As a child, Natasha Bedingfield went to a small community school in a rough area of East London.

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McBean was born in Wales in 1904 and lived at Flemings Hall, Bedingfield up to his death in 1990.

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Muse were also named best UK and Ireland act, ahead of Franz Ferdinand, Natasha Bedingfield, Jamelia and The Streets.

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Bedingfield is unlikely to attend the Brits, as he planned to stay in the country for three months to recuperate.

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Bedingfield grew up in the U.K., but across the pond the future of public school music programs is looking murkier than ever.

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Daniel Bedingfield's trio of nominations will cheer the London-based performer as he recovers from a car crash in New Zealand on New Year's Eve.

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Then we followed Lauren to L.A., top down on the BMW convertible with Natasha Bedingfield blaring, to accompany her through internships, college heartbreak and best-friend drama in The Hills.

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The record features covers of Daniel Bedingfield's If You're Not The One, Air Supply's All Out Of Love, Ronan Keating's When You Say Nothing At All, as well as some of Sir Cliff's hits.

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Bedingfield, for one, is still hopeful.

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