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Michael Parkinson 'unrecognisable' in rare TV appearance on BBC Breakfast

Parky has kept a very low profile since his chat show ended in 2004 and only made a handful of public appearances.

Daily Record

BBC Breakfast viewers concerned for 'frail' Michael Parkinson after rare TV appearance

Legendary chat show host Michael Parkinson, 87, made a rare appearance on BBC Breakfast today as he admitted he didn't recognise himself from his days on TV

Daily Mirror

Banned BBC show 'Ghostwatch' left traumatised viewers in tears and 'unable to sleep for MONTHS'

More 30,000 frightened viewers complained about the terrifying show when it was first broadcast 30 years ago

Manchester Evening News

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Guns used in Roxborough shooting later ended up in the hands of a Philadelphia sheriff's deputy

PHILADELPHIA — Two of the guns used in the shooting outside Roxborough High School last month, which left a 14-year-old dead and four teens injured, later ended up in the hands of a Philadelphia sheriff's deputy who then illegally resold the weapons to a federal informant, according to a court…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

JFK derails Doctor Who, plus the drama that was too terrifying to show: 100 years of the BBC, part five

The Pythons fly, Doctor Who stumbles, Match of the Day shows a game of one half, The War Game is pulled – and was Dad’s Army a metaphor for military impotence during the cold war?

The Guardian - UK

Nuclear bomb tests at Emu Field remain obscured by Maralinga and the mists of time

The two atomic bomb tests at Emu Field in outback SA are perhaps less notorious than those that followed at Maralinga, but the 1953 detonations were accompanied by some extraordinary incidents.

ABC News

Michael Deakin obituary

Producer behind popular TV programmes on serious social issues, and documentaries with David Frost and Jonathan Dimbleby

The Guardian - UK

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Ghostwatch 30 years on - one of the most disturbing and controversial TV shows ever

Tens of thousands of complaints were made against the BBC show, starring Michael Parkinson and Sarah Greene, that has never been repeated in full on TV since it first aired

Daily Mirror

Helen Mirren on why she hates the term ‘anti-ageing’ ahead of her 76th birthday

Actor has also previously railed against the term ‘beauty’

The Independent UK

Australian Olympic icon Ian Thorpe reveals what prompted him to come out as gay in 2014

Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe explained on the Australian show This is your Life, why he decided to come as gay during an interview with Sir Michael Parkinson back in 2014

Daily Mirror

Liverpool facing 'uncertain' future a year on from UNESCO snub

Next week marks a year since Liverpool was dramatically deleted from UNESCO's world heritage list, but fears the city would then 'fall off a cliff' have failed to materialise

Liverpool Echo

George Michael: Freedom Uncut review – pop hero lets it all hang out

Fans are unlikely to care that there’s hardly enough new material to justify a re-release of this 2017 documentary – Michael was just too good

The Guardian - UK

‘Easy to point the finger’ say Liverpool Waters developers as ‘these things take time’

The £5bn scheme was granted planning permission nine years ago, but its developers point to a raft of achievements and push back on criticisms that progress has been slow

Liverpool Echo

Sir Billy Connolly to be honoured with Bafta Television Fellowship

The 79-year-old Scottish comedian, also known as The Big Yin, will be celebrated for a career spanning more than five decades at the Virgin Media Bafta TV Awards on May 8.

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The bombshell council inspection that rocked Liverpool and where the city stands one year on

An in depth look at the seismic impact of the devastating inspection of Liverpool City Council and analyses where the city and its leadership finds itself 12 months later

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