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The Government has responded to defence secretary Liam Fox’s call to ban Medal Of Honor.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has distanced itself from Fox’s comments made earlier today, labelling it a “personal viewpoint” and backing the rating certificate given to the game.

“Dr Fox was expressing a personal view and we understand why some people might find the subject matter of the game offensive,” read a statement issued to Eurogamer.

“There is a ratings system in place which exists to categorise games appropriately. In this case the game in question is rated 18 so should only be sold to, and played by, adults.

“There is a clear choice for consumers which they can exercise when making decisions about purchasing video games.”

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A photo of Kylie Minogue posing with a teddy bear has been banned from Facebook.

The singer was given the stuffed toy by a fan during a recent performance at London’s G-A-Y, reports the Huffington Post.

She later uploaded the picture to her Facebook profile but it was soon pulled by the website for violating the terms of use.

A company spokesman said via e-mail: “We do not allow photos that contain nudity, drug use or violence.”

ITV has confirmed that it will broadcast a documentary looking back at The Bill on the night the police drama comes to an end.

The long-running show was axed in March after a fall in ratings following a timeslot change and last year’s revamp.

The Sun Hill-based drama’s final episode, titled ‘Respect’, will air at the end of month and will be followed by one-hour special Farewell The Bill.

The special promises to take a look back at the show’s history and go behind the scenes as the cast and crew film the final two-parter.

Castmembers including Alex Walkinshaw (Smithy), Simon Rouse (Spt Jack Meadows) and Chris Simmons (DC Mickey Webb) will “talk exclusively” about their time on the show.

Talking about the final episode, series producer Tim Key tells the programme: “We wanted to do something that celebrated what The Bill has always been about, ordinary people wearing a uniform and taking responsibility for society, this is what The Bill has always done.”

Farewell The Bill will also see two of the show’s longest running ex-cast members, Graham Cole (PC Tony Stamp) and Trudie Goodwin (Sgt June Ackland), pay one final visit to the set and discuss some of the drama’s most memorable storylines.

The final episode of The Bill and Farewell The Bill air on Tuesday, August 31 at 9pm and 10:35pm respectively on ITV1.

Toy Story 3 has spent its fourth week at the top of the UK box office.

The Pixar sequel pulls in almost double that of Inception and new release The Last Airbender to secure its place at the chart summit.

Toy Story 3 has now taken in close to £60 million since bowing last month, making it the most successful animated movie in UK box office history.

Knight And Day and Nicolas Cage’s latest Jerry Bruckheimer collaboration The Sorcerer’s Apprentice round out the top five, while the Cats & Dogs sequel plummets four places to number nine on its second week on release.

Elsewhere, animation Tinkerbell & The Great Fairy Rescue is the only other new release to reach the top ten, charting in tenth place.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Toy Story 3 – £3,162,944
2. (3) Inception – £1,681,130
3. (-) The Last Aibender – £1,653,776
4. (2) Knight And Day – £1,529,478
5. (-) The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – £1,1,40,532
6. (4) Step Up 3D – £1,078,100
7. (6) The Karate Kid – £764,748
8. (7) The A-Team – £762,570
9. (5) Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore – £488,905
10. (-) Tinkerbell & The Great Fairy Rescue – £288,544

Flo Rida and David Guetta have climbed to the top of the UK singles chart with ‘Club Can’t Handle Me’.

The track first entered the charts at five a fortnight ago, before climbing to two last week and eventually displacing Neyo at the number one spot today, sending ‘Beautiful Monster’ down to fifth place.

Just ahead of the R&B star are Eminem and Rihanna with ‘Love The Way You Lie’, which climbs to the runner-up spot on the charts for the second time in its eighth week of release, and ‘Missing You’ by The Saturdays, which becomes this week’s highest new entry and the band’s ninth UK top 10 single.

