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TV clown, classical scholar, high-flying journalist and now London mayor. The life and times of Boris Johnson.

Actor James McAvoy says Africa is part of the film-maker's landscape ahead of the release of Uganda-set Last King Of Scotland.

A new Highland clan chief is being inaugurated almost four years after his claim was rejected by Scotland's heraldic authority.

McDonald's Japan replaces Ronald McDonald, the fast food chain's familiar icon, with a woman in new advertising.

Red noses appear on posters of Portugal's political leaders ahead of next month's general election.

Sri Lanka's rebel fighting force is shaking off its ruthless reputation and appears committed to the peace process, reports Peter Leng.

A lab technician who carried out 'clownish' pranks at a factory handling radioactive waste loses a bid to get his job back.

With New York looking for their fifth World Series win in six years, manager Joe Torre has become a Yankees legend.

Our weekly trip to the outer fringes of the news agenda.

As parents gather for a landmark conference on hyperactive children, one mother lays bare what it's like to live with the disturbing disorder.

Naked Gun star Leslie Nielsen takes to the stage as the celebrated US lawyer Clarence Darrow.

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