The X Factor best novelty acts – where they are now, including Jedward, Wagner and Honey G

THEY were hailed on the 2009 X Factor as being “incredibly annoying” by Simon Cowell, and nearly two decades later Jedward ...
Bar and Bench

Relief from gas: Bombay HC grants makers of acidity med PANTOCID relief in trademark case against PANTOZED

The Bombay High Court has restrained a Kenyan pharma company and its Indian contract manufacturer from using the mark ...
St Helens Star

I took my children to their first pantomime - and this is how it went

My daughter is one. She patiently sat on my knee throughout, marvelled at the lights and absolutely lit up when the dogs came on the stage. She was clapping for Muddles and the craziness of the ...
The Lafayette

Easton honors, mourns local civil rights activist

Marvin Boyer, a lifelong Eastonian, career civil rights advocate and dedicated member of the Lehigh Valley community, died on ...

Desmond Barrit, Olivier Award-winning actor who was a giant of Shakespearean comedy and panto

Desmond Barrit, who has died aged 81, was an accountant who became a professional actor at the age of 34 to win a bet; he ...