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Wootton Bassett dad tells inquest of Algarve drowning tragedy

Updated 5:11pm Tuesday 18th November 2008

A holidaymaker helped save the lives of four drowning children in Portugal but could not rescue his wife or friend who had also dived in to help their young ones, an inquest heard today.

Husband Roy Dinsmore , says...

I tried to make some headway to keep ourselves afloat, but she was torn from my grasp. She disappeared. I struggled to find her.

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Children's hospice lost £6 million in Icelandic collapse

Updated 3:10pm Wednesday 19th November 2008

A charity providing emergency support for terminally ill children in the South West has lost nearly £6m in the Icelandic bank collapse, MPs have been told.

Driver airlifted after Malmesbury crash

Updated 1:02pm Wednesday 19th November 2008

A female driver was airlifted to Frenchay hospital in Bristol this morning with facial injuries after being involved in a car accident on the A429.

Chippenham tanning salon peeper misses court date

Updated 12:10pm Wednesday 19th November 2008

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of tanning salon pervert Stephen Strange after he failed to turn up at court.

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Leonardo DiCaprio, left, and Russell Crowe put the world to rights in Body Of Lies

Body Of Lies (15)

Updated 5.30pm Monday 17th November 2008

Ridley Scott’s sporadically powerful tale channels timely fears about the fight against terrorism into a routine spy caper.

Brad William Henke and Sam Rockwell ponder the meaning of life in Choke

Choke (18)

Updated 5.30pm Monday 17th November 2008

The first step to conquering any addiction is admitting the problem.

Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks in Zack And Miri Make A Porno

Zack And Miri Make A Porno (18)

Updated 4.40pm Monday 10th November 2008

Almost 20 years ago, Rob Reiner’s seminal romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally... posed the age-old question: can men and women truly be friends without sex getting in the way?

Mark Wahlberg runs through the A to B of his emotions in Max Payne

Max Payne (15)

Updated 4.40pm Monday 10th November 2008

The hero of this video game adaptation has suffered a lot of pain in his life and the audience will know just how he feels after sitting through this tortuous adventure.

Edward Norton, right, counsels Colin Farrell in the violent thriller Pride And Glory

Pride and Glory (15)

Updated 11.40am Thursday 6th November 2008

Whenever filmmakers hit the mean streets of the Big Apple, the uniformed men and women who are supposed to be upholding the law are bending it beyond all recognition.

Daniel Craig and Gemma Arterton in Quantum Of Solace

Quantum Of Solace (12A)

Updated 2.10pm Monday 27th October 2008

James Bond returns, all guns blazing, in the action-packed follow-up to Casino Royale, set in the immediate aftermath of the 2006 return to form.

Ricky Gervais plays a dentist who can see and talk to dead people in Ghost Town, a comedy that doesn’t quite work

Ghost Town (12A)

Updated 1.20pm Thursday 23rd October 2008

Ricky Gervais graduates to Hollywood leading man in Ghost Town, David Koepp’s supernatural comedy about a curmudgeon who discovers that he can see dead people on the streets of Manhattan.

Brad Pitt plays against type in the Coen Brothers’ pithy comedy Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading (15)

Updated 12.20pm Thursday 16th October 2008

After the agonising tension and brutality of their Oscar-winning opus No Country For Old Men, writer-directors Joel and Ethan Coen return to comedic territory with a tale of espionage and infidelity.