Emeli Sande announces UK headline shows for November - BBC News
Emeli Sande sang on Chipmunk's third single Diamond Rings
Emeli Sande has announced details of her biggest headline UK shows to date.
The Aberdeen singer will play gigs in Glasgow, Birmingham, London and Manchester later this year.
A concert at London's Royal Albert Hall is in support of the Prince's Trust, while a gig in Glasgow will be for Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy.
Tickets for the Heaven singer's shows will go on general sale at 9am on Friday 15 June.
In a statement Sande said: "I'm looking forward to contributing in some small way to highlighting the work that these two organisations do."
Sande's debut album Our Version Of Events is currently the biggest selling debut album of the year so far in the UK.
This summer she'll perform at festivals including T In The Park, V festival and Bestival.
The tour dates are:Glasgow Clyde Auditorium - 6 November
Birmingham Symphony Hall - 8
London Royal Albert Hall - 11
Manchester Bridgewater Hall - 12
Inquest begins into death of deputy chief constable (From This Is Wiltshire) - This is Wiltshire
Inquest begins into death of deputy chief constable
2:20pm Monday 11th June 2012 in News By Advertiser Reporter
Wiltshire deptuty chief constable David Ainsworth feared he was going to lose his job and talked about taking his own life in the six weeks before he was found hanged in the ghrage of his home in Potterne, near Devizes.
An inquest today into the death of the father-of-four was told that he was being investigated regarding allegations about his conduct towards female employees at his work at police headquarters in Devizes.
Mr Ainsworth, who was 49, was informed by a text message from Wiltshire Chief Constable Brian Moore in Sept 2010 to come back to Wiltshire at a time when he was at a confrerence elsewhere.
They spoke on the phone and Mr Moore said there was an allegation against him. Mr Ainsworth was removed from his office at police headquarters and he elected to work at Marlborough Police Station.
In January 2011 he was seconded to the forensic science service in Coventry.
His partner Jo Howes, who he lived within Potterne, said the pressure on Mr Ainsworth was relentless.
She said on about February 23 he had received the statements containing the allegations against him and his mood ‘nose dived’.
“He was very upset by some of the things that were said,” Ms Howes told the hearing in Trowbridge today. “He was given 14 days to respond after seven months of waiting to hear what the allegations were. He hadn’t slept properly for months; neither of us had actually. It was relentless.
“On March 3 he was very distressed and felt he hadn’t got anything to live for. He thought whatever he said would make no difference. He felt his employer was gunning for him.”
The inquest also heard from Emma Ainsworth, estranged wife of Mr Ainsworth. Mrs Ainsworth, who lives in Maidstone, Kent, recalled a telephone conversation with him at the beginning of February 2011.
“He sounded quite panicky and upset and said things were not going well. He said he had thoughts of harming himself. I said do you mean you would take your own life and he said yes.”
Mr and Mrs Ainsworth had been undergoing a lengthy divorce and a court date had been booked for April 2011 because Mrs Ainsworth did not accept financial proposals.
In another phone call with him, on March 12, Mrs Ainsworth said Mr Ainsworth sounded very tired and he had been signed off work sick.
“He said things had got really bad and he needed to protect our assets and he felt there was going to be some sort of civil cases taken against him and said we could lose everything. He wanted to sign the house over to me.”
Four days later Mr Ainsworth visited his children in Kent, which turned out to be the last time he saw them.
Mrs Ainsworth said: “David was just a shell of what he had been. The children were visably shocked to the point they didn’t know what to say to him. Physically he looked ill and needed to be in hospital.”
Her final contact with him was on March 20 when she sent him a text saying the children loved and needed him and didn’t want any harm to come to him.
Mr Ainsworth’s brother, Dr Paul Ainsworth, a GP in Leamington Spa, said he rang his brother’s GP in early March because he was concerned about his health and a referral was made to the community mental health team.
Paul Ainsworth said his brother was depressed and suicidal.
Dr Ainsworth said: “David was concerned about losing his job, the nature of the allegations. He couldn’t believe the proportionality in the context of the allegations. He thought his career was going to be over.”
David Aisworth was found hanging in his garage on March 22, 2011.
The coroner, David Ridley, has ruled that the nature of the allegations Mr Ainsworth was facing would not be discussed at the inquest. However, he said he would examin the welfare support offered to Mr Ainsworth.
