Darcey Bussell, queen of British ballet, retires
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Darcey Bussell bows out on Friday at her  spiritual home, London&#39;s Royal Opera House, after more than 15  years as the queen of British ballet.
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Alicia Markova, Britain's first great ballerina, has died. She was 94. Markova, only one of a handful of artists acknowledged as "prima ballerina assoluta," died Thursday in a Bath hospital the day after her ...
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Former world number one Monica Seles announces that she is retiring after nearly five years away from tennis.
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The artistic director of the Glimmerglass Opera is stepping down.
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Julie Burchill, one of Britain's best-known newspaper columnists, says she is quitting journalism.
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Valentino, one of the undisputed kings of fashion whose name is synonymous with elegance, will retire in January from the couture house he founded nearly half a century ago.
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Rower Matthew Pinsent, who has won four Olympic gold medals, has announced he is retiring from the sport. That means Pinsent won&#39;t equal the five gold medals won in successive Olympics by another rower, Sir Steven Redgrave.
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Ballerina Darcey Bussell is honoured at Buckingham Palace with a CBE presented by the Queen.
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Actress Liz Dawn, best known for playing Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street, is to leave the show due to ill health.
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Actress Jerry Hall pulls out of one-woman sjpw in London. Plus other entertainment news in brief.
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UK mesh pioneer taken out of administration
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Ms. Stodelle had a multifaceted career in modern dance as a performer, author and teacher.
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Former Spice Girl is voted out of Strictly Come Dancing in the penultimate show of the series.
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Soviet prima ballerina Natalia Bessmertnova dies after a long illness at the age of 66, the Bolshoi announces.
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The British government moved Wednesday to stop the export of a jeweled headband once owned by Edwina, Lady Mountbatten, a leading fashion figure of the 1920s and wife of the last British viceroy of India.
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Dual Olympic judo medallist and former world champion Kate Howey has announced her retirement at the age of 31.
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Darcey Bussell is to give her farewell performance as principal dancer of the Royal Ballet in London.