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Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

It was at 7.15pm on Thursday 22 September 1955 that the greatest commercial television event appeared on screens in the London area. As screens flickered the first images, most of the 200,000 viewers

SHE might have taken leave of her job as one of the longest-standing news anchors in the country, but the last thing Sally Magnusson is planning to do is put her feet up. The BBC presenter, known for

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