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Memories of 'golden age' of Nottingham's Royal Hotel that served up to 4,000 diners every night

Nottingham had never seen anything like it - and hasn't since

Nottingham Post

From kiss me quick to seaside serenity: eight UK resorts close to peaceful beaches

A stay in a calm coastal spot that’s close to a high-octane seaside town makes the perfect holiday combo. Our writers suggest breaks that offer the best of both worlds

The Guardian - UK

'Flake number plates?': Ice cream van driver caught speeding in Salford

"We can't cone-done that behaviour”

Manchester Evening News

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All the puns as ice cream van caught topping 60mph

Commenters asked if he had flake plates, and if he will get his just desserts

Wales Online

UK's top 50 coolest places revealed - see if your town made the list

Polperro in Cornwall has been named the coolest place in the country, closely followed by Wells-next-the-sea in Norfolk and Marlow in Buckinghamshire in a poll of the public

Daily Mirror

Miranda Hart: ‘My preshow rituals? A banana and a poo’

The comedian on getting permission to be silly from Eric Morecambe, meeting the Spice Girls and how Comic Relief brings people together

The Guardian - UK

Real life of BBC Happy Valley's Siobhan Finneran - forgotten ITV roles, ex-Emmerdale star husband and northern inspiration

The actress plays Clare Cartwright in the gritty BBC One drama

Manchester Evening News

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My beloved Morecambe was once mocked for Mr Blobbyland, so it deserves its Eden Project

This £50m levelling up project certainly beats our old theme park. One official told me he’d do a deal with the devil to help the area. Seems he did, says Guardian North of England editor Helen Pidd

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson compares Liz Truss’s mini-Budget to Morecambe and Wise sketch

Former prime minister also shared some of his regrets from time at the top

The Independent UK

Man suffers injuries like a car crash tripping over his cat

Chris had nine broken ribs, a fractured spine and skull and a bleed on his brain

Wales Online

Man couldn't move from floor for 14 hours with 'car crash' injuries after tripping over hairless pet cat

Chris Rowley's kitten, a hairless sphynx, was left unscathed by the incident

Manchester Evening News

Man with 'car crash' injuries is 'lucky to be alive' after tripping over hairless pet cat

Chris Rowley, 59, from Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, broke nine ribs, fractured his spine, snapped his neck, cracked his skull, and got blood in his lungs after getting into a tangle with his pet kitten, Eric Morecambe

Daily Mirror

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em star rules out any more reunions as she prepares for Royal role

Betty actress Michele Dotrice has ruled out any more reunion episodes of Some Mothers Do 'Ave ' Em

Daily Mirror

I met a man from an ADHD charity and it was like meeting myself. Ideas, thoughts and half-thoughts tumbled out

It was, to paraphrase the great Eric Morecambe, a conversation containing all the right notes, if not necessarily in the right order – but I learned enough to change my mind about two long-held opinions

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Daily Mirror

Jon Culshaw fulfills dream of taking Les Dawson tribute show on the road

The star of TV’s Dead Ringers is paying tribute to Blankety Blank host Les with a show that premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe and ends in Lancashire near the home of the comedy legend

Daily Mirror

Jimmy Tarbuck says comic legend's advice kickstarted 60 year career in comedy

Jimmy Tarbuck has said taking Eric Morecambe's advice helped him reach the comedy heights she has enjoyed over his 60 years on stage and TV

Evening Standard

So what if Larkin was reactionary? The poems still sing

Philip Larkin was one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. He was also, among other things, a librarian at Hull University, an editor of the Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse, a huge fan of Margaret Thatcher, a prodigious writer of letters, an aficionado of jazz music and…

The Guardian - UK

Integrate, my mum said, so I did. But Eric Morecambe helped me find my Windrush self

Our parents were heroes who wanted us to fit in, but eventually I came to value my own identity, says actor and comedian Lenny Henry

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When legendary comedy duo Morecambe and Wise stepped out in Newcastle

Comedy duo Morecambe and Wise were two of Britain's biggest entertainment stars when they performed to rave reviews this week 45 years ago at Newcastle City Hall

The Guardian - UK

Thrifty summer: 20 great free family days out in Britain

Gardens, mills, beaches, galleries: there’s a wealth of cheap thrills to be had, if you know where to look …

The Guardian - UK

Maggie Fox obituary

Actor whose anarchic skills and consummate timing were central to the success of the stage comedy duo LipService

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