Turkish film festival opens

By Ana de Sousa
 
Scores of Turkish actors, directors and producers graced the red carpet at the BFI Southbank to celebrate the 14th London Turkish Film Festival (LTFF) this week.

JLS reach X Factor final

By Louise Ridley
 
Greenwich crooner Marvin Humes will fight for a £1million record contract with boy band JLS. They will be the first band to perform on the X-Factor final this Saturday.

Blur to play Hyde Park comeback gig

By Paul Campbell
 
Twenty years after forming at Goldsmiths college, Blur have retreated from their country houses to launch another assault on Britain’s music scene. Following Led Zeppelin, The Police and their Britpop contemporaries The Verve, the band play Hyde Park next summer, in what will be their first gig since the end of the century.

Darts champ defies liver transplant

By Ciaran McCauley

 
Former world champion Andy Fordham made an extraordinary return to darts last weekend just six months after being threatened with a liver transplant.

Burgess Park may close following attacks on cyclists

 
By Lena de Casparis
Attacks on cyclists after dark may lead to night-time closure of one of the largest parks in south-east London as no other solution can be found.