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Barry Humphries collected his CBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

Meanwhile, Michelle Rodriguez was sentenced to six months in prison for violating probation connected to various driving offences.

Kiefer Sutherland is used to long stretches of time. In his role on 24 as Jack Bauer, his character’s day lasts a whole series, but now the actor has been sentenced to 48 days in jail.

Sutherland pleaded no contest to charges of drink-driving and prosecutors agreed that he can serve his sentence to fit in with his filming schedule for 24.

Coronation Street won the best soap category at the Inside Soap awards, finally triumphing over EastEnders and the busy Antony Cotton, who plays barman Sean Tully in Coronation Street won the best actor prize.

Des O’Connor has married Australian singer Jodie Brooke Wilson after 17 years together.

In spite of their long relationship Jodie Brooke Wilson is still in her thirties.

They have a two-year-old son.

It is O’Connor’s fourth wedding.

Richard Hammond skidded off the track during a 24-hour race at Silverstone, however he was not injured and continued.

Jim Davidson has left Hell’s Kitchen after making according to ITV, “unacceptable remarks”.

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Ricky Tomlinson will have heart surgery to unblock his arteries.

The BBC reported that Tomlinson is leading a campaign urging men to have their cardiac health checked.

Australians left wreaths at the Irwin family zoo on the Gold Coast today to mark the first anniversary of the death of Steve Irwin.

Irwin died on 4 September 2006 when a stingray barb pierced his heart.

Jimmy McGovern who was being interviewed by Simon Mayo on Radio 5 Live yesterday had some striking views on the BBC:

“I love the BBC as an institution and as an organisation and you do see lots of black faces in the BBC. But you see them in the canteen. You do not see them in positions of power.

“It would appear to me that one of the most racist institutions in England is in fact the BBC.”

Hermione Norris has given birth to a baby girl, named Hero, a sister to Wilf, who was born in 2004.

Hermione is married to Simon Wheeler the creator of Kingdom, in which she plays the sister Stephen Fry’s character Peter Kingdom.