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THE COTSWOLDS: So who needs to go abroad?

IT is now officially fashionable not to go abroad, even if that means forgoing soaring temperatures and a poolside cocktail or two. Read

babycream, Atlantic Pavilion, Albert Dock, Liverpool

IT seems like the whole country has been enjoying a taste of Cream this week. Read

Sailboats in Charles River Basin, Boston

BOSTON: Family favourite

"BOSTON," said the first leaflet we picked up in arrivals at the city’s Logan Airport, "may be one of America’s oldest cities, but it is still a kid at heart." Read

La Vina Spanish Wine Bar & Restaurant, North John Street, Liverpool

La Viña Spanish Wine Bar & Restaurant, North John Street, Liverpool

WHAT’S the one constant factor when you eat tapas, whether it’s at home or abroad? Apart from those nice little rough-glazed terracotta dishes, obviously. Read

The next big thing

WHEN notoriously critical designer Julien Macdonald watched Kirsty Doyle's creations on the runway, he had a surprise endorsement for her. Read

Liverpool actress Sunetra Sarker, star of TV drama No Angels

My little angel

WHEN actress Sunetra Sarker decided to come back to Liverpool for the birth of her first baby, she thought she'd got it all perfectly planned. Read

Shane Richie as Scrooge at the Liverpool Empire

The Entertainer

BEING adored by 11 million people could seriously damage your modesty. Read

Liverpool's Kirsty Doyle, a contestant on Project Catwalk, a style talent TV reality show on Sky One

I swapped Great Homer Street for the catwalk

JUST weeks ago, student Kirsty Doyle was busy coping with the Christmas rush on a clothes stall in Great Homer Street market. Read

Suzanne Sulley, Joanne Catherall and Phil Oakey - aka pop group, Human League

The wanted me because I was tall with funny hair

AS THE front man of electro hit-makers The Human League, Phil Oakey became an 80s music icon. Read

Actor Charles Lawson as Buffalo Bill in the musical, Annie Get Your Gun, at the Liverpool Empire

'Why I've got no time for luvvy actors'

WELL, catch yerself on ... if it isn't Corrie's favourite Street fighter Jim McDonald, not slinging punches but guns as the legendary cowboy Buffalo Bill. Read

Crosby-born TV director Charles McDougall with his Emmy Award outside the Wisteria Lane set of Desperate Housewives

How Charles' Housewives choice was a massive TV hit

DAWN Collinson talks to the Crosby-born TV director who set Desperate Housewives on the road to success. Read

There's no way the Babes are going to split ...

RIFTS, rows and bitter rivalry. . . Sugababe Heidi Range has heard all the gossip and speculation. Read

Rear admirable

UNLIKE the majority of the country, comedienne Arabella Weir has an aversion to fame. Read

Gabrielle and Beverley Knight, Summer Pops, Liverpool

IT'S typical, isn't it? You wait ages for one Brit soul star and then two come along together. Read

Paul Merton, TV star, comedian and presenter

Paul's playing it for laughs

PAUL MERTON is a very funny man. Except when he isn't which, insists the comedian himself, is most of the time. Read

My career has taught me to fight hard for what's mine

IT'S a good job that Gabrielle wasn't trying to launch her career now, in the spotlight of reality TV and with Simon Cowell holding her future fortunes in his hands. Read