David Croft, co-writer and producer of classic comedies including ‘Allo ‘Allo and Hi-de-Hi has died at the age of 89. He died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Portugal. His family called him a “truly great man” in a statement.
Croft’s military sitcoms It Ain’t Half Hot Mum and Dad’s Army, written with Jimmy [...]
Richard Hamilton, the original pop artist, has died aged 89.
Hailed as the most influential British artist of the 20th century, Hamilton had been working until a few days ago on a major museum retrospective, which was due to travel to Los Angeles, Philadelphia, London and Madrid.
The London-born artist fell ill over the past couple of [...]
TALIBAN gunmen have attacked a school van in northwestern Pakistan, killing four children and the driver in an assault they said was carried out to punish local tribesman for resisting the insurgent movement.
At least 14 other children and two female teachers were wounded in the attack in Matani on the outskirts of the main northwestern [...]
The United States has honoured the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks with official ceremonies at Ground Zero in New York, at the Pentagon in Virginia and Shanksville in Pennsylvania.
Nearly 3000 people died when four hijacked planes were crashed in 2001.
Mourners filed into a new memorial at Ground Zero, where a decade ago the 110-storey [...]
Yesterday, police received a report of house fire from Kent, Chatham Hill at 2:30 a.m. whereby a property was set on fire. The fatal terraced home fire resulted in deaths of a woman and her son, 15 months of age. The authorities informed that two men were arrested following the incident; on suspicion of murdering [...]
NATO has confirmed that an American soldier mistakenly killed an Afghan journalist working for the BBC in July.
Ahmed Omed Khpulwak, 25, was shot dead after he was mistaken for an insurgent shortly after a suicide bombing. He was one of 19 people killed in the town of Tarin Kowt in southern Uruzgan province.
An ISAF report [...]
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