FIVE-TIME Oscar-winning composer John Barry, who wrote music for a dozen James Bond films, including You Only Live Twice and Goldfinger — but couldn’t persuade a jury that he composed the suave spy’s theme music — has died. He was 77.

Fact has caught up with fiction in the shady world of secret intelligence as Britain’s spies find themselves pitted against real life versions of James Bond villains, it was claimed today.

FOR years, the Rev Ian Paisley has been dubbed “Dr No” by his political opponents.

MARLON Brando’s Mafia boss Vito Corleone has been voted the greatest movie character of all time.

Marlon Brando’s Mafia boss Vito Corleone has been voted the greatest movie character of all time.