Christian Oliver at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Photograph: Peter Kramer/APView image in fullscreenChristian Oliver at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Photograph: Peter Kramer/APMoviesActor Christian Oliver dies in Caribbean plane crash with two daughtersGerman-born US actor and daughters Annik and Madita Klepser killed with pilot off island in St Vincent and the Grenadines
The German-born US actor Christian Oliver, who performed in films alongside Tom Cruise and George Clooney during a 30-year career, died alongside his two daughters on Thursday in a plane crash off the coast of a Caribbean island. Read More...
Television – would it corrupt the nation’s youth? Photograph: Allan Cash Picture Library/AlamyTelevision – would it corrupt the nation’s youth? Photograph: Allan Cash Picture Library/AlamyTelevisionFor decades, politicians feared that breakfast TV would turn Brits into zombies – or that broadcasting might decimate the workforce. This is the story of our long journey to 24-hour television
Forty years ago, the battle of early morning broadcasting came to a head. ITV lost, debuting its first ever breakfast show, Good Morning Britain, on 1 February 1983 – a full 14 days after the launch of the BBC’s Breakfast Time. Read More...
France This article is more than 4 years oldGilets jaunes boxer who punched police given one-year jail sentenceThis article is more than 4 years oldChristophe Dettinger was caught on camera attacking an officer at a protest in Paris
A former French light-heavyweight champion who punched and kicked a police officer during a gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protest in Paris has been given a one-year prison term.
Christophe Dettinger was caught on camera on 5 January throwing a flurry of punches at an officer during clashes on a footbridge over the River Seine. Read More...
