Chavez to be embalmed 'like Lenin' after Evita-style funeral

Briefing Fri 8 Mar, AT 10:31

Sean Penn and Oliver Stone expected to join world leaders in Caracas for 'vast, clamorous' funeral

Deer cull: why half of Britain's 1.5 million animals must die

Briefing Thu 7 Mar, AT 14:59

Forget the image of Bambi, says researchers - without natural predators, deer pose a real threat

Ten Years After guitarist Alvin Lee dies at 68

Briefing Thu 7 Mar, AT 14:45

The British-born blues-rock legend nicknamed 'Captain Speed Fingers' has played his last solo

How they'll pick a new Pope to clean up after Benedict

Briefing Mon 4 Mar, AT 15:04

Expect the smoke to come next week: cardinals begin process of choosing Benedict's successor

Kenya goes to polls hoping to avoid violent crisis of 2007

Briefing Mon 4 Mar, AT 11:27

East African nation faces its most 'important and complicated' election after bloodshed of previous poll

Bruce Reynolds, Great Train Robbery's kingpin, dies at 81

Briefing Thu 28 Feb, AT 16:00

'Old crook' who masterminded the famous 1963 mail train heist leaves behind an acclaimed memoir and a song

Five reasons Ray Cusick's Daleks are Dr Who's No 1 foe

Briefing Mon 25 Feb, AT 14:44

Creator of Dr Who's 'Satanic pepper pots' dies at 84 but his scary race of alien exterminators will live on

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Best Oscars moments: the trip, the jokes and the bad gowns

Briefing Mon 25 Feb, AT 13:35

From Seth MacFarlane's 'edgy' jokes to Kristen Stewart's odd style, there was plenty to savour

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Kevin Ayers: six hard facts about Soft Machine founder

Briefing Wed 20 Feb, AT 16:05

One of the founding fathers of the UK's psychedelic rock scene has died at the age of 68

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Cameron visits Amritsar: what happened and why it matters

Briefing Wed 20 Feb, AT 11:07

The Indian massacre is a dark stain on British history and remains a sensitive issue to this day

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