The former England captain has announced will retire at the end of the season

Jack Dee ambled almost reluctantly on to the Anvil stage tonight to open his gig, signifying that he was in a characteristically grumpy mood. However, the 51-year-old quickly dispelled the idea that he was reticent to entertain, confiding in us that going out on the road is good for the soul - it keeps family life tolerable.

It is very easy to get swept away with dreams for a ‘Naya Pakistan’, yet the result of the elections could not be more important for both Pakistan and the wider world

The comedian used the word 'n*****' a number of times in his set

Yellow and yelcome, yells Rob Auton at the top of his charming, eccentric and uplifting show. Before this, as the audience files in, he has spent a good 10 minutes festooning the room with yellow objects - dusters, rubber ducks, Marigold washing-up gloves, that sort of thing - as “Yellow Submarine” plays on a nerve-shredding loop.

You could say it glorified sexual assault and stereotyped gays, but I took it as a lovely daft romp

Comedian Jason Manford and his wife, television presenter Catherine, are splitting up after six years of marriage.

A comedian uses the word n*****. This is the big problem? Are we really not giving any credence to context?

The comedian went off message during awards ceremony

After the racism rows that have embroiled the Football Association over the past couple of years, you can imagine the organisers of the Professional Footballers’ Association’s (PFA) annual awards ceremony’s horror when the comedian they hired for the evening, Reginald D Hunter, started using the ‘n’ word during his set at the Grosvenor House hotel in London on Sunday night.

Independent living enables disabled people with high support needs to be in control of their lives - and this could soon be compromised

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The comedian regularly used the word 'n*****' throughout his performance

The comedian talks, for the first time, about why he's mining his life for laughs