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Jill Dando
Retrial - Jurors
Selection for potential jurors in the Jill Dando murder
retrial has begun.
But attempts to find 20 men and women able to serve were not
successful at the Old Bailey where Barry George faces a second trial.
Only 16 people were selected from a panel of 50. New jurors will be added on
Wednesday before 12 are chosen and sent away until next week.
The case is due to be opened on Monday and a site visit will take place on
Tuesday.
George, 48, of Fulham, west London, denies shooting the BBC television
presenter dead in April 1999.
The 37-year-old Crimewatch presenter died on her doorstep in Gowan Avenue,
Fulham, from a bullet wound to the head.
George stood in the dock in a blue sweatshirt and jeans. He answered in a
whisper when asked to confirm his name.
Jurors were excused if they knew Miss Dando and her fiance, doctor Alan
Farthing, if they were police officers or worked for the Metropolitan Police
or the BBC and if they lived in Fulham during the last 30 years.
They were also excused for personal reasons or if they had holidays or
hospital appointments.
The trial is due to last between six to eight weeks.
18:12
June
03 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Lloyd Webber
Stays With The BBC
Andrew Lloyd Webber is to stay with the BBC for his next
television project, it was confirmed today.
His latest show, I'd Do Anything, looking for a new Nancy and Oliver for the
forthcoming Cameron Mackintosh production of Oliver!, came to an end on
Saturday night.
Lloyd Webber had lunch on Thursday with new BBC One controller Jay Hunt
together with BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Elaine Bedell.
Speculation that the next talent show could be a search for Dorothy from the
Wizard of Oz was denied by a source close to Lloyd Webber, although Lloyd
Webber's company, the Really Useful Group, recently acquired the rights and
is in discussions about staging the musical.
Bedell has previously said she thought the Wizard of Oz would be too
American for British tastes. She has also flagged the idea of doing a search
for a new Eliza Doolittle for My Fair Lady.
A BBC Spokesman said: "They discussed a number of ideas but nothing has been
agreed at this stage," he said.
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03 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Simpsons Cast
Sign Pay Deal
The cast of The Simpson have signed a four-year deal that
guarantees a 20th season of the cartoon show, according to reports from the
US.
Production was delayed for several months while the voice actors and 20th
Century Fox TV discussed an agreement.
Reports indicate the salaries of the stars - including Dan Castellaneta
(Homer) and Nancy Cartwright (Bart) - would rise to $400,000 (£200,000) an
episode.
The Simpsons is the US' longest-running prime-time entertainment series.
Because of the delay, 20 episodes of the new series will be made instead of
the usual 22.
17:52
June
03 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
Reader Comment
This annoys me so much....how much skill is there in
providing a funny
voice? Enough to make you a multi-millionaire? I think not. I wish the
producers had the guts to find voice-a-likes!!!
Michael Brown
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Kevin Greening Verdict
An inquest has heard today that Smooth FM presenter Kevin
Greening died from a drugs overdose after taking part in a bondage sex
session.
The body of the 44-year-old was found by police in a flat in Wandsworth,
south London, in December last year, Westminster Coroner's Court heard.
Coroner Paul Knapman recorded a verdict of misadventure.
Mr Knapman said: "He was found dead having indulged in unorthodox sexual
behaviour involving restraint equipment and illegal drugs."
On the day he died, he had been in a leather sling attached to scaffolding
in the bedroom of the flat occupied by his boyfriend Sean Griffin, the
inquest heard.
At the time, the inquest heard, Mr Greening was still wearing a rubber suit
and had cling film and "gaffer tape" around him.
Recording his verdict, Mr Knapman said Mr Greening died from a "mixed drugs
toxicity" or overdose and not from being held "in a form of bondage".
Sean Griffin told the inquest he had become concerned about Mr Greening when
he noticed that his face was pale and the area around his mouth was grey.
Griffin had initially been arrested on suspicion of murder but was later
released without charge when the circumstances of Mr Greening's death had
become clear.
Asked by Dr Knapman to confirm that at all times their activity had been
"perfectly consensual" between the two men in the privacy of the flat,
Griffin replied: "Indeed."
"Kevin and I had a very happy and very vigorous sex life," he said.
"It was not conventional by heterosexual norms perhaps but it was a sex life
which was vigorous and imaginative and we enjoyed each other."
The inquest heard that tests on Mr Greening's blood after his death found
traces of cocaine and ecstasy.
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03 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Coldplay Gig
Live On Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is to broadcast Coldplay live from the Brixton
Academy, London, on Monday, June 16.
The whole gig will be broadcast live on Radio 1 on a specially extended Zane
Lowe show, 19:00 to 22:00, and will include tracks from the new album,
alongside their biggest hits.
This will be the band's first live date in the UK since the release of their
new album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friend.
11:40
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03 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Kevin Greening
Inquest Resumes
The inquest into the death of Smooth Radio presenter Kevin
Greening is to resume in London.
Greening, 44, was found dead by police at a flat in
Wandsworth on December 29, the eve of his 45th birthday.
Greening's agent, Chris North, announced his death by telling the BBC he had
died peacefully in his sleep.
An initial post mortem proved inconclusive, but further
toxicology tests revealed that the DJ died from "drug toxicity" - an
overdose.
A 51-year-old man arrested at the time of Greening's death was later
cautioned for drug possession.
The police have said that no-one will be prosecuted over the death.
The inquest will be held at Westminster Coroners Court in central London.
07:13
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03 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Jill Dando Murder
Retrial
Barry George is returning to the Old Bailey for the start of
his retrial for murdering BBC television presenter Jill Dando.
George, 47, of Fulham, west London, has pleaded not guilty to
murdering Ms Dando, who was shot outside her Fulham home in April 1999.
It will be George's second trial for the murder. He was found guilty at the
first trial in 2001 and has been in prison since he started to serve his
life sentence.
But the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction and ordered a retrial in
November last year following a defence challenge to the forensic evidence.
George lived half a mile from the 37-year-old Crimewatch and Holiday
presenter.
A jury panel is due to be selected but most of the week will be taken up
with legal matters before the case is opened.
Ms Dando was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and first worked as a
journalist on her local paper before joining the BBC.
After moving to London in 1988 she built up a huge following as a newsreader
and presenter, becoming one of the best-loved faces on British television.
From 1995 Ms Dando teamed up with Nick Ross to front the BBC's monthly
Crimewatch programme.
Three months before her murder on April 26 1999 she had become engaged to
gynaecologist Alan Farthing, whom she met on a blind date.
06:52
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03 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Frasier Star In
Heart Scare
Frasier star Kelsey Grammer is recovering in a Hawaii
hospital after a mild heart attack at the weekend.
Grammer was “resting comfortably” in an undisclosed hospital after becoming
ill on Saturday.
It is understood the 53-year-old actor will be released early this week.
Grammer was paddle-boarding with his wife, Camille, when he experienced
symptoms.
The couple lives in Kona, on Hawaii’s big island.
Grammer was immediately taken to hospital where it was determined that he
had suffered a “mild heart attack”.
00:02
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03 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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