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Ricky goes to Hollywood

Do you remember where you were when Chris Huhne pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice by making his wife take his speeding points?

It was hardly a JFK moment, but I do remember, because the BBC, in their infinite wisdom, chose to interrupt an actual historic moment with this grave news, on 4th February 2013.

I had been watching with some astonishment a press conference from the University of Leicester, during which it was announced that DNA testing on some bones discovered during the

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