Mr Ainsworth was appointed Wiltshire’s deputy chief constable in July 2008 having previously served in Kent. He joined the police force in October 1986 and aspired to be a chief constable.
The hearing continues.
McDowell confident of US Open challenge - ESPN.co.uk
Graeme McDowell is feeling confident of success at this year's US Open, having taken a look at the Olympic Club course ahead of the tournament, which stats on Thursday.
McDowell, the world No. 21, won the US Open in 2010 and has performed commendably on the PGA Tour this year, most notably when he finished second at the Arnold Palmer Invitational during March.
However, he could not make the cut at last week's St Jude Classic, which was won by Dustin Johnson. Nonetheless, he feels enthused by his chances at Olympic Club because of the similarities to Pebble Beach, where he claimed his solitary major.
"To me it seems like it's a left-to-right player's kind of set up," McDowell said. "I like the way it sets up for me so far, and the greens are maybe the best I've seen in a very long time, they roll perfectly. It's going to be a great test: it's the US Open, and we expect it to be tough.
"I'm feeling good. California's been a good state for me: in 2010 I won twice in the state, most notably at Pebble Beach, and we're just up the road from Pebble. The airfield's the same, and we've got that ocean breeze.
"The air's heavy, and the ball doesn't fly so far in the mornings, so you've got to give the wind a lot of respect here. San Francisco's an amazing city, and the place has got an amazing feel to it."
Meanwhile, in the world rankings, Johnson has climbed from No. 20 to No. 10.
World Rankings: 1. Luke Donald (ENG), 2. Rory McIlroy (NIR), 3. Lee Westwood (ENG), 4. Tiger Woods (USA), 5. Bubba Watson (USA), 6. Matt Kuchar (USA), 7. Justin Rose (ENG), 8. Hunter Mahan (USA), 9. Jason Dufner (USA), 10. Dustin Johnson (USA), 11. Steve Stricker (USA), 12. Martin Kaymer (GER), 13. Phil Mickelson (USA), 14. Webb Simpson (USA), 15. Charl Schwartzel (SAF), 16. Louis Oosthuizen (SAF), 17. Adam Scott (AUS), 18. Zach Johnson (USA), 19. Jason Day (AUS), 20. Rickie Fowler (USA).
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Black Sabbath and Soundgarden close Download festival - BBC News
A re-formed Black Sabbath brought this year's Download rock festival to a close at Donington Park.
The band included three of the four original members, with only drummer Bill Ward not appearing on stage.
Singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and Tommy Clufetos played a set packed with Black Sabbath hits including War Pigs, Paranoid and Sweet Leaf.
The band are bringing out a new album next year with a world tour planned.
'Best shows'Seattle band Soundgarden, who reunited in 2010, performed their first UK show for 15 years as second headliners on the main stage at Download.
The band played songs including Spoonman, Black Hole Sun and Rusty Cage but left out some well known tracks like Superunknown.
Soundgarden played their first UK concert for 15 years at Download
Front man Chris Cornell admitted on stage that he was almost more excited about seeing Black Sabbath play than performing with his band.
He admitted every American band wanted to play at Donington Park once.
He said: "If you're in a rock band or you're a fan, it's pretty well documented as being the big hard rock festival worldwide. It's the one.
"I played Download three years ago on a solo tour and it was great. It stood out as being one of the best festival shows I'd had, certainly that year."
Other acts who appeared on Sunday (10 June) included Rise Against, Megadeth, Anthrax, Ugly Kid Joe, Lamb of God and Black Label Society.
2013 headlinersDownload organiser Andy Copping said the 10th anniversary festival had been the best yet.
He also backed the inclusion of Chase & Status on the line-up after some negative fan reaction.
Andy Copping Download organiserWe've got to take risks now and again otherwise the festival is just going to roll over and die. We're a rock festival but every now and again we have to widen the scope
"We've got to take risks now and again otherwise the festival is just going to roll over and die," he said.
"What we've had to do with the line-ups over the years is make sure that we do push the boundaries a little bit.
"We're a rock festival but every now and again we have to widen the scope."
Andy Copping also revealed that one of next year's headliners had already been signed up with the second due to be finalised in the next few weeks.
He said the line-up would be revealed when all three headliners were in place.
Next year's festival will take place between 14 and 16 June.
A new deposit scheme has also been launched for 2013 which will allow festival-goers to pay in instalments for the first time.
More than 100,000 people attended this year's event.
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