The touring show, about a washed-up racist comic, has been axed after visiting four of the 12 planned venues.

BBC: Jim Davidson cancels theatre tour

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's surreal TV panel show Shooting Stars has been axed by the BBC, it has been confirmed.

BBC: Shooting Stars panel show axed by

That has been axed out of the budget.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

"David has not been axed by the team, " Cofidis communications director Alexandre Michaud told BBC Sport.

BBC: Millar out of Olympics

The long-awaited Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste dump has also been axed.

ECONOMIST: Face value

Williamson has been out of management since being axed by Plymouth Argyle in September 2005.

BBC: Rix in running for Livingston job

Up to 350 jobs at Wiltshire Police are to be axed, it has been announced.

BBC: Spending Review: Up to 350 Wiltshire Police jobs to go

It says the former England boss will be axed at the end of the season and that a successor has already been lined up.

BBC: The back pages

But Virender Sehwag has been dropped after a poor run of form in South Africa, while Anil Kumble and Irfan Pathan have also been axed.

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