He was described as an old soul gone too soon. Javunte Wheeler, 26, known as Squeak and part of a

With their strange whistling and lovable adventures on a small, hollow planet, The Clangers were a favourite of 1970s children. But what few of them will have realised is that the characters’ innocent “ swanee-whistle ” language disguised some rather adult language. The son of The Clangers’ original creator and writer Oliver Postgate has now revealed his father’s scripts for the animated TV show-which the voice-over actors turned into the Clanger’s distinctive whistling sound-included “ saucy la

Asian shares were mixed Friday after a late-in-the-day wave of buying pushed the SP 500 to a fresh record high. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong and Tokyo but fell in Sydney and Shanghai.An official newspaper, the Securities Times, said China Evergrande Group made an overdue bond payment on Friday.... That eclipsed the record high it set on Sept.... The Russell 2000 rose 0.3%, to 2, 296.18.A mix of companies that rely on direct consumer spending led the gains Thursday....

and one called Squeak because my sister was called Pippa and I was Squeak." And Kate is not the only

squeaking faintly on the stones....

. Labour recently squeaked to victory in Batley and Spen, where their candidate Kim Leadbeater held the

the seat Warnock won last year, helping Democrats squeak out a congressional majority.... Five

mice and maggots.... " I heard squeaking and when I looked, there were three dead mice stuckbehind

pandemic was central to his political persona, squeaked by in his reelection race, according to an

up the toy, which squeaks and mimics the whiskey’s signature bottle.... Kagan said a lower court's