• PA Media: Entertainment

    Comedian Sir Lenny Henry thanks teachers who inspired him to become a writer

    It was while he was a pupil at the Blue Coat School in Dudley, West Midlands, in the 1970s that Henry first realised he had a gift for comedy.

  • The Canadian Press

    Czech Republic downs Sweden 7-3 to reach world ice hockey final

    PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic produced a three-goal second period as it downed Sweden 7-3 and advanced to the final of the ice hockey world championship on Saturday for the first time since 2010.

  • The Canadian Press

    1 dead, four injured in Quebec’s Outaouais region after car swerves into guardrails

    MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say a collision in the province's Outaouais region this morning has left a 22-year-old man dead and four others seriously injured. They say emergency services were notified of the accident on Highway 50 in Papineauville at around 3:15 a.m. Police spokesperson Sgt. Stéphane Tremblay says a single vehicle carrying five people was travelling at high speed before losing control, swerving into the guardrails and rolling over. Tremblay says the driver was thrown out