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Julie Walters in A Short Stay In Switzerland
Julie Walters takes an acting prize while Sir David Frost wins a lifetime achievement award at the International Emmys.
Randolph Bresnik
Astronaut Randolph Bresnik becomes a father in space after his wife gives birth to a daughter back home on Earth in Texas.
Bottles of whisky
New guidelines to protect Scotch whisky from foreign imitation are coming into force, including rules on labelling and bottling.
Czech zoo lions kill rare tiger
Two lions at a zoo in the northern Czech Republic have killed a rare white tigress after getting into her enclosure
Lincoln's letter to boy on sale
A letter written by former US President Abraham Lincoln to a schoolboy nearly 150 years ago is to go on sale for thousands of dollars.
Driver lost on 600km shops trip
An 81-year-old Australian takes a wrong turn on the way to the shops and keeps driving for 600km.
Tokyo 'world's best place to eat'
Tokyo now has the most Michelin three-star restaurants, overtaking Paris as the world's culinary capital, says the authoritative food guide.
Shackleton's whisky to be dug up
Two crates of Scotch whisky belonging to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton are to be recovered from the ice after a century.
'Small beer' Blyton banned by BBC
Best-selling children's author Enid Blyton was banned from the BBC for nearly 30 years because her work was considered "small beer".
1507 gag
How America was named by this map... and a pun
Wind breakers
Which farm animals are the biggest methane makers?
Viz quiz
7 questions on the sweary comic as it hits the big 3-0
Walk on by
Five ways the High Street has changed in the past year
De-activate me
What happens when you bail out of Facebook?
Film bluffing
Your crib sheets for those who haven't seen classic movies
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