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Appearing in many of the landmark gritty dramas of the era, the actor, who has died aged 87, stood out for portraying vulnerability combined with a canny intelligence

Shirley Anne Field, who has died aged 87, was once talked of as Britain’s answer to Marilyn Monroe; a noted beauty, she appeared in some of the most popular films of the 1960s, among them The Entertainer, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and Alfie.

Kill the Lawyers follows Edamarra Edwin, a junior partner at a leading law firm in Mumbai, as he navigates the fast-paced and high-stakes life of corporate law.

The writer, 74, on Bollinger Bolsheviks, champagne socialism, the power of public libraries and how he came to write the first of his 36 novels

GRIFF RHYS JONES: Ive just reached the national speed limit. The biblical allocation. You may gibber that three score and ten is the new two score and ten.

Joss Ackland, who has died aged 95, was one of Britain’s hardest-working performers, appearing in more than 130 films and, so it was reported, in more stage plays than any other living actor.

David Bates took the men’s title of the CMC Manchester City Marathon Sunday morning after leading the race for the last 12 miles in his very first marathon.

BAFTA nominee Rupert Everett stars in a celebrated drama examining the relationship between an eccentric father and his son.

George Harrison, lead guitarist for the Beatles, was stabbed 40 times in 1999 by intruder Michael Abram, who was diagnozed with schizophrenia. He was saved by his wife Olivia.

Through the Last Post Fund, Afghanistan veteran Kyle Scott has erected 1,300 markers for veterans in cemeteries across Canada over the past decade.