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• Chaos at the Etihad and all that jazz | Brief letters

  06-01-2017 20:07
  
  UN aid target | Jazz and football | Passport applications | Consumer debt | Russian hacking | An audientYou fail to mention (UK among six countries to hit 0.7% UN aid spending target, 5 January) that the United Arab Emirates has met the UN commitment of spending 0.7% of gross national income since 2013. The most recent OECD report, quoted in your article, shows that the UAE contributed 1.09% of GNI towards overseas aid in 2015, making it second only to Sweden in terms of aid spending as a propor
  
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• Little Mix match Destiny's Child with fourth week at the top

  06-01-2017 19:42
  
  George Michael’s music is also still in the charts.
  
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• Ex On The Beach: Geordie Shore's Aaron Chalmers Admits He's Made 'Loads' Of Sex Tapes In 'Never Have I Ever' - EXCLUSIVE

  06-01-2017 19:26
  
  DON'T MISS all new Ex On The Beach 6, starting Tuesday 17th January at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Ex On The Beach Cast Reveal Whether They’d Rather Get Into A Fight With Megan McKenna Or Vicky Pattison - EXCLUSIVE

  06-01-2017 19:26
  
  DON'T MISS brand new Ex On The Beach, starting Tuesday 17th January at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Little Mix Just Equalled Destiny's Child's Chart Record, Proving They're Awesome As Ever

  06-01-2017 19:00
  
  SLAY.
  
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• The New Trailer For 'Rings' Looks As Terrifying As The Original Movie

  06-01-2017 18:14
  
  Long haired nightmares in 3, 2, 1...
  
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• Scotty T’s Views On the News: Jesy Nelson’s Decorating Disaster And The Celebrity Big Brother Line Up

  06-01-2017 17:42
  
  HE'S BACKKKKKK!
  
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• Here’s Why Scotty T Thinks He And Charlotte Crosby Weren’t Asked Back To Celebrity Big Brother

  06-01-2017 17:40
  
  And it aint pretty...
  
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• Scotty T Wants To Help Jesy Nelson Decorate Her House: I’ll Paint It With My Chopper

  06-01-2017 17:33
  
  He's here to help.
  
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• Fabric prepares for reopening night with mystery line-up

  06-01-2017 17:31
  
  Police to be on hand to help door staff at London club, which reopens on Friday after five-month closure due to drug problems One of London’s most famous nightclubs will reopen its doors on Friday night, ending five months of enforced closure after a council inquiry found it had a “culture of drug use”.Fabric was shut down in September after the drug-related deaths of two 18-year-old clubbers who had purchased or taken illegal substances in the venue. The club’s owners st
  
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• 10 Times Some Totes Romantic Feelings In The Celebrity Big Brother House Were Def Not Returned

  06-01-2017 16:44
  
  From Grant Bovey and Marnie Simpson to Heavy D and Chloe Khan. Awks.
  
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• Harry Styles And His Jacket Are Taking On 2017 Like There's No Tomorrow

  06-01-2017 16:38
  
  Isn't this just a great time to be alive?!
  
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• Lip Sync Battle UK: Danny Dyer Channels Amy Winehouse In 'Back To Black' Rendition

  06-01-2017 16:01
  
  Danny Dyer performs Amy Winehouse track on Lip Sync Battle
  
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• Naughty Boy Reveals How His Beyoncé Collaboration Happened & Who He’s Working With On His New Record

  06-01-2017 15:49
  
  He's got some big names in the pipe line...
  
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• From Singles to Saturday Night Fever – the film soundtracks that caught a musical moment

  06-01-2017 15:20
  
  A deluxe edition of the Singles soundtrack marks its status as one of the unlikely but enduring artefacts of the grunge eraWelcome back, the Singles soundtrack! News arrives that the music that accompanied Cameron Crowe’s 1992 grunge romcom – all of the plaid, none of the heroin! – is to be reissued in the mandatory 25th-anniversary deluxe edition, with 31 tracks of down-tuned goodness, including Matt Dillon’s cover of Mudhoney’s Touch Me I’m Sick, retitled To
  
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• 17 White Lies You've Definitely Told Your Parents

  06-01-2017 15:16
  
  Soz mum.
  
