The always stylish BBC Radio1 DJ, Edith Bowman, wraps her baby bump with a black satin gown at the BAFTA Awards

DJ Edith Bowman has hit out at the trend for "ridiculous" designer clothes for children.

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Howard Jacobson: Pushing, shoving, mawkish singing – my unmissable day out at the Jubilee pageant

Parents conjured children from their pockets and hoisted them onto their shoulders

Between the Covers 03/06/2012

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Yvonne Howard and Peter Coleman-Wright in Caligula

Caligula, Coliseum, London
King Priam, Dome, Brighton
The Beethoven Encounter, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

English National Opera does a good hatchet job on an updated bully, but it is the bliss of new generation music-making that resonates

The Princess Royal is handed the Olympic torch

'Sir' David Beckham and his royal teammate go for the burn as 2012 torch heads for UK

Flame lit in Athens and will start tour of Britain tomorrow

Cairo on a knife-edge as 20 killed in election clashes

The Military Council is accused of orchestrating the violence in a bid to have the poll postponed

The Weekend's Viewing: Silent Witness, Sun, BBC2
The Bridge, Sat, BBC4

I decided to conduct an experiment with the latest episode of Silent Witness – to watch it as if it was a subtitled Danish crime drama.

Ready To Wear: Resisting the urge to change clothes may be no bad thing

Watching BBC4's The Bridge at the weekend one could be forgiven for thinking that Scandinavian women – or perhaps just Scandinavian detectives – never change their clothes.

Album: Santigold, Master of My Make-Believe (Atlantic)

"You can be the widget in my turbo!" offers Santigold on "Go!", the staccato, punchy groove that opens the long-awaited follow-up to her dynamic 2008 debut.

M&S pays the price of slip up over womenswear

Marks & Spencer yesterday admitted it did not have enough women's knitwear and jackets during February's cold snap, as it posted a "disappointing" fourth quarter that missed City expectations.

'Disappointing' M&S pays the price of a slip-up over womenwear

Marks & Spencer yesterday admitted it did not have enough women's knitwear and jackets during February's cold snap, as it posted a "disappointing" fourth quarter that missed City expectations.

Former deacon denies murdering girlfriend

A former deacon murdered his girlfriend in a "savage and sustained" knife attack in front of her two young children, a court heard today.

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True romance: Perfect spring party dresses

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Chief executive says trophies will come if a 'core' of suitable players is in place
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The Bayern Munich forward tells Tim Rich his side have to shed chokers' tag after two recent final defeats
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As the Giro d'Italia tackles the brutal climb, Simon Usborne takes on the snow and switchbacks – and soon realises what the fuss is about
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