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Mixed success for X Factor stars as Jahmene Douglas hits number one but One Direction lose out to Avicii
Monday 29 July 2013
X Factor veterans had mixed fortunes at the top of the charts this week as Jahmene Douglas went straight in at number one with his debut album but One Direction lost out to all-conquering Avicii in the singles.
Mystery surrounds the death of six-year-old boy thought to have died from suspected slurry fume accident on farm
Wednesday 24 July 2013
A six-year-old boy who died in a farm accident in Northern Ireland has been named as Harry Starrett.
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page: A whole lotta love from four women
Friday 12 July 2013
When Jimmy Page met the female Led Zep, he was in awe, he tells David Sinclair
The Beatles and Blur - but no Oasis or Rolling Stones - for the Queen's 12 minutes of British pop
Thursday 11 July 2013
The Feeling will perform the medley at Buckingham Palace this weekend
Reach for your privacy settings: Facebook graph search goes public
Monday 08 July 2013
New search function answers queries using the habits and likes of friends and strangers
Rolling Stones' Keith Richards on 'terrible murder' at 1969 gig
Saturday 06 July 2013
Rolling stones guitarist Keith Richards has spoken of the moment the band witnessed a man being killed in the crowd in front of them, and how they kept on playing to “distract people”.
East v West London battle for music festival dominance as relaunched Hyde Park takes on Olympic Park rival
Thursday 04 July 2013
A geographical battle for the capital’s musical soul begins tomorrow when Hyde Park is relaunched as a gentrified, “green” concert location in a £3 million bid to lure festival-goers from an Olympic Park site described as a “concrete dustbowl”.
Rolling Stones heirloom? Lock of Sir Mick Jagger's hair snipped by ex-girlfriend Chrissie Shrimpton fetches £4,000 at auction
Thursday 04 July 2013
A clump of Sir Mick Jagger’s hair has fetched £4,000 at auction, twice its estimated sale price and more than four times the £900 raised for a lock of bandmate Keith Richards’ barnet.
Glastonbury 2013 exposure sends Mumford & Sons heading for number one in the UK album charts
Wednesday 03 July 2013
The Rolling Stones might have been who everybody talked about, but Glastonbury’s final headliners seem to have benefitted most from their exposure on the Pyramid stage this weekend as Mumford & Sons are heading for number one – despite not having released a new record.
Glastonbury 2013: The party's over, now it's time to tidy up the mess
Monday 01 July 2013
For the past five days, Glastonbury has been home to some 135,000 ticket holders.
Flying Farah rises to the challenge as Judd enters elite ranks
Sunday 30 June 2013
Before the best of Britain's runners and jumpers got into action in Birmingham yesterday, it was fair to say they were in danger of getting stuck in Jagger mode in post-home-Olympic season.
Dad-rockers’ Rolling Stones debut makes Glastonbury a family affair
Friday 28 June 2013
As the Rolling Stones headline on Saturday, their multi-generational fans tell Oscar Quine how the festival gets them just what they want
Not Rolling over: The Stones still debating Glastonbury TV coverage hours before headline gig
Friday 28 June 2013
The Rolling Stones are still telling the BBC they can't always get what they want when it comes to television coverage of their set at Glastonbury.
Glastonbury Festival 2013: Revellers prove they've got the moves like Jagger in Jumping Jack Flashmob
Thursday 27 June 2013
Hundreds of festivalgoers proved they had the moves like Jagger by taking part in a Jumping Jack Flashmob at Glastonbury.
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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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