Bond actress Gemma Arterton has signed up to play the lead role in 'Tess Of The D’Urbervilles', the BBC confirmed today.

SOMETHING is rotten in the state of Ireland. It is now almost 30 years since 33 innocent people were savagely murdered and scores mutilated in the single biggest act of carnage committed in the course of the Troubles.

Judi Dench wowed thousands of waiting fans when she arrived for the glittering premiere of her latest film, The Importance of Being Earnest.