The Sun, brash voice of the British masses, turns 40
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While the first issue of The Sun rolled off the presses in 1964 as a broadsheet, the present tabloid form -- rife with scandal, sex, sports and the occasional bonafide scoop -- only started up after global ...
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Joy Division&#39;s Ian Curtis never lived  to see the influence his band&#39;s legacy had on a legion of  artists, critics and music fans. The enigmatic frontman took  his life in 1980, at the age of 23, just as the British  post-punk band was on the verge of a career crescendo.
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Sun, domani l'annuncio ufficiale del premier britannico
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RAANANA, Israel/QALANDIYA, West Bank  - Esti and Hanan both turn 40 this week.
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Longtime television presenter and producer Dick Clark was hospitalised this week after suffering a mild stroke. Clark, who turned 75 on November 30, suffered the stroke this week
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Jonathan Newhouse is the driving force behind the British version of Glamour, now the best-selling monthly magazine in Britain.
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The Sun tabloid, Britain&#39;s best-selling daily, made an impassioned plea Monday for a referendum on the new EU treaty in a front-page editorial ahead of a major speech by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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BBC Ceefax is celebrating 30 years as tributes pour in from the world of news and entertainment.
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Beamed around the world in a broadcasting landmark, a Beatles performance for the first live trans-Atlantic satellite transmission in 1967 was regarded as a defining cultural moment in Britain &#151; except by viewers.
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The venerable Times of London published its final edition as a broadsheet newspaper yesterday. Tomorrow, it relaunches as a tabloid.
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The first stretch of the M8, which revolutionised motoring in Scotland, celebrates its 40th birthday.
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As a broadcaster and music enthusiast of unrivaled energy and daring, John Peel was Britain's cheerleader-in-chief across generations of cutting-edge artistry.
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Britain's adult population is getting just as much sleep as it was nearly 40 years ago, according to research.
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One of the living legends of British television, BBC weatherman Michael Fish, bade good-bye to viewers after more than 30 years on the air -- and a forecast 17 years ago that he never could live down.
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By MARTIN WILLIAMS  MORE than 45 million Britons are tuning in to the radio each week, the highest number since official records began in 1992, according to the latest figures.
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John Peel, the broadcaster whose shows on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4 endeared him to listeners across generations, has died aged 65.
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The lead singer of British band UB40 has quit the band after nearly 30 years, citing management problems for his split from a group which rose to fame in the anti-Thatcher culture of the 1980s.