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Eric Morecambe’s glasses fetch £20,000 at auction

Morecambe’s glasses were synonymous with his comedic persona.

Evening Standard

Eric Morecambe’s lifetime of treasures to go under the hammer

The entire contents of the comedy legend’s home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, will go up for sale after the death of his beloved wife Joan in March.

Evening Standard

Wise told Morecambe he wanted to split up comedy act in 1950, letter reveals

Items up for auction from Eric Morecambe’s family home show Ernie Wise had doubts about pair’s future

The Guardian - UK

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David Walliams takes swipe at Simon Cowell after Britain’s Got Talent axe

The comedian, 53, was axed from his judging role on the ITV show in 2022

Evening Standard

Edinburgh festival 2024: 20 theatre shows making a scene this summer

With subjects ranging from the deadly serious to the downright silly, this year’s shows include plays about addiction, politics, funk and Come Dine With Me

The Guardian - UK

David Walliams recently locked up in an Italian jail and received 'really fierce' treatment

The former BGT judge admits he wrote new book behind bars

Evening Standard

‘I didn’t expect to feel so moved’: readers’ favourite cultural trips in Europe

From antiquity in Spain to modern art in Denmark, via three Erics in Morecambe, our tipsters reveal the places that left them feeling inspired

The Guardian - UK

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We owe it all to Mike Yarwood, say pioneer impressionist’s heirs

The 1970s star blazed the way for mass-audience satire in Britain. But is there an appetite for it now?

The Guardian - UK

"It was like falling off a log" - how Pendragon took on the pandemic. And won!

Nick Barrett's always chosen to do thing his way with Pendragon. Here he tells the story of battling back against being ion tour when Covid struck...

Louder

‘Principled, gifted, committed’: politicians and actors salute Glenda Jackson

Keir Starmer recalls role as Cleopatra in Morecambe and Wise sketch, which actor considered career highlight

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Our highlights for Friday, June 9

Black Ops is just one of the gems on TV tonight.

WhatToWatch

Memories of 'golden age' of Nottingham's Royal Hotel that served up to 4,000 diners every night

Nottingham had never seen anything like it - and hasn't since

Nottingham Post

From kiss me quick to seaside serenity: eight UK resorts close to peaceful beaches

A stay in a calm coastal spot that’s close to a high-octane seaside town makes the perfect holiday combo. Our writers suggest breaks that offer the best of both worlds

The Guardian - UK

'Flake number plates?': Ice cream van driver caught speeding in Salford

"We can't cone-done that behaviour”

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Wales Online

All the puns as ice cream van caught topping 60mph

Commenters asked if he had flake plates, and if he will get his just desserts

Daily Mirror

UK's top 50 coolest places revealed - see if your town made the list

Polperro in Cornwall has been named the coolest place in the country, closely followed by Wells-next-the-sea in Norfolk and Marlow in Buckinghamshire in a poll of the public

The Guardian - UK

Miranda Hart: ‘My preshow rituals? A banana and a poo’

The comedian on getting permission to be silly from Eric Morecambe, meeting the Spice Girls and how Comic Relief brings people together

Manchester Evening News

Real life of BBC Happy Valley's Siobhan Finneran - forgotten ITV roles, ex-Emmerdale star husband and northern inspiration

The actress plays Clare Cartwright in the gritty BBC One drama

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The Guardian - UK

My beloved Morecambe was once mocked for Mr Blobbyland, so it deserves its Eden Project

This £50m levelling up project certainly beats our old theme park. One official told me he’d do a deal with the devil to help the area. Seems he did, says Guardian North of England editor Helen Pidd

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson compares Liz Truss’s mini-Budget to Morecambe and Wise sketch

Former prime minister also shared some of his regrets from time at the top

Wales Online

Man suffers injuries like a car crash tripping over his cat

Chris had nine broken ribs, a fractured spine and skull and a bleed on his brain

Manchester Evening News

Man couldn't move from floor for 14 hours with 'car crash' injuries after tripping over hairless pet cat

Chris Rowley's kitten, a hairless sphynx, was left unscathed by the incident

Daily Mirror

Man with 'car crash' injuries is 'lucky to be alive' after tripping over hairless pet cat

Chris Rowley, 59, from Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, broke nine ribs, fractured his spine, snapped his neck, cracked his skull, and got blood in his lungs after getting into a tangle with his pet kitten, Eric Morecambe

Daily Mirror

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em star rules out any more reunions as she prepares for Royal role

Betty actress Michele Dotrice has ruled out any more reunion episodes of Some Mothers Do 'Ave ' Em

The Guardian - UK

I met a man from an ADHD charity and it was like meeting myself. Ideas, thoughts and half-thoughts tumbled out

It was, to paraphrase the great Eric Morecambe, a conversation containing all the right notes, if not necessarily in the right order – but I learned enough to change my mind about two long-held opinions

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