The Block site causes chaos

Neighbours of the four houses being used for The Block TV series in the North Shore suburb of Takapuna say the huge construction effort is affecting their daily lives and impinging on their privacy. Linda Haynes lives next door and says her biggest concern is that the council is letting the production company break “all sorts of rules” to allow the show to go ahead

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The comeback: Susan Wood on returning to TVNZ

When Susan Wood left television in 2006 she was not in a good place. She had just hada large part of her thyroid removed, she’d had a very public, bitter dispute with Television New Zealand executives about her salary as host of Close Up, and she wasn’t sure she could handle the chaotic life of a newsroom much longer.

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Witherspoon ‘deeply embarrassed’

Reese Witherspoon is “deeply embarrassed” about what she said to police officers during her husband’s arrest in Atlanta. The Oscar-winning actress released a statement late Sunday apologising for her behavior to police that began when her husband, Hollywood agent Jim Toth, was arrested early Friday for driving under the influence of alcohol

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Amanda Bynes Officially Charged with Driving on Suspended License

  Amanda Bynes has just been charged with driving on a suspended license, stemming from her traffic stop last weekend when her car was impounded … TMZ has learned. As we reported, Bynes was pulled over last Sunday outside the Burbank Airport. When cops ran her license, they discovered it was suspended. The car was impounded and Bynes […]

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Swift Justice in Murder that Stirred Anger in China

One month after a traffic fatality touched off widespread protests in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, a court has sentenced a coal truck driver to death for running over and killing an ethnic Mongolian herder. The rapid trial and sentencing showed the speed with which Chinese authorities have moved to tamp down unrest in the region.

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