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He was the much loved weatherman on BBC South West Spotlight news for decades. My abiding memory of Craig Rich is that he used to end his segment with a weather related painting sent in by a child - including my own abstract storm effort in about 1983 He was also instrumental in uncovering the fraudulent efforts of Donald Crowhurst.

I really worry about Tetleys going the same way. It would leave a cataclysmic void in my life if they went bust .

Irish folkie, Johnny Duhan, 74, perhaps better known for his songwriting, has drowned in a swimming accident off the Galway coast. A woman also died in the same incident. He wrote The Voyage , covered by Christy Moore, among others.

Me neither. Personally I'd be in favour of giving the facepalm reaction a long holiday.

A bad business. But this too will pass

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First user of Sarco suicide pod found with strangulation marks on her neck. The CEO of the company, who was the only person present at the time of her death, remains in custody. No news on Peter and Christine Scott, mentioned above, who had signed up for the double bed version.

Oh no, no. This is a huge one for me, for some reason I've got really into the Grateful Dead in the last few years. I bought his autobiography last week.

Celebrity hairdresser Trever Sorbie says he has terminal bowel cancer and may be dead by Christmas...

John Digweed seriously ill in hospital...

An unnamed British clergyman, 69, has died near Antwerp, becoming unwell after taking ecstasy and amyl nitrate and having sex with a 60 year old Belgian priest, who has since been arrested for drugs trafficking.

There's been some speculation today that Furrer wasn't found until an hour after she'd crashed. I find that hard to believe, but, if true, it is bordering on the race organisers being criminally negligent.

18 year old Muriel Furrer in a "very critical" condition following a crash this morning during the World Championship junior road race.

One of the best mash ups since George W Bush's Imagine.

Former Miss Switzerland contestant Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was strangled in February by her husband. Officials have now confirmed he ultimately disposed of her remains in a blender. Puréed Beauty One for the Scrabble Deficit thread as well; 38:40