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Olivia Dean sings into a microphone in front of an orange background. She has wavy hair and wearing a dress.

Olivia Dean accused of copying song Just the Two of Us

British pop star Olivia Dean has been accused of copying the melody of Bill Withers' soul classic Just The Two of Us in a legal case filed in California.

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Kyla is has dark hair with blonde highlights and is wearing a black vest over a white t-shirt.

Major art show starts UK tour in Coventry

The British Art Show 10 opens in Coventry, before heading around the UK on tour.

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The Empire Windrush ship arrives at Tilbury Docks, East London on 21st June 1948. The ship's passengers consisted of approximately 492 men and women from Jamaica, who were coming to live and work in Britain after World War Two. The arrival of this ship, at this time, has become a symbol for The Windrush Generation

Windrush compensation funds prize for playwrights

The winning dramatist will receive £10,000, publication and a professional theatre production.

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Head shot of Dame Esther Rantzen looking at the camera smiling. She's wearing a red coat, with pearl earrings and a matching pearl necklace, with green plants in the background.

Veteran broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86

Rantzen, who fronted the BBC's That's Life for two decades, went on to found Childline, and in recent years had been a campaigner for assisted dying.

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Esther Rantzen after she was made a Dame by the Princess Royal during an investiture ceremony - she wears a red dress with a matching hat

Veteran broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86

Dame Esther Rantzen was known for her role presenting the BBC's That's Life! as well as her charity work.

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Watch: Moment Esther Rantzen reunites man with children he saved from Nazi occupation

Sir Nicholas Winton's story became national news when he appeared on That's Life! in February 1988.

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A postcard with drawings and the name Grimsby in capital letters. The cartoon drawing is of old buildings which include a dock tower, a football ground and a black windmill

Town seeks backing for culture bid

Residents asked to help shape Grimsby's bid to become the UK's first Town of Culture.

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Two men sitting in upholstered white chairs, one white and sitting barefoor and cross-legged and wearing a trilby hat, the other is black with a white beard wearing a baseball cap.

'I love African culture': Sir Mark Rylance stars in Tartuffe (Remixed)

Tartuffe Remixed is an updated version featuring African and Caribbean families in London.

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Scottish crime writer Peter May dies aged 74

May was one of Scotland's most prolific television and crime writers and sold 15 million books around the world.

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