Veteran TV joker Jeremy Beadle dies of pneumonia, aged 59 | ITV plc

 Posted on April 21, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  545 words  |  Aldo Pusey

ITV plcVeteran TV joker Jeremy Beadle dies of pneumonia, aged 59· Hidden camera shows entertained millions · Colleagues mourn friend and tireless charity workerJeremy Beadle, the television personality best known for Beadle's About and You've Been Framed, has died of pneumonia, aged 59, his agent said yesterday. Beadle, who previously fought leukaemia, was admitted to hospital earlier this week. His agent, Nick Canham, said: "Our heartfelt condolences go to his wife, Sue, his two daughters, Cassie and Bonnie, and his stepchildren, Leo and Claire. [Read More]

'We rise by lifting others': outstanding women of Zimbabwe - in pictures | Global development

 Posted on April 20, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1667 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

'We rise by lifting others': outstanding women of Zimbabwe - in pictures Supported by About this content Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email In a year that Zimbabwe should have been celebrating its 40th anniversary of independence, the country has battled drought, protests and food insecurity. In response, photographer Hannah Mentz created a project showing the talents and achievements of 40 Zimbabweans, including leading women in their field [Read More]

A shaggy sheep story

 Posted on April 20, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  672 words  |  Valentine Belue

BooksReviewThe ruminant as detective ... Ian Sansom is sold on Leonie Swann's Three Bags FullThree Bags Full by Leonie Swann translated by Anthea Bell 352pp, Doubleday, £12.99 What's new, Scooby Doo? Readers of comic books and fans of children's television and literature have long been familiar with the type and the trope of the animal detective, or the animal as detective's helpmeet: the late, lamented Zoo Crew, for example; Bobo the Chimp and Rex the Wonder Dog of DC Comics' Bureau of Amplified Animals; the irritatingly smug and problem-solving Babe from the books by Dick King-Smith; and of course cartoon-perennial Scooby himself. [Read More]

Corn Tellado | Books | The Guardian

 Posted on April 20, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  593 words  |  Aldo Pusey

BooksObituaryCorín TelladoProlific Spanish romantic novelistMany believed that the romantic novelist Corín Tellado, who has died aged 81, was a publishing house, like Mills & Boon. Yet she was just one person, despite producing some 4,000 novels in a 63-year writing career. She was the biggest-selling novelist of the 20th century, selling some 400m books in Spain and Latin America. Tellado grew up in a fishing village in the Asturias region on Spain's northern coast and her father worked as an engineer in the merchant navy. [Read More]

Dangerous liaisons

 Posted on April 20, 2024  |  17 minutes  |  3511 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

MoviesThe script for Kerry Fox's new film, Intimacy, was great. There was just one problem: the sex. Lots of it. Real sex. How did her boyfriend, Alexander Linklater, feel about it?I got my first serious taste of jealousy when I was 18. Just like falling in love, first-time jealousy plunges you deeper into yourself, and is harder to comprehend than any sexual experience that will follow in a lifetime. It is unrepeatable. [Read More]

Friends of woman killed in Israeli kibbutz pledge to rebuild community | Israel-Gaza war

 Posted on April 20, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  653 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Dorin Atias fled the Supernova music festival and sought refuge at the Re’im kibbutz.View image in fullscreenDorin Atias fled the Supernova music festival and sought refuge at the Re’im kibbutz.Israel-Gaza war This article is more than 3 months oldFriends of woman killed in Israeli kibbutz pledge to rebuild communityThis article is more than 3 months old‘Peace and love are more powerful than terror,’ say friends of 23-year-old Dorin Atias The friends of a 23-year-old killed in a kibbutz after seeking refuge from the massacre at a music festival last Saturday plan to rebuild the community as a sign that “peace and love are more powerful than terror”. [Read More]

Full circle moment: Matildas striker Kyah Simon returns to A-League Women | A-League Women

 Posted on April 20, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  904 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

A-League Women This article is more than 3 months old‘Full circle moment’: Matildas striker Kyah Simon returns to A-League WomenThis article is more than 3 months oldAustralian back at Central Coast Mariners where career startedVeteran forward offered first full-time 12-month contract in ALWMatildas’ striker Kyah Simon is returning to where it all started, 15 years after she began her professional career with the Central Coast Mariners. The deal that brought Simon home is the first full-time, 12-month contract in A-League Women history, which will see her continue to work for the club in an off-field role after the season concludes in April. [Read More]

Its our turn to support him: Howe backs Trippier as Newcastle crash out of Carabao Cup

 Posted on April 20, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  127 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Newcastle United ‘It’s our turn to support him’: Howe backs Trippier as Newcastle crash out of Carabao Cup – video Newcastle manager Eddie Howe says it’s the club’s time to support Kieran Trippier after his two errors led to their exit on penalties to Chelsea in the Carabao Cup quarter-final. The first of Trippier's errors came when he allowed Chelsea substitute Mykhailo Mudryk to score in the second minute of added time and force a penalty shootout, before he sent his penalty shot wide [Read More]

Microsoft game taken off shelves | Games

 Posted on April 20, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  333 words  |  Kary Bruening

GamesMicrosoft game taken off shelvesBritish retailers are sweeping the Microsoft Flight Simulator computer game off their shelves after worries emerged that the US terrorists could have honed their flying skills using the game. Virgin Megastores and Woolworths have already cleared their shelves of the game and HMV looks set to follow suit. And another computer game, in which players compete to defend the World Trade Centre from kamikaze pilots, has been withdrawn from sale. [Read More]

Billy Joel review Seasoned showman delivers timeless classics and signature dead-pan banter

 Posted on April 19, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  914 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Billy JoelReviewMelbourne Cricket Ground With decades of songs to choose from, the 73-year-old drops hit after hit for over two and a half hours to a willing, sold-out crowd Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Walking down to the MCG, I invent names and histories for the people around me. Harry and Norm, who recently got married finally, had their first kiss to a Billy Joel song in the 70s. [Read More]