London - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Wednesday suspended two top entertainers in a spiralling row over the broadcasting of lewd comments left on the answer phone of veteran Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs.

Programmes by Jonathan Ross, host of a popular Friday evening TV chat show, and Russell Brand, a comedian, will be taken off air until the BBC has completed its investigations into prank calls they made on the BBC 2 radio channel.

Frankfurt - Lufthansa, which has announced an earnings setback, is to take controlling stakes in British airline BMI and German airline Eurowings, it said Wednesday in Frankfurt.

Earlier this week, Lufthansa emerged among the last two bidders for Austrian Airlines. Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Lufthansa chief executive, said the German airline could help the Austrian unit increase sales.

High fuel prices earlier this year and a looming recession have put heavy pressure on smaller, weaker airlines in recent weeks, speeding up consolidation in the aviation industry.

London, Oct 29 : A new study has revealed that teenagers are increasingly becoming dull due to their overindulgence in TV watching and computer games.

Researchers at King’s College, London, have found that 14-year-old kids these days are only as bright as the average 12-year-old used to be way back in 1976.

The reason behind the decline in intelligence has been attributed to the fact that children these days spend more time playing video games and watch television, instead of doing practical activities to boost their brains.

However, the findings go against school exam results, which have seen a steady rise in grades across all age groups.

London, Oct 29 : American singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley has revealed that she holds talks with her late father, Rock ‘n’ Roll King Elvis Presley.

The 40-year-old holds sessions with a medium, and has even gone so far as to introduce dad Elvis to her newborn twins.

“This was my dad, this was Elvis coming through!” the Daily Star quoted her as saying.

“I would know his energy anywhere and this was him, I have no doubt.

“Not only was it his voice, but I could also feel the exact same love that he gave me when I was a little girl. It was so overwhelming that I started to cry.

London, Oct 29 : Troubled singer Amy Winehouse now faces losing the most important asset of her life – her voice.

Winehouse’s friends fear that the erratic lifestyle the singer has been leading has caused so much damage that she will not be able to make another album.

To confirm fears, a source at her record company Island said that progress on her next album was “going slower than we’d have hoped”.

“She’s struggling. We just hope the wait is worth it,” the Daily Star quoted the source as saying.

“She’s got the genius in there, it’s just taking more coaxing to get it out these days,” he added.

London, Oct 29 : British actor Christian Bale has been tipped to play the part of popular comic book sorcerer ‘Doctor Strange’ in a film to be made next year.