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Doctor Who Auction
Hundreds of Doctor Who fans bid for classic costumes and
props from the BBC show at a London auction room today.
The most expensive item of the day was a Dalek from the 1985 story
Revelation of the Daleks - which sold for £20,400.
Kylie Minogue's waitress costume, worn in the 2007 Christmas special Voyage
of the Damned, fetched £3,120.
The auction of more than 160 lots took place at Bonhams in Knightsbridge.
Kylie Minogue's waitress costume fetched more than £3,000
From the same Christmas special, David Tennant's two-piece Paul Smith dinner
suit sold for £5,040.
More than 300 fans packed into the auction room to bid for monster costumes
from many eras of the show.
These included a Magma Beast from 1984 (sold for £1,560), a Kroll from 1978
(£780), a Vervoid from 1986 (£1,920) and a Sea Devil from 1984 (£2,040).
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February 24
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Ofcom Awards Community Radio Licences
Ofcom today announced the award of five new community radio
licences.
The licences were awarded to:
SFM (Sittingbourne, Kent)
Gateway FM (Basildon, Essex)
Insanity (Egham, Surrey)
Kane FM (Guildford, Surrey)
The Vibe (Watford)
Licences are awarded for a five-year period.
In addition to the licence awards, Ofcom considered six further
applications, but decided not to award a licence to the following groups:
Panjabi Awaz, Slough
Radio Wey, Chertsey, Surrey
Woking Community Radio (WCR), Woking, Surrey
Sut FM, Sutton, Surrey
Radio One Sound, Southall, Middlesex
Radio Voz de Portugal, Vauxhall, London
Two further applications were rejected due to there being no suitable FM
frequency available:
Radio Reality, Hendon, London
Focus Radio, Enfield, Middlesex.
18:55
February 24
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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Panorama
Breached The Rules
The BBC said today that its current affairs programme
Panorama will broadcast an apology after the corporation's independent
watchdog said it breached editorial guidelines.
The BBC Trust Editorial Standards Committee said it did not accurately
report a study into Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
What Next for Craig? looked at the use of drugs used to control the
condition when it aired in November 2007.
The Trust said the show did not intend to mislead, but "distorted" some
facts.
An apology will be broadcast during a future edition of Panorama, and the
BBC's deputy director general Mark Byford will meet the committee to ensure
the breaches are not repeated.
In a statement, BBC News said it would "comply" with the BBC Trust.
"The Trust did not conclude that the programme-makers deliberately produced
a programme they knew to be inaccurate.
"It has not questioned the integrity of the programme team but found that
they had either misunderstood the underlying material that the team had in
its possession, or had chosen just one interpretation of it and failed to
place it in context."
The report ruled that Panorama did not accurately report the findings of a
follow-up scientific study comparing the treatment of children with ADHD.
The programme makers have been accused of relying on the views of one
scientist and viewers were not told that there is a wide range of views on
the subject.
The episode also looked into the long-term use of stimulant drugs such as
Ritalin.
But it was ruled that show failed to accurately report the findings of a
three-year study which was conducted in the US.
The report concluded: "The Editorial Standards Committee (ESC) expects the
highest standards from Panorama as BBC One's flagship current affairs
programme, and this programme failed to reach those standards.
"Due to the serious nature of the breaches the ESC will apologise to the
complainant on behalf of the BBC and require the broadcast of a correction."
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February 24
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Kylie To Be
X Factor Judge
Kylie Minogue is set to be a judge on The X-Factor.
She is one of a number of guest stars being lined up to sit on the judging
panel during the audition stage of the competition while her sister, regular
panellist Dannii Minogue, is on maternity leave.
Dannii – who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Kris
Smith in July – confirmed earlier this week that she will not be part of the
audition stage of the next series of the talent-search competition, but
sources close to the show insist she will return for the semi-finals.
A spokesperson for the 38-year-old star confirmed she will still be “a part
of the show” despite speculation she will not return after giving birth.
Her representative said: “Dannii has absolutely not quit the show. She will
still be a part of The X-Factor when it returns later this year.”
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