A busy weekend for me so I’m in the studio for a rest!!! I have results from the Bafta awards, local news and sport…
BUSINESS NEWS
Withdraw and give to charity at an ATM, Morrisons bid for Iceland, LG are making a comeback and there is a shake up for the conveyancing world
LOCAL SPORT
FOOTBALL
GRAHAM Coughlan looks set to stay at Southend United.
CRICKET
Essex Eagles beat Unicorns by 8 wickets to retain their unbeaten record in the Clydesdale Bank40 competition.
ESSEX Vs SURREY Lv= County Championship.
Essex gained a draw to emerge from the match with 9 points whilst Surrey took 10 points.
Scoreboard:
Essex 548 all out and 324 all out
Surrey 506 all out and 65-1 wicket
CYCLING
A WARNING has been issued to cyclists and parents about the dangers of trying to ride Hadleigh’s Olympic mountain biking course. Safety measures such as wooden barriers have also been installed on parts of the track to prevent this. Parents are also warned to advise their children not to go to the course or try to ride it.
LOCAL NEWS
Weekly News
MUSICIANS are still jamming at a bar in Brentwood, The Hot Hob Blues Jam, at the Essex Arms, in Warley Hill, runs every Tuesday from 9pm to midnight in the pub’s Seaxe Bar and regular participants had feared it could be moved. But after talking to the new landlord, the jam is staying at the bar, with musicians meeting up for the first session since the change of owner last Tuesday. New players are welcome to attend any of the nights, which costs £1 entry for jammers and £2 for audience members.
EVENING ECHO
TALENTED Danielle Bird, 13, of The Barnyard, Langdon Hills, represented England at the Il Pulcinella d’Oro, a classical singing competition, held in Naples. After a spending a week in the Italian city, she beat 22 other teenagers from across the world to win the under-15s competition for singing in her own language.
SHOWBIZ
Full list of nominations, with the winners in bold:
Leading Actor
Jim Broadbent – Any Human Heart, Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock, Daniel Rigby – Eric And Ernie, Matt Smith – Doctor Who
Leading Actress
Anna Maxwell Martin – South Riding, Vicky McClure – This Is England ’86, Natalie Press – Five Daughters, Juliet Stevenson – Accused
Supporting Actor
Brendan Coyle -Downton Abbey, Martin Freeman – Sherlock, Johnny Harris – This Is England ’86, Robert Sheehan – Misfits
Supporting Actress
Gillian Anderson – Any Human Heart, Lynda Baron – The Road To Coronation Street, Lauren Socha – Misfits, Jessie Wallace – The Road To Coronation Street
Entertainment Performance
Rob Brydon – The Rob Brydon Show, Stephen Fry – QI, Harry Hill – Harry Hill’s TV Burp, Graham Norton – The Graham Norton Show
Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
Jo Brand – Getting On, Dawn French – Roger And Val Have Just Got In, Miranda Hart – Miranda, Katherine Parkinson – The IT Crowd
Male Performance in a Comedy Programme
James Buckley – The Inbetweeners, Steve Coogan – The Trip, Tom Hollander – Rev, David Mitchell – Peep Show
Single Drama
Eric And Ernie, I Am Slave, The Road To Coronation Street, The Special Relationship
Drama Series
Being Human, Downton Abbey, Misfits, Sherlock
Drama Serial
Any Human Heart, Mad Dogs, The Sinking Of The Laconia, The Promise
Continuing Drama
Casualty, Coronation Street, EastEnders, Waterloo Road
International
Boardwalk Empire, Glee, The Killing, Mad Men
Factual Series
Coppers, One Born Every Minute, Welcome To Lagos, The Young Ones
Specialist Factual
Alan Bennett And The Habit Of Art (The Making Of), Flying Monsters 3D, Human Planet, Pompeii: Life And Death In A Roman Town
Single Documentary
Between Life And Death, The Dancing Boys Of Afghanistan, Pink Saris, Scenes From A Teenage Killing
Features
Come Dine With Me, Hugh’s Fish Fight, Mary Queen Of Shops, Pineapple Dance Studios
Current Affairs
Kids In Care (Panorama), Lost Girls Of South Africa (Dispatches), Secret Iraq, Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children
News Coverage
BBC One Ten O’Clock News: Handover Of Power, Channel 4 News: From Chile’s Ecstasy to Congo’s Agony, ITV News At Ten: The Cumbria Murders, Sky News: Egypt Crisis
Sport
6 Nations – England v Wales, FA Cup Final: Chelsea v Portsmouth, Formula 1 – The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Wimbledon 2010
New Media
LabUK/Brain Test Britain, Misfits, Malcolm Tucker: The Missing Phone, Wallace And Gromit’s World Of Invention
Entertainment Programme
The Cube, The Graham Norton Show, Have I Got News For You, The X Factor
Comedy Programme
Catherine Tate’s Little Cracker, Come Fly With Me, Facejacker, Harry and Paul
Situation Comedy
Mrs Brown’s Boys, Peep Show, Rev, The Trip
YouTube Audience Award
Downton Abbey, The Killing, The Only Way Is Essex, Miranda, Sherlock, Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
