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As sunshine streams through the windows of his Covent Garden office, Trevor
Beattie picks up a DVD and presses play. Up on his television screen,
pictures appear of the most recognisable man in British advertising,
strapped into a chair and wired up like Gordo, the squirrel monkey who was
launched into space in a Jupiter rocket at Cape Canaveral half a century ago.

Breakfast show rivals Chris Moyles and Terry Wogan have notched up record
listening figures.

It was Jane Moore’s "Get Me Out Of Here … I Don’t Want To Be A
Celebrity!" moment, the one occasion when she really felt what it was
like to be burned in print by the searing criticism of a fellow scribe.

Kate and Gerry McCann accepted £550,000 libel damages today over allegations
that they were responsible for the death of their daughter Madeleine.

As he sits down, Kamal Ahmed is perfectly calm. He wears one of the
immaculately tailored suits that became his trade mark at The Observer
during his seven years there.