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Venice jury 'has no national bias'

Venice Film Festival director Marco Muller said jury would not show bias

8:34pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

The director of the Venice Film Festival insisted that there was no national quota when he was questioned about a lack of English-language films in this year's event.

Hollywood giants kick off festival

Brad Pitt arrives at the Burn After Reading press conference in Venice

8:34pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

Brad Pitt indicated he would add to his family of six children with a couple more.

Darren Day banned for drink-driving

Actor-singer Darren Day is banned from driving for 18 months

8:34pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

Actor and singer Darren Day was banned from driving for 18 months after admitting being drunk behind the wheel.

Family life documented for TV show

Jane and Simon Hughes who agreed to be filmed for Channel 4 show

8:34pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

An "unremarkable" British family have sacrificed their private life to let 21 cameras into their home for a new, primetime TV show.

Fratellis plan to set stage alight

The Fratellis are backing a teenage cancer unit appeal

8:34pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

The Fratellis have joked they're planning on "setting things on fire" during their upcoming tour.

Horror movie The Fly becomes opera

Placido Domingo discusses his work on new opera The Fly

8:34pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

Film director David Cronenberg took to the stage in LA alongside opera heavyweight Placido Domingo to launch the opera version of his 1986 cult hit, The Fly.

Guttenberg takes London panto role

Steve Guttenberg will play ‘Baron Hard-up’ in Cinderella in south London

8:34pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

Steve Guttenberg, star of Police Academy and Three Men and a Baby, is swapping the Hollywood Hills for panto in Bromley.

Ex-Bond actor denies drunken abuse

George Lazenby has denied claims he was an abusive alcoholic

8:34pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

Former James Bond star George Lazenby has spoken out against allegations that he assaulted his first wife and was an abusive alcoholic.

Face-off for Big Brother housemates

BB presenter Davina McCall will host the final face-off

8:34pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

One Big Brother contestant could be £50,000 richer on Wednesday after a "nomination face-off" where housemates will be forced to determine who will be up for eviction in front of each other.

Glitter shops in hat and orange wig

Paedophile Gary Glitter disguised himself on a supermarket shopping trip

8:34pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

Paedophile Gary Glitter was barely recognisable when he ventured out in public following his release from prison in Vietnam.

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Man guilty of replica gun offences

A man converted replica submachine guns into weapons, a court heard

Updated 10:27pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

A man has been found guilty of converting replica submachine guns into lethal weapons which were later used in some of Britain's most notorious crimes, including eight murders.


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The screening of the handover is abandoned because of yet another murder! That will certainly echo all around the World and tell people - don't come to Waltham Forest you will not be safe - even in the Town Square where the incident took place (police cordoned area).  − Redfox

Murder of 18-year-old CJ Hendricks »

I cannot believe somebody would suggest that the council should have just cleared the crime scene and continued with Olympic hand over. Im sure that he/she wouldn't want that to have been the caes if it was one of their family members who had been MURDERED. People need to see and recognise how we REALLY live in london! Its not about sporting events its about the pure evil that lives on our streets and in our neighbourhood.  − rebecca-leyton

Murder of 18-year-old CJ Hendricks »


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Over 10,000 teenagers descended on Victoria Park, Hackney, at the weekend for the Underage Festival, a unique music event which is only open to under-18s. ANNA BINNS saw what all the fuss was about.

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Amanda blazes the community art trail

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