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• Thris Tian: ‘I like to take the people on a journey’

  06-01-2017 15:00
  
  The Worldwide FM crate-digger and Boiler Room co-founder empties the contents of his psychic record bag Continue reading...
  
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• Zayn & Taylor Swift's I Don’t Wanna Live Forever: a breathy, sexy, slow jam

  06-01-2017 14:30
  
  Also this week, everyone’s favourite misery-goths The xx are back, and Afrojack’s new one sounds worse than a thousand breaking bottlesTRACK OF THE WEEK Continue reading...
  
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• Heidi Montag And Spencer Pratt Are Now 'Ready' For Children, But Will They Conceive In The Celebrity Big Brother House?!

  06-01-2017 14:09
  
  Maybe they will, maybe they won't.
  
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• Ed Sheeran's New Single 'Shape Of You' Was Originally Meant For Rihanna

  06-01-2017 14:07
  
  We're so glad he kept it for himself!
  
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• Ray BLK's BBC Music Sound of 2017 win recognises diversity of British pop

  06-01-2017 14:06
  
  At last, one of the new artist awards goes to someone who isn’t another safe, milquetoast offeringLong before the winners were announced for the big tip lists for 2017, there was a sense that something had to change. Over the last few years, the Brits critics’ choice award has served up a procession of none-more-bland solo stars (Jack Garratt, James Bay, Tom Odell) while the BBC’s Sound of poll was becoming equally tiring (Years & Years, Sam Smith). These artists would sell
  
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• Stewart Lee on the Blue Aeroplanes: ‘Like Philip Larkin fronting Television’

  06-01-2017 14:00
  
  Smart, sexy, poetic: the return of these Bristol cult heroes is music to the ears of one fan Related: Reggae, riots and record shops – a brief history of Bristol's music scene I bought Tolerance, my first Blue Aeroplanes album and the band’s second, in 1985, when I was 16, with Saturday job money. Instantly, I was obsessed, and roamed the racks of the pre-Amazon dark age for early 12 inches. The hydra-headed Bristol collective were a kind of rolling art project, that combined perform
  
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• Theo James Fell In Love With A Ferret On The Set Of ‘Underworld: Blood Wars’

  06-01-2017 13:55
  
  Obvs the ferret must have felt the same way about Theo, right?
  
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• Ray BLK's reaction to winning BBC Music Sound Of 2017 was adorable

  06-01-2017 13:53
  
  The young artist pipped chart-topping Rag’n'Bone Man to the post.
  
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• This Vacuum Physically Sucks Out Blackheads And It's Satisfying Af

  06-01-2017 13:07
  
  This vacuum sucks out blackheads and we need it now
  
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• Vast, deep and awash with feeling: the story of the cello

  06-01-2017 13:04
  
  From its origins as a coarse dance instrument to a symbol of courage and defiance, the cello has inspired so many of the west’s greatest composers and performers“Why write for a violin when there is the cello?” asked Rachmaninov. There is something peculiarly lovable about the cello, with its tenor radiance, narrow waist, gleaming shoulders and back of flaming maple: to play it you must embrace it, and its resonating chamber rests upon your heart. Rostropovich captured that war
  
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• Apparently Chris Brown & Soulja Boy Are Going To Fight Each Other In Celeb Boxing Match

  06-01-2017 13:02
  
  Why can't we all just get along?
  
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• Kylie Jenner Makes A Contestant Cry On Khloe Kardashian's 'Revenge Body'

  06-01-2017 12:53
  
  THIS LOOKS LIKE THE GREATEST SHOW EVER.
  
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• This Week’s New Music Round Up: Ed Sheeran, Ed Sheeran Again, Dua Lipa & More

  06-01-2017 12:46
  
  Did we mention that there's new Ed Sheeran?
  
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• Haiku Salut review – Kraftwerk meets rural folk in trio's small, quiet world

  06-01-2017 12:46
  
  Lexington, London
  The Peak District multi-instrumentalists mix laptops, loops and ukuleles to lulling effect for Fortuna Pop!’s penultimate Winter Sprinter nightThe bleakest time of year, gig-wise, is early January, which was where the now defunct London indie label Fortuna Pop! spotted an opportunity in 2011. Its annual Winter Sprinter offered a reliable night out to those who prefer their bands off-the-scale quirky, and its ethos is encapsulated in the penultimate night of the final fest
  
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• 9 Of The Most Epic Celebrity Big Brother Romances There Ever Was

  06-01-2017 12:43
  
  From the sweetness of Scotty T and Megan McKenna to er, Stephen Bear and Chloe Khan...
  
