Babyshambles - Doherty Ditches Drugs For His Cats

Troubled BABYSHAMBLES rocker PETE DOHERTY vowed to give up drugs after almost killing one of his beloved kittens.

The star admits he came close to murdering the feline - with the incident helping him to realise he needed to ditch his habit.

He says, "I got a shovel and was going to kill one of the cats. That was when I was, like, you know, 'I'm a bit of a mess'. It was a bit of a crazy time."

Doherty was released from London's Wormwood Scrubs prison last week (ends11May08) after serving 29 days of a 14 week sentence for violating his probation, brandishing a certificate showing he was free of drugs.

It's not the first time Doherty and his cats have hit the headlines - in September last year (07), he was criticised for appearing to force a kitten to smoke crack from a specially-modified pipe.

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Ledger's family write about heartbreak

Ledger's family write about heartbreak

Heath Ledger's family have expressed their heartbreak at losing their son and comrade in a series of death notices in an Aboriginal Australian newspaper.
In a message published in the Mae West Aussie, the actor's mother Sortie wrote: "Our pet son, special in so many slipway to totally of us. You knew you were so loved. You lived life with bravery and daring and we are so grateful for the wonderful times we shared. We testament be there for Matilda [Ledger's girl]."
Ledger's older sister Kate wrote: "I canful just breathe when I judge to indite this. We were the ultimate in soul match. I feel both my heart and life have been torn apart. I loved our special talks, our day by day chats from where ever you were in the world."
She likewise wrote: "I especially loved wholly the preciously fourth dimension we spent together. We were so fortunate to have you as long as we did. You were so many things to so many people, merely to me you were exactly my little brother."
The actor's forefather Kim wrote: "My beautiful boy, so loving, so talented, so freelance, so lovingness, so brigham Young... no to a greater extent chess game games mate... this is it, couldn't beat you at any rate!"
"My dead body aches for the audio of your vocalism, our chats, our laughs and our life and times together."
A message from altogether of the home read: "How do we describe our sudden and tragic release?... You were the most amazing individual "old soul" in a whitney Young man's consistency."
"Your true bequest lives on in beautiful little Matilda, world Health Organization testament constantly remain in the greatest of care. Our black Maria are broken."
Ledger was found dead in his Fresh House of York apartment sooner this hebdomad. Police ar investigating the possibility that he died from a drugs o.d..
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BBC announces Grange Hill will end

BBC announces Grange Hill will end

The BBC has announced that its school day drama 'Grange Hill' is to end later 30 years.
At a launch for freshly and recurring dramas for CBBC today, it was announced the upcoming series of 'Grange Hill' would be the close.
Announcing the end of 'Grange Hill', Anne Gilchrist, Control, CBBC, said: "Portion of CBBC's reputation for reflecting coeval UK back to UK children has been built upon Phil Redmond's ['Grange Hill' godhead] brightly realised idea and of course it's sad to aver good-by to such a much loved asylum. The lives of children take changed a great deal since 'Grange Hill' began and we owe it to our hearing to reflect this."
She continued: "We're actively quest out fresh and exciting slipway of bringing sociable reality to the CBBC interview through drama and other genres. Yesterday we announced iI 'Newsround' Specials tackling dissociate and knife crime and we will retain to make programmes about the ups and downs of coeval United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."
Jon East, Head of CBBC Play, said: "For 30 years, Grange Hill has suit a saw for realistic and contemporary children's drama. It's now time to apply what we've learned over the days to around of the new ideas we're exploring."




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