06.11.09 From India's slums to Utah's hell (The Independent)
His films have explored the heroin-ridden dens of Edinburgh and the heart-wrenching slums of Mumbai. Now the acclaimed British director Danny Boyle will cast his artistic eye over America's Western wilderness with a film that charts the struggle to survive of a lonely mountaineer who was forced to amputate his own arm.
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30.10.09 Prince Edward's Australian gaffe (The Independent)
It's another royal blunder Down Under. Seven years after his father marked a visit to Australia by asking an aborigine if he was still "throwing spears", Prince Edward has sparked fresh controversy by saying that the death of a teenager during a Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition could encourage other children to take part in the scheme.
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27.10.09 Gaelic channel to hit Freeview (The Independent)
Homes across Scotland with access to Freeview could see the portfolio of BBC's radio stations removed under plans to put the Gaelic channel Alba on to the digital terrestrial platform.
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