As a new production of Close the Coalhouse Door starts to take shape, actor-director Sam West talks to BARBARA HODGSON about his role in reviving a Northern classic IN 1962 when Close the Coalhouse Door made its debut in Newcastle local people turned out

(From L to R) Actors Prunella Scales, John Cleese, Connie Booth and Andrew Sachs pose for photographs as the original cast members of the British comedy programme "Fawlty Towers". Source: The Advertiser JOHN Cleese has many tall stories to tell and they'

FRED Goodwin was acting as a “risk management” financial adviser to the Queen over a multi-million pound charity even after RBS had to be bailed out, Scotland on Sunday can reveal. The disgraced banker only quit the post as a trustee of the Queen’s Silve

10 December 2011 Last updated at 06:17 ET Crisis said homelessness had started to rise again after several years when it had fallen or stayed static A homelessness charity has thanked people for their "overwhelming" support after 40 volunteers and rough

Ours is a family acting business, not a dynasty. I don't think we really believe in genetic inheritability of talent quite as much as genetic inheritability of very small eyes that disappear when you smile. I looked just like my grandfather, the actor Lo