The former Big Breakfast presenter was undoubtedly saved by a bravely acrobatic showdance, peppered with daring lifts and spins.

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The Colombian president was also welcomed here with a breakfast at the White House and a big endorsement from President Bush, who urged lawmakers to approve a free trade agreement with Columbia.

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His big coup was to snare a weekly spot on a breakfast television programme, where he chatted and laughed with Joe Hockey, an amiable government minister.

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Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Nick Clegg said the government was putting forward a "big set of measures" to boost house-building but accepted some of the proposals would be controversial.

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Big Breakfast presenter Denise Van Outen has shot her first feature film role - playing a flirt on the London Underground.

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The world even said good morning to a big wave of Japanese tourists by placing miso soup, rice, grilled fish and pickled vegetables on the breakfast menu.

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