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Tuesday June 17, 2008

In brief: Dusty wins Mojo award

Duffy (pictured), the 'Welsh Dusty Springfield', has received the Mojo award for best song for her single Mercy; veteran heavy metal band Motorhead won the hero award… Simon Mann, the Old Etonian British mercenary, goes on trial today in Equatorial Guinea to answer the charge that he and others plotted a coup to overthrow the country's government in 2004... Amy Winehouse is expected to return home after being taken to hospital for tests after fainting at her London home... Prince William has been made a Royal Knight of the Garter, joining the most senior British order of chivalry… Tim Henman, the retired British tennis player, has complained about the hygiene of Czechs: "They are a bit niffy," he says...

FIRST POSTED JUNE 17, 2008

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