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Top chef hits back in school-meal row
Jamie Oliver has hit back at a loss of UK Government support for his highly publicised campaign to get schoolchildren eating healthy food.

Elle Macpherson new host of <i>Britain's Next Top Model</i>
The leggy Australian is drawing on her three-decade career as a supermodel to relaunch her television career.

UK's Health Secretary rejects Jamie Oliver's school menu
The celebrity chef's highly publicised campaign to get British schoolchildren eating healthy food has lost its government backing.

Profile: Emilia Wickstead
Auckland-born Emilia Wickstead dresses the British Prime Minister's wife but her feet are firmly on the ground, writes Zoe Walker.

UK's Baby Boomers get their own TV channel
Vintage TV, which is due to begin broadcasting in September, is aimed at the over-fifties.

Cheryl Cole to make Beano debut
British pop star Cheryl Cole is set to make an appearance in long-running comic The Beano.

Crowds throng sun-baked Glastonbury Festival
Recent nay-saying that the festival neglects the young is insane. Teens were the most visible age-bracket on site.

Judge accuses Prince Charles of exceeding powers
A UK Judge has accused Prince Charles of grossly exceeding his constitutional powers by interfering in a £3bn property development.

Prince Charles stands out in the Glastonbury crowds
Making a cameo on the Pyramid Stage, the awkward royal could no sooner pull off the festival look as he could his dress.

Review: Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, England
The Independent's Rob Sharp joins the masses at the UK's most famous music festival.

Wimbledon: England's slice of heaven
David Leggat visits London to check out one of the world's most famous sporting venues.

Profile: Phoebe Philo
The former creative director of Chloe, who's always known what women really want to wear, is now casting her spell at Celine.

<i>Pirates 4</i> script found in cafe
A copy of the script for the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides movie has been found in a cafe in central London.

James Bulger killer charged with child porn offences
Jon Venables was convicted with Robert Thompson of the 1993 murder of two-year-old James Bulger in the United Kingdom.

Wales: Writer's block
Dylan Thomas' final home is as lyrical and off-beat as his best-known work, writes Sankha Guha.

Sir Mick gets an earful from Winehouse
Being a musical icon doesn't mean you can talk through gigs - especially when you're standing behind the star's Dad.