Morgan's threatened deportation, the usually divisive Jeremy Clarkson was on hand to capture the public sentiment in Morgan's home country, tweeting "Americans. It took us 40 years to get rid of Piers Morgan. Pleasse [sic] don't send him back," while a Keep Piers Morgan in the USA petition has attracted 7,209 signatures to date. The reason stated on the petition? "No one in the UK wants him back" Plus: "It will be hilarious to see how loads of angry Americans react."

Clockwise from top right: White balloons decorate the sign for the Sandy Hook Elementary School, alleged gunman Adam Lanza, a woman comforts a young girl during a vigil service and Sandy Hook principal Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, who was killed in the shooting

Connecticut School Shooting: Piers Morgan and ‘Morgan Freeman’ agree; the media should focus on the victims, not the perpetrator

In the wake of the tragic murder of 26 children and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newton, Connecticut people have understandable been looking for answers and ways to prevent such a tragedy from recurring.

CNN keeps quiet over claims against Piers Morgan

CNN was keeping silent last night as phone-hacking claims against the Daily Mirror’s publisher refocused attention on Piers Morgan, the tabloid’s ex-editor who now has his own talk show on the US network.

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