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Village takes over Leicester Square
The newly refurbished Leicester Square hosts a movie premiere with a difference this evening when almost the entire population of the Oxfordshire farming village of Kingston Bagpuize descends for the screening of the comedy drama Tortoise in Love.
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Writer/ Director Guy Browning set himself the challenge of making a movie using only people from the village. Around 400 villagers worked on the film. .Despite being made on a shoestring budget, it is set for a nationwide release on July 13th.
Joey Barton gets 12 match ban
Joey Barton has been given an unprecedented 12 game ban by the FA for violent conduct.
The QPR midfielder was also fined £75,000 for this actions against Manchester City.
In a statement the Football Association said:
"An independent Regulatory Commission has todaydealt with two charges of violent conduct against Joey Barton, arising from the game against Manchester City, resulting in an eight-match suspension and £75,000 fine for the Queens Park Rangers midfielder."
"This eight-match suspension is to run consecutively to the four-game suspension Barton was already given for his dismissal in the fixture, making a total of 12 matches."
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Waltzing Flash Mob in Piccadilly Circus
Hottest day of the year so far
The UK basked in the hottest day of the year so far as temperatures reached almost 28C today.
Heathrow Airport in London recorded 27.2C.
Thousands of people flocked to beaches in Essex and parks across London and the Home Counties to bask in the sunshine.
Conditions were hotter than many popular European destinations.
The Queen at the Royal Academy of Arts
by London TonightThe Queen arrives at a reception for 700 guests at the Royal Academies of Arts, Music, Dance and Dramatic Art.
She's presenting awards to students in front of an array of esteemed British artists such as David Hockney, Dame Judi Dench and Vivienne Westwood.
It's being held against the backdrop of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, which opens to the public on June 4.
Bono, Joan Collins and Sir Paul McCartney led the praise for the Queen as she attended the celebrations.
Hundreds of celebrities from the worlds of music, dance and art paid tribute to the Queen.
Sir Paul declared that he was a "huge fan" of the Queen.
Irish musician Bono made a room full of celebrities cheer when he praised the Queen for her trip to Ireland last year.
Waltzing Flashmob
Commuters and tourists were surprised in Piccadilly Circus this morning as 25 waltzing and jiving couples put on an impromptu exhibition of ballroom dancing. The event was staged to promote the Jubilee Family Festival taking place in Hyde Park next month.
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WWII veteran's fight against prejudice in British Forces
On the night of a gala screening of new movie "Red Tails", one British veteran struggled to stay in the Forces because of racist attitudes.
Read the full storyMan against machine
Man was pitted against machine when a freerunning stuntman raced the tube across London. Chase Armitage sprinted jumped and flipped his way on the mile and a half long route from Borough Market to the Royal Festival Hall in a bid to prove he could complete the journey faster than the tube.
He was up against New Cross actor Tamer Hassan, who made the same journey via the underground.
The race was part of a film company stunt to promote a DVD release.
Armitage won with over 10 minutes to spare.
Incident on Edgware Road
Police, the London Fire Brigade and the London Ambulance Service are attending a small incident involving an electrical utilities manhole in the street, close to Edgware Road. Three people have been injured.
Police say two have lesser injuries and the third person has burns. The injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
Rabies case confirmed in London
The Health Protection Agency today said a patient was being treated for rabies in London after being bitten by a dog in South Asia.
The potentially fatal disease was confirmed in a patient after they had been bitten by a dog in South Asia.
The patient, whose age or gender was not given, is receiving hospital treatment and all relevant contacts have been followed up, the HPA said.
The HPA stressed there was no risk to the public.
– Dr Brian McCloskey, Director of the Health Protection Agency"Despite there being tens of thousands of rabies cases each year worldwide, there have been no documented laboratory confirmed cases of human-to-human spread.
"Therefore the risk to other humans or animals from a patient with rabies is considered negligible.