new_contents: """
  Utilities to help handling favourites
  """
  
  from django.http import Http404
  
  from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve
  
  def get_favourites(request):
      """
      Returns a list of favourites, the list is tuples of (title, URL)
      """
      
      fs = []
      for url in (request.session['favourites'] if 'favourites' in request.session else []):
          # Remove broken links from the favourites
          try:
              view, args, kwargs = resolve(url)
              breadcrumb = view.breadcrumb(request, view.initial_context(request, *args, **kwargs), *args, **kwargs)
              fs.append((breadcrumb[4], url))
          except Http404:
              request.session['favourites'].remove(url)
              request.session.modified = True
      
      return fs
subject: Add utility functions to get a list of favourites