Goodbye, Willy Loman and Sweeney Todd. Hello, Peter Pan and Astro Boy. Local theaters that don’t generally put on family-friendly shows are taking a tip from popular kid-focused venues, including Imagination Stage and Adventure Theatre, and staging their own age-spanning entertainment. Read full article > >
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Child’s play: Find family-friendly theater in unexpected places
Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton completes her 500-mile (800km) trek to the South Pole – on skis, kite skis and an ice bike.
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Skelton completes South Pole trek
Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton is about to start a 500 mile trek across Antarctica to the south pole, to raise money for Sport Relief.
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VIDEO: Skelton to start polar challenge
Files just released by the National Archives show Margaret Thatcher took part in negotiations with the IRA during the 1981 Hunger Strikes, BBC investigative journalist Peter Taylor says.
The head of the Roman Catholic Church delivers his traditional Christmas Day message to believers in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
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Pope delivers Christmas message
Pope Benedict XVI attacks the commercialisation of Christmas as he holds the traditional Christmas Eve Mass at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
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Pope berates Christmas ‘glitter’
The Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson says he is determined to do all he can to build upon “peace and stability” in the country in 2012.
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NI First Minister in peace pledge
The head of the British Army, General Sir Peter Wall, has visited servicemen and women in Helmand province to thank them for their work in Afghanistan.
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VIDEO: Army chief visits troops in Helmand
A last gasp goal from Peter Odemwingie earned West Brom a crucial win over Blackburn Rovers and piled the pressure back on Rovers boss Steve Kean.
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Blackburn 1-2 West Brom
Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton is to attempt to become the first person to use a bicycle to help her reach the South Pole.
An officer who had been on the police force for 22 years was shot in the face in a basement apartment that had been robbed in Brooklyn. The officer, Peter J. Figoski, died five hours later.
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In Dark Brooklyn Doorway, Officer Confronts Gunman, and Dies
The former Northern Ireland Secretary, Peter Hain, is understood to have been warned by police that his computer may have been hacked.
Lancashire start the defence of their County Championship title against coach Peter Moores’ former side Sussex at Aigburth on 12 April.
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Lancashire handed Sussex opener
Northern Ireland’s First Minister Peter Robinson calls for Catholics and Protestants to unite to end sectarian division, at the annual DUP conference.
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Robinson: ‘End sectarian divide’
Two British soldiers have been killed by a bomb in southern Afghanistan, as the MoD names a soldier killed on Wednesday as L/Cpl Peter Eustace.
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Two soldiers die in Afghan blast
Child’s play: Find family-friendly theater in unexpected places
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012In Dark Brooklyn Doorway, Officer Confronts Gunman, and Dies
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
