Veteran broadcaster and charity campaigner Sir Jimmy Savile has died at his home in Leeds, aged 84.
The police were called to his home on Saturday afternoon. The police are not treating his death as suspicious.
Savile was due to celebrate his 85th birthday on Monday.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “Police were called at 12.10pm today [...]
Coronation Street actress Betty Driver has died at the age of 91.
Driver joined the ITV soap in 1969 as barmaid Betty Turpin – later Williams.
She was employed on a three-month contract but stayed for 42 years. “I thought, why not,” Driver recalled. “It’ll make a break for a while.”
She had already been in show business [...]
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon was killed today in a massive 15 car accident in today’s Las Vegas Indy 300.
33-year-old Wheldon was making his way through the field after starting last, part of a $5 million publicity stunt, where if he were to win the race he would have won a $2.5m bonus, the [...]
Michael Jackson may be gone, but he’s certainly not forgotten.
The King of Pop’s three children — Prince, 14, Paris, 13, and Blanket, 9 — paid tribute to their late father at the Michael Forever concert in Cardiff, Wales Saturday 8th October 2011.
“We’re very happy to be here on this special night to honour our father,” [...]
Our condolences to the family of a severely disabled woman who has died after she fell from a harbour wall while strappedinto her electric whelchair.
Dorset Police said the woman, aged 20 and from Solihull in the West Midlands, was on the historic Cobb in Lyme Regis, Dorset, at around 12.45pm on Friday with her family [...]
Actor George Baker, who played Chief Inspector Wexford in television series The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, has died at the age of 80.
The TV star, from West Lavington, Wiltshire, died of pneumonia following a recent stroke, his daughter Ellie Baker said.
Speaking of her father, she told the BBC: “He absolutely loved Wexford and he loved being [...]
A Folkestone based soldier has been honoured at the Pride of Britain awards.
Also receiving the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, 32-year-old Sergeant Dip Pun from the 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles, was awarded for his bravery after fending off an attack from up to 15 Taliban insurgents, single handed.
After using all of his ammunition and exhausting his [...]
ICONIC Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has passed away at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer.
Jobs stepped down as CEO of the technology giant in August, saying he could no longer handle the job.
The tech giant released a statement announcing his death.
“We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away [...]
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