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Glastonbury 2015

This year's edition of the world's best known music festival is over. The festival has been particularly diverse and controversial this year with a last-minute cancellation from the Foo Fighters, a stage invasion during Kanye West's headline performance and a visit from Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. The weather has been just as extreme as the performances, regularly switching from sunshine to downpours but campers were grateful to have dry weather as they packed up their tents.

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Stephen Hawking 'pulls out of Glastonbury appearance'

Stephen Hawking will no longer be appearing at Glastonbury, according to reports. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire

World-famous physicist Stephen Hawking was due to give a talk at Glastonbury today, but according to reports he has had to pull out.

The Telegraph reports that the author of A Brief History of Time has cancelled due to "personal reasons", and may be "poorly".

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