* SINGLE-MINDED: One Direction, Coldplay's Chris Martin and Ed Sheeran are to team up for a new incarnation of Band Aid, 30 years after Do They Know It's Christmas? was first released. Songwriters Bob Geldof and Midge Ure confirmed yesterday that they are springing into action once again to raise funds in the fight against the "filthy" and "inhuman" Ebola virus in West Africa. And after initial fears that chart star Rita Ora may be unable to attend the recording on Saturday because of her commitments to TV series The Voice, the BBC said it was looking at ways of freeing her up to appear. Other acts lined up to play on the track include U2's Bono - who appeared on the first version in 1984 - as well as Paloma Faith, Emeli Sande, Elbow and Bastille
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