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article 18 June 2013 UK
Saatchi admits Nigella assault and accepts police caution (G)
Saatchi accepts police caution for Nigella assault

Millionaire art collector Charles Saatchi is cautioned by police after photos published in the media show him grabbing his wife Nigella Lawson's neck.

article 18 June 2013 UK
Nev Wilshire, who has become the star of the BBC3 fly-on-the-wall series The Call Centre.
Nev's call centres fined for nuisance cold calling

Two companies which feature in the popular BBC3 series The Call Centre are hit with fines totalling £250,000 for nuisance payment protection insurance calls.

video 16 June 2013 UK

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Paracyclist Tom Staniford aims for Brazil - video

Tom, has a rare condition MPD Syndrome which means he's unable to store fat under his skin, we spoke about a number of things from para-cycling to people attitudes changing towards disabilty sport.

video 13 June 2013 UK

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Queen's portrait defaced in Westminster Abbey - video

A portrait of the Queen is defaced with spray paint in Westminster Abbey, which campaign group Fathers4Justice claims was carried out by one of its members - a "desperate dad".

video 10 June 2013 Culture

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Paul Smith on British fashion and Bradley's bikes - video

He is one of Britain's biggest fashion exports and owns two of Bradley Wiggins' old bikes - ahead of a new exhibition, Sir Paul Smith talks to Cathy Newman about fashion, celebrity and cycling.

article 09 June 2013 UK
Author Iain Banks (pic: Getty)
Author Iain Banks dies of cancer aged 59

Author Iain Banks, whose books include The Wasp Factory, has died at the age of 59, just two months after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

video 07 June 2013 Culture, France

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Carla Bruni on Sarkozy, singing and surgery - video

France's former First Lady Carla Bruni talks to Jon Snow about music, life after the Elysée - and why it's better to look "older than weird".

article 05 June 2013 Culture
AM Homes wins Women's Prize for Fiction
AM Homes wins Women's Prize for Fiction

The American author AM Homes beats Hilary Mantel and Zadie Smith to the Women's Prize for Fiction for her sixth novel, May We Be Forgiven.

post 05 June 2013
Matthew Cain is Channel 4 News culture editor. Read more from Matthew Cain on his blog: Cain on Culture Make or break year for the Women's Prize for Fiction

It's a bumper year for the Women's Prize for Fiction, with literary heavyweights doing battle. But could the prize's new sponsor end up undermining its credibility?

post 05 June 2013
News Read more on Gary Gibbon's blog 5 or so days in May 2015

In his book on Labour's walk-on part in the coalition's formation in 2010, "5 Days in May," Lord Adonis makes the point that those 5 days were an existential moment for David Cameron.