Drifters singer dies from cancer

THE Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Drifters singer, Charlie Thomas has died at the age of 85 from liver cancer.

The singer’s death was confirmed on Tuesday, February 7 by long-time friend Peter Lemongello Jr who said that the star had died at his home in Bowie, Maryland on January 31.

Lemongello said: “He was ageing, but he was active almost every weekend. Unfortunately, he went from being active to being at home and he started going downhill.”

The lead singer on hits including the 1961 hit ‘Sweets for my Sweet’ and the 1962 hit ‘When My Little Girl Is Smiling’,

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Spanish workers were to take part in an airline strike every Monday between January 30 and February 27.

Thomas had been a member of the group for more than 60 years.

But despite the group’s popularity they only ever had one number hit, the all-time classic ‘Save the last dance for me’. Despite his age, Thomas toured with the group until the start of the pandemic which resulted in the closure of venues.

Comedy returns

IT was revealed on Tuesday, February 7, that Fawlty Towers, one of the most iconic British comedy series of all time, will return to television screens. The final episode of this classic 1970s show was last broadcast on BBC Two in 1979, more than 40 years ago.

Once again controlling the madcap comedy will be John Cleese, the show’s original star and co-writer. This time around, he will be joined by Camilla Cleese, his real-life daughter, according to a news source. The classic comedy revolved around the antics of Cleese’s manic character Basil Fawlty, a grumpy hotel owner in Torquay. In this reboot, Basil will meet his long-lost daughter and decide to open a boutique hotel. Brand new episodes will follow Basil’s attempts to deal with the modern world, with the 83-year-old comic genius explaining that the manic hotel owner will be relocating to a ‘small bijou hotel’ in the Caribbean.

Fawlty Towers consistently tops all-time British comedy lists despite only 12 episodes ever being recorded.