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• Ray BLK Named BBC Music Sound Of 2017 Winner

  06-01-2017 12:22
  
  It's a strong year for the girls...
  
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• Ray BLK named winner of BBC Music Sound of 2017

  06-01-2017 11:55
  
  Following in the footsteps of Adele and Ellie Goulding, the London singer and rapper tops the annual list of artists to watch this yearRay BLK has been named as the winner of BBC Music Sound of 2017. The singer and rapper from south London was an outsider to win, up against Brits Critics Choice winner Rag’n’Bone Man, as well as Raye, Jorja Smith and Nadia Rose.The 22-year-old follows in the footsteps of Adele, Ellie Goulding and Sam Smith to become the artist the music industry belie
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother 2017: Ray J Insists Kim Kardashian Was A 'Cheater' When They Were Together

  06-01-2017 11:25
  
  Bold claim, Ray J.
  
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• Former world champion Floyd Mayweather to train Soulja Boy for fight with Chris Brown

  06-01-2017 11:11
  
  Beef between the two R&B stars is to become a televised pay-per-view boxing match in Las VegasWhat started as an Instagram row has escalated to such an extent that the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of his generation has become involved in the beef between R&B stars Chris Brown and Soulja Boy.Floyd Mayweather, who was undefeated in his 49 fights, winning world titles at super featherweight, lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight and light middleweight, is to train Soulja Boy for a
  
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• My Chemical Romance's Frank Iero Gives First Interview Since Bus Crash

  06-01-2017 11:07
  
  The Emo icon opened up about he and his band's near death experience last October...
  
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• Ed Sheeran: I built a studio on a cruise ship to record new music

  06-01-2017 11:05
  
  The singer forgot to take a dinner suit on the cruise ship – so “wasn’t allowed to eat”.
  
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• David Bowie did not know he was dying until final few months

  06-01-2017 11:05
  
  Documentary looking back at singer’s last five years says suggestion that his last single Lazarus was a ‘parting gift’ to fans is wrongDavid Bowie only discovered his cancer was terminal three months before he died, according to a documentary marking the anniversary of the superstar’s death.The film, David Bowie: The Last Five Years – due to air on BBC2 on Saturday night, a day before what would have been the singer’s 70th birthday – reveals that Bowie d
  
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• So Here's A Pic Of The Giant Snake Tattoo On Kendall Jenner's Arse

  06-01-2017 10:56
  
  Well this is...unexpected.
  
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• Zayn Malik And Gigi Hadid Are All Over The Loved Up Selfies Rn

  06-01-2017 10:39
  
  Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid pose for another selfie together.
  
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• Fifth Harmony Debut Their First Pic As A Foursome Following Camila Cabello's Departure From The Band

  06-01-2017 10:16
  
  Do we call them Fourth Harmony now or what?
  
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• Ed Sheeran debuts new music after year away

  06-01-2017 09:48
  
  He played his new music – Castle On The Hill and Shape Of You – on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
  
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• Ed Sheeran Drops New Comeback Singles 'Castle On The Hill' And 'Shape Of You' - LISTEN

  06-01-2017 09:38
  
  That's 2017 saved.
  
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• Ed Sheeran releases new songs Castle on the Hill and Shape of You

  06-01-2017 09:32
  
  Singer-songwriter puts out two surprise singles in the early hours of Friday morningEd Sheeran has released his first new studio recordings since his album X in 2014. Rather than release a surprise album, or a surprise single, he’s taken a middle ground and released two new singles, Shape of You and Castle on the Hill.The songs were posted on streaming and download services in the early hours of Friday morning, with Sheeran commenting: “Hello 2017! I’ve been working hard on the
  
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• David Bowie learned of terminal cancer 'three months before death'

  06-01-2017 08:06
  
  The singer died aged 69 last January.
  
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• Ed Sheeran will play brand new music on radio breakfast show

  06-01-2017 07:01
  
  You’ll have to get up early to catch Ed’s latest work!
  
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