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Children In Need single revealed

Friday November 20 2009

Vintage characters from The Woodentops, Thunderbirds and The Wombles have lined up with more modern shows such as Postman Pat and Bob The Builder for Children In Needs's 2009 single.

UTV will join bid war for UK regional news

Thursday November 12 2009

UTV is eyeing up potential grants to provide regional news services to parts of mainland Britain.

Bernie Ecclestone makes Tatler list of most eligible singletons. Photo: Getty Images

Bernie Ecclestone, 79, makes Tatler list of most eligible singletons

Wednesday November 11 2009

He is 79 years old, barely five feet tall and even his closest friends would struggle to say he possesses movie star good looks.

The name game

Tuesday November 10 2009

WHEN it comes to naming children, most people fall into one of two camps. Either you’re a traditionalist who favours strong, classic names that won’t cause your child to be teased in the playground, or you’re an individ­ualist/rebel who wants a baby name that will stand out from the crowd.

Russell on his own Brand of comedy

Sunday November 08 2009

The hilarious raconteur and inexhaustible shagger would like to be given the chance to get back on the good side of Bob Geldof, after their public falling-out, but, more importantly, Russell Brand wouldn't rule out a fling with Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor.

Pulling viewers' strings

Saturday November 07 2009

It's 20 years since Dustin the Turkey first sidled on to The Den, having been won by Zag as a booby prize in a golf tournament. Zig and Zag were unimpressed with the talkative and ghoulish-looking bird, and intended to eat him for their Christmas dinner. But for better or worse Dustin survived, after a helpful guest pointed out that he was part vulture and as such unfit for consumption. And as the TV seasons passed, the insidious bird moved to centre stage.

Celebrity baby names

Friday November 06 2009

Some obvious celebrity crimes against naming include Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's daughter Apple (the name refers to a kind of fruit, apparently).

Kilkenny best known as U2's moneyman

Tuesday November 03 2009

DUBLINER Ossie Kilkenny is still best known as former accountant to supergroup U2, whom he now occasionally advises in a professional capacity.

Ian O'Doherty: Her da must be so proud

Ian O'Doherty Monday November 02 2009

If there is a more odious, vacuous, smug, conceited, irritating waste of space than Peaches Geldof, then we have yet to encounter it.

'Mick, the love of my life? I hope not...'

Wednesday October 28 2009

There's something indecent about Jerry Hall -- and it's not the legs, platinum mane or sexually charged Tennessee Williams drawl. It's the fact that at 53, the Texas-born model oozes contentment.

The real Our Story: Boyzone uncensored

Sunday October 25 2009

'Everybody wants the image to carry on. The press around you want to carry on because they want the free drinks and the free whores and the fun. Everybody wants to keep on the bandwagon, it's Satyricon."

'I get bored, you know': Geldof longs to hang up charity hat

Sunday October 25 2009

HE is the world's most vocal humanitarian, working tirelessly for the past 25 years in the fight to end global poverty.