Veteran blues singer Tam White dies at the age of 68, after collapsing following a gym session in Edinburgh.
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Rapper Dizzee Rascal, Britain’s Got Talent dance troupe Flawless and model Abi Titmuss are set for the Edinburgh Fringe.
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BBC director general Mark Thompson is to deliver the keynote address at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival.
Mr Thompson is to give the annual MacTaggart Lecture at the MediaGuardian event on 27 August.
The lecture often sets the tone for what is the biggest TV industry talking shop in the UK.
He has gave the speech before, in 2002, when he was the chief executive of Channel 4, when he called British TV "dull, mechanical and samey".
The last director general to deliver the speech at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival was Greg Dyke 10 years ago.
Media calendar
News International’s James Murdoch, the late TV writer Dennis Potter and Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman have all made the speech in the past.
Mr Thompson said: "In what is a big year for the BBC as well as the rest of the broadcasting industry, it’s a great privilege to be asked to give the MacTaggart Lecture, and I’m looking forward to it."
Deborah Turness, the editor of ITV news and advisory chairwoman of the 2010 festival, said: "Edinburgh is the first stop on the media calendar following the general election, and the MacTaggart will once again set the agenda for the weekend.
"In what promises to be a pivotal year for the BBC, I am delighted that Mark has agreed to share his vision with the Edinburgh audience."
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The TV voice of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Tom Fleming, has died at the age of 82.
Mr Fleming provided the voiceover for the BBC’s television coverage for 44 tattoos – his first being in 1966.
However, he missed his 45th tattoo last year as he had to attend a hospital appointment. Mr Fleming also commentated on Royal and state events.
The Tattoo is televised in 30 countries and a further 100 million people see the event on television worldwide.
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Entertainer Darren Day has told a court that it had never crossed his mind that his keyring was an offensive weapon.
The actor told Edinburgh Sheriff Court he was "famous" for losing his keys and the Kubotan keyring, a present from a friend, had stopped the problem.
His appearance follows his arrest in December 2009 when his Mercedes hit a lamppost in Manor Place, Edinburgh.
Day has admitted drink-driving that night and awaits sentencing. He denies the offensive weapon charge.
The 41-year-old said he had carried the Kubotan, a 5in-long metal stick, for the past 14 years.
He has been giving evidence on the second day of his trial.
Day, of Cudworth, South Yorkshire, is accused of having a Kubotan in a public place in Edinburgh "without lawful authority or reasonable excuse".
He was in the city starring in the hit Queen musical We Will Rock You when he was arrested.
He said: "I was famous for losing my keys but I have never lost them since I had this key ring.
"I was thinking a Kubotan was a long cosh and this was a miniature version of that, in the same way a boxer would have a mini boxing glove as his key ring."
He added that he had never been trained in using a Kubotan. "It was just my big keyring," he said.
‘Niave of me’
Asked if he ever thought he was carrying something which might be an offensive weapon, he replied: "Absolutely not."
"It honestly never crossed my mind that I was carrying anything other than a keyring."
He added: "I understand that perhaps retrospectively that was naive of me."
Day then spoke of his surprise after being questioned about the item by police.
He told the court: "I think I said ‘That’s not an offensive weapon’ because I was surprised.
"I was told by the police officer that it was an offensive weapon.
"My reply that it was not an offensive weapon was because I was surprised by what I was being told."
The trial continues.
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