Singer contracted virus after being bitten by mosquito during holiday in Tanzania, according to reports Cheryl Cole is in hospital after having caught malaria during a holiday in Tanzania three weeks ago, it was reported last night. The singer was initially diagnosed with exhaustion after collapsing during a photoshoot for her forthcoming record release on Saturday. She was admitted to a Surrey hospital after her condition worsened considerably the next day.

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Cheryl Cole has malaria, say friends

Barbican, London For the last 30 years, Bobby McFerrin could have contented himself with just being, as they say, “an act” – and an unrivalled one at that. Possessed of a four-octave voice, lightning improv reflexes, and the ability to mimic everything from an opera bass to a Charlie Parker bop solo via the sound of a car shifting gear, he remains the master of the solo-voice show

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It’s the Eurovision 2010 final – join us to support your country, goggle at the outfits, and celebrate some predictably awful songs as they are performed in Oslo. All welcome! 10.05pm: I’m not saying I’ve got the bum deal or anything here, but all the spangles seem to have been replaced by people discussing food allergies in Oslo. 10.03pm: Hello all.

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Eurovision 2010: the final

Singer to remain in hospital over the weekend after injuring his back during a rehearsal U2 frontman Bono has undergone spinal surgery after injuring his back during rehearsal, forcing the band to postpone the launch of their world tour and leaving a headline appearance at Glastonbury in the balance. The singer, who celebrated his 50th birthday in New York last month, is to spend the weekend in a neurosurgery unit at a hospital in Munich

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Heavy metal singer famous for fronting Black Sabbath dies of stomach cancer, aged 67 The heavy metal singer, Ronnie James Dio, has died at the age of 67. He had been suffering from stomach cancer. Dio was best known for fronting Black Sabbath after the departure of Ozzy Osbourne, but he was also involved in the bands Elf, Rainbow, Heaven & Hell and Dio during a career stretching over 53 years

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Death of a metal legend

Critics will not be able to see love story that features the king and queen of French cinema The organisers of the Cannes festival have a habit each year of selecting one film with unusually explicit sexual or violent content.

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Erotic film ‘too sexy’ for Cannes

Velvet-voiced singer, actor and activist who broke new ground for black performers A handful of decades ago the roles for black performers in Hollywood movies were deliberately kept peripheral to the plots, so that their appearances could easily be edited out for screenings in the American south. Black singers and musicians were barred from taking rooms in the same hotels in which they were performing.

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Obituary: Lena Horne

Actor and singer who broke down racial barriers in film and music industries dies, aged 92 Lena Horne, the singer and actor best known for her rendition of Stormy Weather and as Hollywood’s first black sex symbol, has died.

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Actor and singer who broke down racial barriers in film and music industries dies, aged 92 Lena Horne, the singer and actor best known for her rendition of Stormy Weather and as Hollywood’s first black sex symbol, has died. She was 92.

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• Demonstrators urge Nick Clegg not to compromise on PR as talks continue with Conservatives • No deal expected before next week Talks between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives about a coalition government will continue throughout the weekend, as demonstrators urged Nick Clegg not to compromise on proportional representation.

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Talks continue on hung parliament deal