The veteran BBC broadcaster David Jacobs has died at the age of 87.
Jacobs stepped down from his Radio 2 programme only last month due to ill health. He died at home "surrounded by his family", according to a BBC statement.
David Jacobs began his career at the BBC in 1945, enjoying a seven-decade career during which time he presented many classic and popular programmes,...
Police have confirmed that Adam Smart, the young motorcyclist seriously injured after a collision with a tanker on the A38, died in hospital last night.
The 20-year-old local man's motorcycle collided with the heavy good vehicle on Monday 10 June at around 7.45am at the Carkeel roundabout in Saltash.
Mr Smart was taken to Derriford Hospital where he was joined by his family....
The American folk singer Richie Havens has died at the age of 72 at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, following a heart attack.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, the singer and guitarist was part of the generation of rising young musicians, along with Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, who rose as part of the late 50s/early 60s folk boom centered in the Greenwich Village coffee shop scene.
It has been announced that Frank Thornton, the much-loved comedy star of Are You Being Served? and Last Of The Summer Wine died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday at the age of 92.
Thornton will be most fondly remembered for playing Captain Peacock in Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft's 1970s and 80s BBC sitcom, Are You Being Served?
