2 h. ago Criticism grows over Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrest for ‘anti

JK Rowling and Elon Musk among high-profile critics as Irish comedian, 57, detained by armed officers moments after stepping off an American Airlines flight from Arizona

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5 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrested at Heathrow for ‘anti

The Irish comedian, 57, was detained by armed officers moments after stepping off an American Airlines flight from Arizona

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7 h. ago JK Rowling and Elon Musk lead backlash at 'utterly deplorable' arrest of Graham Linehan after Father Ted creator was arrested by armed police for 'anti

The Irish comedy writer, who was travelling on an American Airlines flight from Arizona to London , says he was treated like a 'terrorist' after being detained as soon as he stepped off the plane.

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7 h. ago Arrest of Father Ted creator Graham Linehan over trans posts condemned

Conservative MPs described it as ‘ridiculous’ and accused the police of ‘arresting people for making jokes’.

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8 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrested at Heathrow for ‘three anti

The Irish comedian, 57, was detained by armed officers moments after stepping off an American Airlines flight from Arizona

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8 h. ago JK Rowling blasts 'utterly deplorable' arrest of Graham Linehan as she leads huge backlash after Father Ted creator was detained 'like a terrorist' by armed police for 'anti

The Irish comedy writer, who was travelling on an American Airlines flight from Arizona to London , says he was treated like a 'terrorist' after being detained as soon as he stepped off the plane.

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8 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrested over 'joke' tweets after flying into UK

The five-time Bafta award winner revealed he was taken to a police station near Heathrow Airport.

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8 h. ago JK Rowling blasts 'utterly deplorable' arrest of Graham Linehan after Father Ted creator was arrested by armed police for 'anti

The Irish comedy writer, who was travelling on an American Airlines flight from Arizona to London , says he was treated like a 'terrorist' after being detained as soon as he stepped off the plane.

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9 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan ‘arrested' at Heathrow Airport over 'X posts on trans issues'

He was arrested at Heathrow Airport after he arrived on an inbound American Airlines flight.

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10 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrested by armed police at Heathrow for ‘three anti

The Irish comedian, 57, was detained moments after stepping off an American Airlines flight from Arizona

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10 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan ‘arrested over X posts on trans issues’

Linehan, 57, said he was stopped by police at Heathrow Airport over entries posted on X in April.

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10 h. ago Armed police 'arrest' Father Ted creator Graham Linehan for 'anti

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has claimed he was arrested by five armed police officers at Heathrow Airport over a series of gender-critical tweets.

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11 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrested after flying into Heathrow over 'joke' tweets

The five-time Bafta award winner says he was arrested over three social media posts he made about trans people

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2 w. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan accuses JK Rowling of failing to defend him after he was cancelled over gender critical views

Graham Lineham, 57, said he backed the author's views on SNP 's Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which she dubbed 'the biggest assault on the rights of Scottish women and girls' in her lifetime.

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