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‘Us on Top of the Pops? We’re still in a state of shock’ - Foster and Allen
Fifty years of Foster and Allen! Surely it was only yesterday when these Irish lads first got together to do a few gigs? It might seem like it but in fact it really has been half a century since those early gigs were the launching pad for one of the biggest legends in Irish music, a legend that has conquered the world.

BBC Pundits Rio Ferdinand, Alan Shearer and presenter Gary Lineker

Bernard Bale: The BBC lives on its past glories. It's time to shut it down

MORE than a quarter of a million over-75s are said to have refused to pay for their TV licences and this could be the catalyst that forces a major overhaul of the BBC. Many will say – “Not before time!”

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Barbara Dickson

Barbara Dickson: 'There was always music and laughter in our house'
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