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Top Gear apologise for parking in disabled bay

03.08.11
The executive producer of Top Gear has apologised after the show's presenters were filmed parking in disabled bays... more

Top Gear cleared over 'feckless' Mexican jokes

04.04.11
A Top Gear episode which caused controversy with jokes about Mexicans has been cleared by the broadcasting watchdog... more

Jeremy Clarkson brushes claims about private life aside saying: I'm the new Tiger Woods

04.04.11
Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has made light of claims about his private life... more

Richard Hammond defends Top Gear comments

22.02.11
Richard 'The Hamster' Hammond claims that the banter between the Top Gear presenters makes popular television... more

Now Tony Blair attacks Top Gear team for insult to Mexicans

16.02.11
Tony Blair has waded into the Top Gear racism row, attacking the show's presenters over their jibes about Mexicans... more

Fair enough to call us racist says James May as Sir Trevor Phillips praises Top Gear's 'brilliant talents'

08.02.11
Top Gear's James May thinks it's 'fair enough' that the BBC2 show's presenters have been branded 'casual racists'... more

You can't force Britishness on everyone, Dave

07.02.11
Classical rhetoric gives us the concept of kairos, or "timeliness". The PM could have done with some of that, having just given a talk on how multiculturalism fosters militant Islam within hours of English Defence League thugs stomping through Luton shouting "Who the f*** is Allah?"... more

BBC says sorry after calling Mexicans 'lazy', 'feckless' and 'flatulent' on Top Gear

04.02.11
The BBC said it apologised to the Mexican ambassador over remarks made on Top Gear... more

BBC says sorry to Mexico for Top Gear insults

04.02.11
The BBC said it had apologised to the Mexican ambassador over remarks made on Top Gear... more

BBC 'should say sorry for Top Gear's racist remarks over Mexico'

03.02.11
BBC should apologise for the 'ignorant, derogatory and racist remarks' against Mexicans made on Top Gear, MPs said ... more

Jeremy Clarkson steps into sexism row and says: Top Gear stars would have been sacked 100 times

27.01.11
The ousting of Andy Gray and Richard Keys from Sky Sports is compared with Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition sketch as top stars leap to the former presenters' defence... more

James May: Top Gear is turning into a sitcom

02.11.10
Top Gear is no longer a show about cars and is on the verge of becoming a sitcom, its co-presenter James May has admitted... more

Digging deep for laughs with Stewart Lee

29.10.10
If you’ve recently been bitten by the comedy bug and yearn for something more considered than the McIntyre, Manford and Bishop brigade, Stewart Lee’s latest show, Vegetable Stew, is perfect... more

Fearne Cotton, Miley Cyrus and Jonathan Ross create wave of excitement

23.06.10
Celebrities including Dizzee Rascal, Justin Lee Collins, LL Cool J, Miley Cyrus and Fearne Cotton have joined forces for a giant Mexican wave.... more

Top Gear to launch in America

22.04.10
Top Gear is to being re-made in the United States, with a new trio of male presenters.... more

Simon Cowell is 'most desirable man who shouldn't be'

21.04.10
Simon Cowell has proved he has the X Factor after being voted the celebrity women "shouldn't but would" like to enjoy a night of passion with.... more

Richard Hammond: No one will insure me for a skiing holiday

25.11.09
Injury-prone Top Gear host Richard Hammond said he is struggling to get insurance for a skiing holiday.... more

Dates for your diary in London

20.10.09
From Disney on Ice to the MPH The Prestige and Performance Motor Show here are some of the best events for your calendar.... more

Star line up for 7 Worlds Collide

12.08.09
Joined by members of Radiohead and Wilco, Neil Finn from Crowded House came to a sweltering Dingwalls to delight the crowd under the name 7 Worlds Collide.... more

What to do for Father's Day in London

17.06.09
There are plenty of events taking place in London to keep dads occupied this father's day. Here are some of our favourites.... more

Russ and I will rule the world, says Ross

21.04.09
It seems the Sachsgate scandal has only served to bring Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand closer together.... more

Jeremy Clarkson rakes in ANOTHER £300,000 from Top Gear

05.09.08
TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has sparked controversy after it was revealed he has pocketed another £300,000 from Top Gear on top of his estimated £2m BBC salary.... more

A £2m castle fit for a King... or for Hamster Hammond

13.08.08
The Top Gear presenter has treated himself to a £2million six-bedroom castle, complete with 20 acres of land and a swimming pool.... more

Top Gear's Hammond gets £750,000 for Morrisons ad

09.08.08
The Top Gear star Richard Hammond 'received £750,000' for four days' work when he appeared as the latest in a line of celebrities in the Morrisons supermarket advertising campaign.... more

Clarkson's Top Gear pals drive up their wages by £10,000 per show

02.08.08
Top Gear presenters Richard Hammond and James May have agreed to stay with the show after getting a pay rise of £10,000 per episode. ... more

Kelly Brook and Prince Charles: The two faces of Cartier Polo

27.07.08
Kelly Brook brought some much-needed colour to the Cartier International Polo event today. The model/actress/TV presenter pulled out all the stops by wearing a glamorous floral shorts jumpsuit.... more

Strop Gear: Contract talks stall as May and the Hamster tell BBC ... We want as much as Clarkson

04.07.08
Top Gear presenters James May and Richard Hammond have reportedly refused to sign new contracts for the show because of a pay dispute.... more

Loose Women look the worse for wear after running amok at TV awards... maybe they should take a lesson from Holly

20.03.08
The stars of ITV's Loose Women managed to pull themselves together – albeit looking somewhat worse for wear - after last night's high-jinks at the Royal Television Awards. Chris Evans' ex-wife Carol McGiffin looked bleary-eyed as she and her colleagues laughed and joked about the previous night's shenanigans, with particular attention to her rowdy antics... more

Mystery donor hands astonishing £5.5m to Sport Relief - a QUARTER of the total raised

15.03.08
A mystery donor gave £5.5 million to the Sport Relief charity appeal in one of the biggest single donations in the history of TV fund-raising. The BBC said the gift from the anonymous donor was the biggest donation in Comic Relief's 22-year history... more


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