You’ll have a tough job finding much worth watching on the regular networks this evening — perhaps this double bill of repeats from Game of Thronesseason two will keep you entertained.

BECKY UNTHANK is having an interesting summer. A month ago, she and her band The Unthanks opened Glastonbury festival in Somerset. They were the first act to play the event’s iconic Pyramid Stage.

Barclays has fired its chief executive Antony Jenkins.

Nicole Kidman's father has died.

A FEW days ago Wild Beasts’ Hayden Thorpe picked up the phone and called Domino Records, the band’s label of eight years. He had, he felt, some explaining to do.

THIS time it’s not the White House that’s embroiled in a sexual scandal, it’s the Elysée Palace. Location apart, there’s nothing to beat a full-dress political scandal except, that is, a full-undress one.

India has said it is running out of patience with Pakistan’s army-backed transgressions across disputed Kashmir as cross-border firing spread further north for the first time since the two armies agreed to a ceasefire in 2003.

THREE or five times a year we invite guest chefs to the Ballymaloe Cookery School to teach a course and give us a taste of their food.

Barclays handed the job of restoring its tarnished reputation to an insider today as another scandal threatened to engulf the UK bank.

Antony Worrall Thompson has thanked fans for their support after his shoplifting experience.

MATCHWINNER Antony Gardner believes Crystal Palace are well placed to reach the Carling Cup final after last night’s 1-0 success at Selhurst Park.

A CARDIAC patient was found dead on the floor of a hospital toilet after a machine monitoring his heart rate was left unsupervised.

JOAN WASSER is glad she didn’t become famous until she was 36.

Blue claim they were the victims of political voting during Saturday night’s Eurovision Song Contest.

'Coronation Street' is to have its first gay wedding when Sean Tully ties the knot next spring.

Antony Cotton has signed a new 12-month contract with ‘Coronation Street’.

DAVID CAMERON said yesterday he would “love a Portillo moment” by ousting cabinet minister Ed Balls as he launched a campaign raid into the Education Secretary’s backyard.

Gwyneth Paltrow has signed up for Steven Soderbergh's 'Contagion'.

KEITH FLOYD’S showmanship and love of food and his understanding that it, allied to a good wine, could do more than most anything else to foster human relationships made him the first truly successful TV chef of our time.

Antony has also written a book called Healthy Eating for Diabetes which I have recommended to diabetics on several occasions. Here is a selection of sweet treats from The Sweet Life by Antony Worrall Thompson, published by Kyle Cathie.

TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson is to appear in popular soap 'Emmerdale'.

THE man behind Cork’s Live at the Marquee concert series confirmed last night that he plans to continue staging the event beyond 2009.

HOLLYWOOD star Jennifer Lopez yesterday launched a libel action over allegations she was involved in a drugs scandal.

Australia’s hottest celebrity couple, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, jetted out of Sydney today, likely bound for a secluded honeymoon getaway on the golden sands of the South Pacific.

Nicole Kidman married country singer Keith Urban today, shunning Hollywood glitz for a fairytale ceremony at a clifftop chapel in her hometown of Sydney attended by close family and just a smattering of A-list stars.

Actress Nicole Kidman’s celebrity wedding to country singer Keith Urban got under way today, with the Hollywood star arriving at the clifftop church in Sydney dressed in a flowing white gown and veil and clutching a posy of white roses.

DESPITE the huge number of open-air concerts last year, new arrival Electric Picnic proved the hit of the summer and with another star-studded line-up just announced, it looks poised to repeat the trick.

I have seen innumerable diet fads come and go, but have never advocated any regime. I simply encourage people to seek out fresh, naturally produced, seasonal local food.

Former British Army captain James Blunt and Leeds rockers the Kaiser Chiefs have followed their explosion on to the music scene with five nominations each at the prestigious Brit Awards.

Antony and the Johnsons were named winners of the Nationwide Mercury Prize tonight.

IT’S a venture into the unknown for Dubliner George Tracey, who competes in the Swedish Rally, the second round of the World Rally Championship, that begins today.

Just seven celebrity campers remain in the Australian jungle today as they waited to find out who would follow soap actor Chris Bisson back to civilisation.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of a seven-year-old boy missing for two days were today following up several potential sightings of the youngster on the day he went missing.

The celebrity campers roughing it in the Australian jungle were waiting to see who would be next to leave today, after weathergirl Sian Lloyd became the first star to be booted out.

TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson held a drunken sit-down protest and threatened to break out of I’m a Celebrity last night if his demands for cigarettes were not met.

Former ballet dancer Wayne Sleep was today preparing to don a “rat-food suit” and crawl amongst 300 live rats in I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!