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Kraftwerk - "The Model" (1978) Hailing from West Germany , the electronic band - whose name means "power plant" - had a No1 UK hit with this

World's smallest country mourns the death of its Head of State On an otherwise glorious spring day, the world's smallest country Vatican City rings bells to mourn the death of its Head of State Pope Francis as thousands of mourning Catholics stood watching in St Peter's Square...

Duran Duran - "A View to a Kill" (1985) The London band performed the theme tune to the bond movie "A View to a Kill", the 14th movie in the mighty British spy movie series which is still going today with the movies being renowned for their extravagant opening credits and song performed by a...

Breaking News (Sky News) Pope died of stroke and heart failure at 7:35am.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla say they have "heavy hearts" over death of the Pope King Charles III - the leader of the Anglican Church - and Queen Camilla have expressed their condolences over the death of Pope Francis. The British Head of State and Consort met the Pope two weeks ago...

Sky News now has the Bishop of Warrington Ruth Worsley on live who has said that even though he was practically on his deathbed, Pope Francis still went out to meet the people in the Vatican yesterday to mark Easter, the holiest period for hundreds of millions of Christians. He literally went...

Me, too, after what he said about my country recently.

The Troggs - "Sunny Afternoon" (1966) Black Sabbath invented heavy metal. The Troggs invented punk. The Andover, Hampshire, band - surely one of the best bands of the 1960s - were banned in America in the late Sixties. In 1966, however, they reached No1 in Britain with this...

Who knows? But what I was pointing out is that he met Vance and then, just like that, he was dead.

And yet what will stop the Vatican electing another Pope this time around just as it has done for centuries?

Well the Pope is God's representative on Earth, according to Catholics, so he has time for everyone. God loves us all, remember. The last known photo of Pope Francis is of him meeting JD Vance.

He was also the first non-European Pope since Gregory III (731-741).

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Crazy how the Pope has died on Easter Monday. And only hours ago he met the US Vice President and did the usually Easter blessing of the crowd.

Seona Dancing - "Bitter Heart" (1983) The London electropop duo reached No79 in the UK with this in 1983. Whilst the song and video were very contemporary, they somehow didn't make it to the big time. Not long after, the band split and lead singer Ricky Gervais ended up becoming a successful...

Spandau Ballet - "Lifeline" (1982) The London New Wave band reached No7 in the UK with this. Bassist Martin Kemp - brother of guitarist Gary - went on to become an actor and played Steve Owen in BBC soap opera EastEnders for many years. He is married to Shirlie Kemp who was a member of Wham...

Strongest evidence yet found of life on another planet

Depeche Mode - "People Are People" (1984) 39 years after World War II, the mighty Essex synthesiser geniuses who have sold over 100 million albums globally reached No4 in the UK with this anti-war song

Lana Del Rey: "Henry, Come On" (2025) The new single from the 39-year old New York City songstress

Sash! ft Rodriguez - "Ecuador" (1998) The two Germans - Rodriguez being adept at singing in Spanish - teamed up to have a global hit with this in the year France won its first World Cup by beating Brazil 3-0; Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his family are buried in St Petersburg 80 years after...