The BBC used to make the best children’s TV in the world. Those days are gone

From Grange Hill to Blue Peter, here are my top 10 programmes for younger viewers from the corporation’s heyday ...
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A selection from the writings and speeches of Shahanshah Aryamehr

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Brighton and Hove News

‘Kings Of The Wild Frontier’ hit town for Adam Ant’s birthday bash

BRIGHTON DOME 3.11.25. There’s certainly no denying that Adam Ant and Adam & The Ants are still big business! Only days ago Sony released the double vinyl T ...
Newsday

Mona Ziade, who covered Lebanon's civil war and Arab-Israeli peace talks for the AP, dies at 66

BEIRUT — Mona Ziade, who helped The Associated Press cover major events out of the Middle East during the 1980s and '90s, including the taking of Western hostages during Lebanon’s civil war and ...
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Mona Ziade, who helped shape the AP’s Middle East coverage in the 1980s and ’90s, dies at age 65

BEIRUT (AP) — Mona Ziade, who covered major events out of the Middle East during the 1980s and ’90s for The Associated Press, including the taking of Western hostages during Lebanon’s civil war and ...
WTOP News

Man accused in a series of 1980s rapes in Florida is convicted in another attack

MIAMI (AP) — A man suspected of being the “pillowcase rapist” in a string of South Florida rapes back in the 1980s was convicted Monday in another one of the attacks. Miami-Dade County jurors found ...