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Geoff Norcotts memoir is called Where Did I Go Right? Who is Geoff Norcott? You’d be forgiven for replying: I’m sorry, I haven’t a clue. He has written for this paper and pops up on TV. But compared to the leviathans he swims alongside in the comedy pool – your Michael McIntyres, your Frankie Boyles – he’s a minnow; on the rise, for sure, but not the sort of star whose memoir you’d race to buy at the hour of its publication. “What” is Geoff Norcott, however, is a more interest...

Marcel Stellman, lyricist and record company executive who brought Countdown to Britain – obituary Besides creating the UK’s best-loved quiz show, he wrote for Charles Aznavour and Tony Bennett and worked with the Rolling Stones Jean and Marcel Stellman in 2017 Credit:  Stephen Pover/Shutterstock Marcel Stellman, who has died aged 96, was a record company producer and executive, and a lyricist who wrote for artists of the calibre of Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Charles Aznavour and Tony Benn...

A miners son who became a globe-trotting sales director has revealed how he became friends with comedy king Sir Ken Dodd, who gave him two of his famous tickling sticks. During his long career Geoff Williams, raised in Llay, near Wrexham and now living in Southport, also rubbed shoulders with stellar names like singing superstar Sir Tom Jones, Hollywood actors Richard Burton and Jack Nicholson and Kop hero Bill Shankly. Another claim to fame was that the 88-year-old persuaded Leeds United...

Meet the Coventry man who has spent fifty years snapping the stars Coventry resident Philip Larkin has shared his remarkable photograph archive with CoventryLive The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in acc...

The Squire of Knotty Ash and his Lady - an intimate and candid biography of her life with her much-loved and much- missed husband Sir Ken Dodd. SIR Ken Dodd was one of the nations greatest variety entertainers. Before he died, aged 90, he sealed his love for partner Anne by marrying her. Now Lady Anne is keeping the legacy of her iconic husband alive with a book written with well-respected TV producer Tony Nicholson. It tells the story of Anne and Kens life together on and off stage. ...

Source:&nbspWavertree Society Liverpool’s 1939 Abbey cinema, latterly a supermarket, has been handed a Grade II listing, just days after retail giant Lidl revealed plans to demolish it and build a smaller store on the site The Moderne-style building, which closed as a cinema in 1979 and had been home to Co-operative store until last April, was a favourite childhood haunt of Beatles legends John Lennon and George Harrison. Advertisement Designed by Birkenhead architect Alfred Ernest Shennan, ...

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THE Thirsk Yarnbombers have struck again and their colourful creations are literally spreading happiness around the town. Covid-19 restrictions meant that last years planned Easter display had to be cancelled, but fans of the groups delightful designs will be thrilled to see them back bigger than ever this spring. With a theme of whatever makes you happy, the Yarnbombers have adorned Thirsk town centre with knitted champagne, strawberries and chocolate cake, along with Easter bunnies, aft...

All the celebrities spotted in Wirral over the years Some of the famous faces snapped in Wirral - including some rare photos from our archives Celebs that have been spotted in Wirral over the years (Image: Mirror Pix/Liverpool ECHO) Get our MyWirral newsletter, for the best news, pictures, opinions and video from across the peninsulaInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Som...

He had received a tip-off from a man who worked in a Glasgow abattoir with Rena Costello. West was a frequent visitor and became fascinated with the dismemberment of carcasses, according to Renas former colleague. Could West, who dismembered many of his victims, have learnt butchery skills at the same city slaughterhouse? Pender became convinced West began his murder spree in Scotland and deliberately killed young Henry in November 1965. He feared West may also have murdered other wom...