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The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Odds slashed on Carol Vorderman becoming new Countdown hostBOOKIES have slashed the odds on TV show Countdown getting its first woman presenter.Carol Vorderman is one of the hot favourites since punters began betting on several females in line for the host's job.Several bookies have cut the maths expert's odds to 8-1.Angela Rippon, Jo Brand, Sue Lawley and Jennie Bond have all also seen changes...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
... taking bets on Vorderman's replacement say the prime contenders include Angela Rippon, Jo Brand, Sue Lawley and Jennie Bond.John Miles, Vorderman's manager, said that her decision to quit had been a "difficult" one."Carol had considered quitting when Richard (Whiteley] died suddenly three years ago, but she eventually agreed to continue, turning down the offer to take over as host," he said."Countdown...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
... taking bets on Vorderman's replacement say the prime contenders include Angela Rippon, Jo Brand, Sue Lawley and Jennie Bond.John Miles, Vorderman's manager, said that her decision to quit had been a "difficult" one."Carol had considered quitting when Richard (Whiteley] died suddenly three years ago, but she eventually agreed to continue, turning down the offer to take over as host," he said."Countdown...
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Bodog Beat UK (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
A man named Paul Judge first introduced me to the nuances of golf betting from the top floor of a rented apartment in Gibraltar. The monitor screen listed Scotland´s Gordon Brand Jnr in a match bet with a promising up and coming Argentinean called Angel Cabrera. "I´m just about to ...
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Radio 4 - Today (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
The US gay Bishop Gene Robinson had to stop his sermon in a West London church yesterday when he was heckled. Comedian Jo Brand and the Labour MP Stephen Pound discuss what makes a good heckle and how best to deal with it.
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MartyLog (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
This coming Sunday the 13th, I will be assembling yet another gigantic incarnation of the Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra for a spectacular appearance at the Bloomsbury Theatre near London Euston on a bill with the unbelievably starry likes of Stephen Merchant, Jo Brand, Mark Steel, Ed Byrne, Matthew Holness, Milton Jones, Dan Antopolski and Jo Enright. We'll be doing a song or two of mine and...
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Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Source: PA News A new £70 million mental health centre has been opened.The 137-bed UK Centre for Mental Health in Edgbaston, Birmingham, is one of the largest facilities of its kind in Europe, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust said.The centre, which provides single en-suite rooms, therapeutic activities and psychological treatments, was opened by Health Secretary Alan Johnson and comedian...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Boris Johnson, London's Mayor, says the streets are now so dangerous that he has told his children never to intervene in trouble. Is he right?
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Labour.org.uk (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Alan Johnson MP, Labour's Health Secretary, has wished the National Health Service a happy sixtieth birthday and paid tribute to the hard work and devotion of NHS staff past and present: "For the last 60 years the National Health Service...
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Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
But that's not all she's doing. Along with fellow comedians Jo Brand, Martin Freeman, Frankie Boyle and Phill Jupitus, Meera is participating in UKTV Gold's When Were We Funniest', a year-long investigation into the glory days of British comedy, spanning nearly half a century. As advocate for the 1970s, Meera has picked shows including Fawlty Towers, Morecambe & Wise and, of course, Dad's...
