On the record

7:00am Saturday 16th August 2008

A look at the latest releases.Slim pickings this week, unfortunately, but then summer was always about going to see bands at festivals, rather than actually buying their records. Standing out like a diamond in the rough are Late Of The Pier and The Script, whose debuts are released this week. But as D:Ream once sang, things can only get better. Let's hope so.

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Summer hair salvation

7:00am Saturday 16th August 2008

Rescue your hair from the perils of summer with our expert help.

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The script write their own success story

7:00am Saturday 16th August 2008

The Script are a trio from Dublin, Ireland, whose R&B-tinged pop is currently all over the radio. We talk to singer Danny O'Donaghue about their debut album The Script, which is released on Monday August 4, and how he and bandmate Mark ended up working in a recording studio with the likes of Dallas Austin and Pharrell Williams.

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Mortgage basics

6:50am Saturday 16th August 2008

WE have all recently heard, if not experienced the "credit crunch" and one very prominent area that has been affected the most, is residential mortgages.

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Plan ahead and keep pots together

6:50am Saturday 16th August 2008

SO you’re away in the summer holidays, when your crops are at their peak, your bedding plants need dead-heading regularly and everything, especially hanging baskets and containers, needs watering. What do you do?

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Adam Sandler - Don't mess with this comic actor

6:50am Saturday 16th August 2008

AS Adam Sandler chases a terrorist along an Israeli beach, his hairy, muscled torso glistens in the sun.

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Strikes perfect balance between laughter and tears

6:50am Saturday 16th August 2008

SON Of Rambow (Cert 12, 91 mins, Optimum Home Entertainment, Comedy/Drama, also available to buy DVD £19.99/Blu-ray £24.99) Starring: Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Hynes, Ed Westwick, Jules Sitruk, Neil Dudgeon.

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Degale wins in style

Updated 11:04pm Wednesday 20th August 2008

James Degale produced one of the finest performances of his career to score a comprehensive 8-3 victory over Kazakhstan's Bakthiyar Artayev and guarantee Great Britain's third boxing medal of the Beijing Games.

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