After years as the only Muslim woman on the comedy circuit, the standup is now making history with a female touring troupe. She relives the attacks she faced on the way, from ‘letterbox’ burqa taunts to Isis allegations
Town defender Tommy Smith won his ninth full New Zealand cap as the All Whites lost 3-2 to Jamaica in Auckland. The Blues centre-half went close to grabbing an injury time equaliser with a header which flew over the bar.
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Steve Brown, who has died aged 69, was a composer of comedy songs, notably for the satirical puppet show Spitting Image, eventually becoming its house composer; he also wrote several stage musicals, including Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera, in collaboration with his friend Harry Hill, and the Olivier-winning Spend Spend Spend, which chronicled the real-life rags-to-riches-to-rags story of Viv Nicholson, whose husband won a fortune in the football pools in the 1960s.