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Review: Hydro Connect @ Inveraray Castle, Argyll
1:47pm Thursday 4th September 2008
Rocking revellers donned their wellies for this year’s Scottish boutique festival, Hydro Connect.
Comments (0)Review: Rogue Restaurants, BBC1
2:17pm Friday 29th August 2008
AFTER last night’s television I think my life is about to change.
Interview: Marc Almond
2:05pm Friday 29th August 2008
MARC Almond has every reason to look forward to getting out and performing hits from a career spanning 28 years as both a member of Soft Cell and a solo artist.
Review: Who Do You Think You Are?, BBC1
4:03pm Thursday 28th August 2008
JERRY Springer is probably one of the most unlikely TV personalities you can think of who would get any sympathy from the viewers.
Review: Living the Dream Revisited, BBC2
1:44pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
For those who enjoy ‘fly on the wall’ programmes, cast your mind back to four or five years ago to the Living the Dream series.
Review: MasterChef: The Professionals, BBC2
11:35am Tuesday 26th August 2008
A SPIN-OFF too far or just the programme we’ve been waiting for?
Review: R'n'B Festival, Colne
11:10am Tuesday 26th August 2008
THIS year’s Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival, in Colne, has been hailed ‘the best yet’ by organisers.
Waxing lyrical!
12:53pm Tuesday 26th August 2008
Ron Freethy's nature column: This time of year offers the best chance of seeing a kingfisher in action.
Review: Watch Me Disappear, Channel Four
2:31pm Tuesday 26th August 2008
TUCKED away on Channel Four last night was a little gem of a programme which was both profoundly moving and made you question the nature of society at the same time.
Review: The Cup, BBC2
4:52pm Tuesday 26th August 2008
THERE were tears, tantrums and putting the boot in...
Interview: Steve Cropper
4:51pm Tuesday 26th August 2008
ASK fans attending this year’s Great British R&B Festival which artist they are most looking forward to seeing and the majority will give you one name — Steve Cropper.
Review: Maestro, BBC2
11:30am Wednesday 20th August 2008
JUST when I thought I was well and truly fed up with reality TV shows, another has come along and hooked me.
Review: High School Musical Mania @ Thwaites Empire Theatre, Blackburn
12:37pm Tuesday 19th August 2008
PUPILS of Little Voices wowed the crowds with their performance of High School Musical Mania.
Flys and lows of new cuckoo survey
5:40pm Monday 18th August 2008
The number of cuckoos seen in North West England has dropped by almost a half in the last 14 years, according to an annual survey.
Review: Album - The Blow Monkeys - Devil’s Tavern
9:00am Monday 18th August 2008
TALK about a blast from the past.
Review: The Tudors, BBC2
10:40am Saturday 16th August 2008
WHEN I studied history I’ve got to say The Tudors didn’t seem anywhere near as raunchy or as glamorous as they are currently being portrayed over on BBC2 every Friday night.
Review: Trinny and Susannah Undress the Nation, ITV2
3:19pm Friday 15th August 2008
JUST a point first of all on repeats.
Interview: Nuno Mindelis
3:12pm Friday 15th August 2008
NUNO Mindelis — aka The Beast from Brazil — is coming to the Colne Rhythm and Blues Festival for the first time.
Interview: Albert Lee
3:13pm Friday 15th August 2008
Legendary guitarist Albert Lee may have been making music for over 40 years, but, as he tells us, he confounds expectations.
Interview: King Pleasure
3:16pm Friday 15th August 2008
One of Britain’s best party bands are heading back to Colne next weekend and, as band leader King Pleasure told us, it’s going to be quite an occasion.
Interview: Linda Gail Lewis
3:18pm Friday 15th August 2008
WHEN it comes to Linda Gail Lewis, you’re talking rock ’n’ roll royalty.
Interview: Nomad Jones
3:09pm Friday 15th August 2008
Damon Valentine works in a bar by night and Nomad Jones writes music by day waiting for his big break.
Review: Stereophonics @ King George's Hall, Blackburn
1:02pm Wednesday 13th August 2008
IT may have been a warm-up for this weekend’s V Festival but by anyone’s standards, this was pretty hot stuff.
Review: Panorama, BBC1
11:43am Tuesday 12th August 2008
IF you’ve ever chucked an empty crisp packet on the floor or spat your chewing gum out onto the pavement you were probably feeling thoroughly ashamed of yourself after watching last night’s Panorama.
It’s a zoo-perb day out for all
10:05am Monday 11th August 2008
Ron Freethy nature water: Not very long ago zoos were hated by conservationists. Things have changed!
Review: Album - Noah And The Whale - Peaceful The World Lays Me Down
9:00am Monday 11th August 2008
FOLK these days comes in many forms and this is a very good example of the broad church available.
National News
Mental health `timebomb` warning
Updated 2:28am Monday 8th September 2008
Former SAS soldier Andy McNab has warned that Britain was sitting on a "timebomb" of future severe mental health problems among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
National news latest
Final push in by-election campaign
The final day of campaigning is under way in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election.
Dalai Lama to address MPs
The Dalai Lama will address MPs as his high-profile visit to the UK turns to the thorny issue of human rights in China.
George Bush to visit UK
US President George Bush is to visit Britain next month during a tour of European nations, the White House has announced.
Fears few will take up new diplomas
The Government has defended plans for a new breed of school diplomas amid concerns that fewer teenagers than expected are choosing the courses.
Soccer fans face long Moscow delays
Thousands of Chelsea and Manchester United fans are pouring into Moscow for the first all-English Champions League final.
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