Another significant faller on this week’s chart is former number one The Wanted’s ‘All Time Low’, which slips just out of the top five and settles in at eight. Just a few spots behind is Tinchy Stryder, who achieves the second-highest new entry of the week and his fourth top 10 single with ‘In My System’ at ten.

Outside the upper half of the chart sees a total of seven songs between the 11 and 20 spots take a tumble, the most significant of which is ‘Choices’ by The Hoosiers, which falls five places from 11 to 16, ahead of a new entry by Ellie Goulding, ‘The Writer’, which debuts at 19.

The top ten in full:
1. (2) Flo Rida ft. David Guetta: ‘Club Can’t Handle Me’
2. (4) Eminem & Rihanna: ‘Love The Way You Lie’
3. (-) The Saturdays: ‘Missing You’
4. (3) Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup: ‘We No Speak Americano’
5. (1) Ne-Yo: ‘Beautiful Monster’
6. (6) Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars: ‘Billionaire’
7. (7) B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams: ‘Airplanes’
8. (5) The Wanted: ‘All Time Low’
9. (8) Eliza Doolittle: ‘Pack Up’
10. (-) Tinchy Stryder: ‘In My System’

Source: Official Charts Company

Toy Story 3 has topped the UK box office for the third week running.

The Pixar sequel pulls in £4.6 million over the weekend to hold off competition from Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz’s action-comedy Knight And Day to retain its place at the chart summit.

Inception climbs a place to number three, while new releases Step Up 3D and the Cats & Dogs sequel round out the top five.

Remakes The Karate Kid and The A-Team fall sharply, both dropping four spots to numbers six and seven respectively.

Elsewhere, Eclipse spends its fourth week in the top ten and the Serge Gainsbourg biopic is at number ten.

The UK box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Toy Story 3 – £4,666,021
2. (-) Knight And Day – £2,404,163
3. (4) Inception – £2,259,595
4. (-) Step Up 3D – £2,015,403
5. (-) Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore – £1,553,005
6. (2) The Karate Kid – £1,411,486
7. (3) The A-Team – £1,386.868
8. (5) Shrek Forever After – £362,464
9. (6) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – £324,469
10. (8) Gainsbourg – £87,125

Ne-Yo has landed straight in at the top of the UK singles chart with ‘Beautiful Monster’.

The song’s success gives the R&B star his third number one, and pushes the total amount of records he has sold in the UK throughout his career past the two million milestone.

Flo Rida & David Guetta were the unlucky losers in the close battle for the top spot, settling in at two after Ne-Yo sold just 10% more copies than ‘Club Can’t Handle Me’.

Last week’s number one, ‘All Time Low’ by The Wanted, dropped four places to five, one spot ahead of last week’s second-highest new entry, ‘Billionaire’ by Travie McCoy.

Elsewhere in the top 10, the premiere of the long-awaited video for Eminem & Rihanna’s ‘Love The Way You Lie’ this week failed to transfer into a chart gain, as the song remains in fourth place seven weeks after its debut.

Meanwhile, The Hoosiers achieved the second-highest new entry of the week with comeback single ‘Choices’ landing at 11, ahead of Jason Derulo’s ‘What If’, which climbs three places to 12 and ‘I Need Air’ from Magnetic Man, which tumbles to 13 in its second week on the chart.

The top ten singles in full (click where available to see official music video):
1. (-) Ne-Yo: ‘Beautiful Monster’
2. (5) Flo Rida ft. David Guetta: ‘Club Can’t Handle Me’
3. (2) Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup: ‘We No Speak Americano’
4. (4) Eminem & Rihanna: ‘Love The Way You Lie’
5. (1) The Wanted: ‘All Time Low’
6. (3) Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars: ‘Billionaire’
7. (6) B.o.B ft. Hayley Williams: ‘Airplanes’
8. (8) Eliza Doolittle: ‘Pack Up’
9. (7) Swedish House Mafia ft. Pharrell: ‘One (Your Name)’
10. (9) Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg: ‘California Gurls’

Source: Official Charts Company