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The Weekend's Viewing: Melancholy Isaacs prevents a case of cosiness

Never work with children or animals, said W C Fields.

Heavenly Bodies: Michael Landy's artistic marriage made in heaven

The master of destruction meets the martyrs of Faith.

Matt Butler: Now Strauss is making history in the commentary box

History was made on Friday, with the first televised crap at Lord's. Sorry, history was made on Friday, with the first televised "crap" at Lord's. And it was uttered by none other than a former England captain.

Cannes Film Festival: First-time director Paul Wright puts tensions of village life in close focus with 'For Those in Peril'

British talent is thin on the ground at this year’s Cannes festival, but one first-time feature film director, from a small village in Scotland, has been making waves.

Film Review: Inside Llewyn Davis, The Cannes International Film Festival

The Coen brothers are in vintage form in their new feature Inside Llewyn Davies. What is most impressive about the film (a premiere in the Cannes competition at the weekend) is the sure-footed way the Coens combine comedy, music and brooding film noir elements. This is ostensibly a film about the Greenwich Village folk music scene in the early 1960s, just before the coming of Bob Dylan, but it is far richer than such a description might suggest.

Cannes Film Festival 2013: Jackie Stewart backs Roman Polanski, saying: 'He will always be a friend'

Sir Jackie Stewart has defended his long-standing friendship with Roman Polanski ahead of the controversial director’s appearance at the Cannes Film Festival this week. In an interview with The Independent, the Scottish Formula One racing champion told how he had stood by the film-maker throughout his court cases concerning his unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

'Time' is kind to Rod Stewart as rocker scores his first number one album since 1979

Rod Stewart has scored his first number one since 1979 with an album that marks an artistic breakthrough for the singer at the age of 68.

Eurovision: At least Graham Norton's a winner

Ever since Sir Terry Wogan handed over the baton in 2009, there has never been any doubt that Graham Norton and the Eurovision Song Contest are a perfect match. Making his fifth appearance as BBC 1’s resident commentator – this year in the Swedish city of Malmo – Norton once again played the role of mischievous gatecrasher, taking delicious aim at the array of hopefuls, presenters and merry idiots on Saturday night.

'Let's go Bulworth...': If Barack Obama wants to act like a cinema president, which films should he copy?

In the 1998 movie Bulworth Warren Beatty played a senator who, about to lose an election, arranges – or tries to – his own assassination. Then, knowing he was soon to be dead both politically and physically, Beatty’s character begins to do the last thing you’re supposed to do in politics: speak his mind, often in raps.

The benefits of an open relationship (for TV watching): The rise of box set cheating

You’re definitely cheating on your girlfriend (or boyfriend) if you get drunk at a party and snog an old flame, but what if you betray their trust by watching the latest House of Cards on Netflix without them?

CAA appoints Mike Barnard as new GA programme manager

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) today announced that Mike Barnard has been appointed as General Aviation (GA) Programme Manager. Mike's main role will be leading a programme to develop and implement policy on how the CAA regulates the GA sector in the future to ensure it is safe and the regulation is proportionate.

Flight safety briefing for AeroExpo pilots

Pilots attending this year's AeroExpo event at Sywell Aerodrome can receive a personal safety briefing on the Airspace & Safety Initiative (ASI) stand. Safety experts will be on hand to guide private pilots through a virtual flight, highlighting potential risks and advising on good practice to help avoid, in particular, infringements of controlled airspace. Anyone taking part in a briefing will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win an Aware GPS device or one of several annual sub

CAA to merge safety and airspace policy functions

News release on merger of safety and airspace policy functions

CAA secures nearly ?100,000 compensation for delayed passengers

Press release on EC261 compensation claims

Changes to Pilot Exam Syllabus announced

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today published details of changes to the ground-based exam programme taken by students training for a Private Pilot's Licence (PPL). The changes follow extensive consultation with pilot representative bodies. Under the new exam schedule the number of exam papers sat by a student will increase from seven to nine. This increase is to accommodate new regulations from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) which require students to undertake at leas

More CAA application forms go online

As part of a process to improve the way it handles official transactions with the aviation industry, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will from today accept more applications online, including secure online payments. UK based aircraft maintenance organisations, for example, can now apply for, or apply for variations to their 'Part 145' approval electronically, without any need to submit paper forms.

CAA Announce Intention to Replace Class F airspace

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched a consultation with the aviation community concerning its proposals to replace Class F Advisory Routes in the London and Scottish Flight Information Regions. This follows an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) audit of the UK in February 2009 and detailed consideration of the airspace classification requirements of the Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA) (Regulation (EU) No 923/2012), scheduled for UK implementation by 4