2016 was a tough year, as we said goodbye to some of our best known and well-loved figures - from George Michael and Carrie Fisher to Prince and David Bowie. And the losses have continued into 2017 with the sad news that Bill Paxton had passed away, following the deaths of stars such as Gorden Kaye, John Hurt and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.

AITAPE, Papua New Guinea (July 23, 1998 - The National)---Queensland nun Sister Margaret Conway tried desperately to tell the world of Papua New Guinea's devastating tidal wave, but no-one was listening on that terrible night. Sister Margaret radioed for help soon after the tsunami struck the villages at Malol at 7:30 p.

Ben Armstrong This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Ben Armstrong grew up in the Metro Detroit area. At the age of four, Ben was recording himself pretending to be on the radio. In College, Ben pursued his dream by working for the college radio station WHFR. At the age of 19, his first professional job was at a Christian Music Station WMUZ in Detroit, MI.

Broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray has sparked controversy after suggesting that men who have undergone sex change operations are not “real women”. The Radio 4 Woman’s Hour host, 66, questioned whether someone who has enjoyed the privileges of growing up as a man could really be a woman.

Broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray has sparked controversy after suggesting that men who have undergone sex change operations are not “real women”. The Radio 4 Woman’s Hour host, 66, questioned whether someone who has enjoyed the privileges of growing up as a man could really be a woman.

It has been 10 years since John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett sat beside each other on a Vancouver Island stage, something that is raising expectations for the pair’s concert Wednesday at Nanaimo’s Port Theatre. For those who saw Hiatt and Lovett together the last time, on a songwriters-in-the-round show....

Broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray has sparked controversy after suggesting that men who have undergone sex change operations are not “real women”. The Radio 4 Woman’s Hour host, 66, questioned whether someone who has enjoyed the privileges of growing up as a man could really be a woman.

Broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray has sparked controversy after suggesting that men who have undergone sex change operations are not "real women". The Radio 4 Woman's Hour host, 66, questioned whether someone who has enjoyed the privileges of growing up as a man could really be a woman.

In the afternoon of June 8, 1940, the British navy suffered one of its worst naval disasters. The aircraft carrier HMS Glorious along with its two destroyer escorts HMS Ardent and HMS Acasta were sunk in battle by two German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. For Malta this will always be our worst naval disaster.

Writing for The Sunday Times Magazine, she told how "the first time I felt anger when a man claimed to have become a woman" was when she met the Rev Peter Stone in 2000, the first serving Church of England priest to undergo a sex change operation. "I remember asking...