Category: News
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Kate Bush shares update on new music and launches short film
The singer is “very keen” to begin working on a new album, over 10 years after her most recent studio release.
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Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89
Dame Maggie Smith has died in hospital, her sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens have announced. In a statement issued via their publicist, they said: “It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith. “She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27th September. “An intensely private…
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The Rural Life Living Museum Faces Closure
The Rural Life Living Museum is unique collection of the discarded buildings, implements and objects of everyday life, collected by Madge and Henry Jackson since 1968. The couple opened their back garden to the public in 1973. Tragically, both their children died young, and the Old Kiln Museum Charitable Trust was formed in 1984 to…
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DISCOVER THE UK’S RAREST CARS WITH THE TELEGRAPH AT TATTON PARK!
The World renowned newspaper, The Telegraph, will be coming to the newly branded Classic & Retro Car Revival show, now sponsored by Hagerty.
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Hagerty UK becomes headline sponsor for Classic & Retro Car Revival
The 2024 Classic & Retro Car Revival, sponsored by Hagerty UK, emerges in place of the Passion for Power Classic Motor Show, which has been running for more than 30 years at the picturesque Tatton Park. This event always attracts thousands of visitors and will be held this year over the weekend of August 17-18,…
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The Wild North-West
Every day certainly is a learning day in this job, and over the years a combination of readers’ letters, and the articles submitted by our freelance contributors, have filled in a few gaps. Although many of these “discoveries” amount to nothing more than a juicy titbit or two, there are times when the contents of…
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Win a Dad’s Army CD
Between 1973 and 1975, a total of 67 episodes of Dad’s Army were adapted from Jimmy Perry and David Croft’s original television scripts for broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The much-loved cast, which included Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and John Laurie, recreated their screen performances for audio with reworked scripts by Harold Snoad and…
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Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers dies aged 66
TV chef Dave Myers, best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers, has died at the age of 66, according to a statement from his co-star Si King on social media. He found fame alongside King, his friend of 30 years, as part of the motorcycle-riding cooking duo. He reached new fans in 2013…
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Coronation Street’s John Savident dies aged 86
John Savident, best known for portraying Fred Elliott on Coronation Street, has died, his representative has said.
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Dad’s Army star Ian Lavender dies aged 77
Ian Lavender, who played Private Frank Pike in Dad’s Army, has sadly died at the age of 77.
