19 h. ago BBC Question Time audience laugh as Nadine Dorries squirms amid immigration debate

Nadine Dorries, a former nurse who last month ditched the Conservative Party for Reform UK, was grilled on Question Time on BBC One on Thursday about immigration

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36 h. ago 'Scariest horror film of all time' still has viewers shaking with fear 50 years on

Horror lovers have urged new audiences to check out the 'scariest movie of all time', and say it is a true masterpiece that was ahead of its time when it was released

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47 h. ago EastEnders fans 'work out' Albert Square villain to receive 'redemption' amid Harry Mitchell twist

Several characters on the BBC soap are beginning to question what happened to Harry

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3 d. ago Dare you enter the splash zone? Wet and wild selkie steals the show at Glasgow’s startling arts festival

Take Me Somewhere tucks audiences up in bed, takes them to a last supper and delights with a paddling-pool comedy-tragedy A nurse puts a steadying hand on my back and guides me to bed. She takes off my shoes, dresses me in soft pyjamas and hands me a VR headset. Mum will be along soon to read a bedtime story, she says. ZU-UK’s tender encounter Within Touching Distance is part of Take Me Somewhere, Glasgow’s biennial festival of wild-hearted international performance. With a teddy bear pressed into my hands, this is a deceptively gentle start to my day, which ends with a queering of the Apostles and a greased-up naked man being hand-fed fish.Within Touching Distance is a slow act of care-taking, walking one audience member at a time through the course of a life, from being read a story as a child to clutching a walking frame in old age. Blending the physical with the digital, this smartly choreographed piece fights against technology’s lack of intimacy; when I’m watching “Mum” squeez...

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7 d. ago Zack Polanski makes thinly veiled dig at Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on Jeremy Vine Show

Zack Polanski, the Green Party Leader, had called Zia Yusuf, of Reform UK, "a fascist" on Question Time on the BBC last week, and he was asked about this on The Jeremy Vine Show

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1 week ago ‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spreadThey have travelled thousands of miles to care for the most vulnerable people in society. But care workers recruited overseas to fill much-needed roles are increasingly facing racist abuse in the UK, industry insiders have warned, as the country’s immigration debate becomes increasingly toxic.Staff working with elderly and disabled service users have been advised to travel to work in racially mixed groups and carry panic alarms. The measures follow a surge in reports of “verbal abuse and spitting” from strangers since the summer, said Nadra Ahmed, the executive chair of the National Care Association (NCA), which represents about 5,000 providers. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage's top aide in furious BBC Question Time clash over Russian bribe MEP

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf clashed with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time over the conviction of ex-Reform Welsh leader Nathan Gill, who took Russian bribes

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2 w. ago Gasps as BBC Question Time guest challenges Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on immigration

Zia Yusuf, of Reform UK, squirmed under pressure on Question Time on BBC One when an audience member in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, challenged him not to use the term "immigration"

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2 w. ago Why Trump’s speech to US military top brass was such a disaster | Sidney Blumenthal

The president of the United States seemingly does not understand what the military is forNo dictator or would-be dictator on day one has ever assembled before him in one room the entire senior officer corps of his armed forces in order to have them belittled as failures and humiliated for their slovenly personal appearance, while degrading whole classes serving in the army, navy and air force degraded as inferior and unworthy. No dictator has ever pleaded for generals and admirals to applaud his remarks, followed by deafening silence.Donald Trump is used to entering to the din of a mob jazzed up with YMCA. “I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” Trump said when he addressed the country’s highest-ranking military leaders at the Marine Corps Base Quantico on Tuesday. “Don’t laugh. Don’t know if you’re allowed to do that.” He was trying to force some tittering, an old lounge act gag to rouse a dead audience. “You know what? Just have a good time.” The comedian who felt his ro...

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2 w. ago The moment I knew: as the countdown reached one, something instinctive pulled us together

At an eclectic performance, contemporary dancer James Websley was instantly taken with Jarred. A midnight kiss confirmed a deeper connectionFind more stories from The moment I knew seriesIt makes sense that Jarred and my story began among handstanding nude performers. It was 2009, I had just wrapped up a dance performance at Melbourne fringe festival and I was unwinding in the artists’ bar when circus performers began doing outrageous naked tricks. Over the crack of whips, my eyes found Jarred in the audience. He was absolutely gorgeous.Wasting no time, my friend Amy introduced us. Jarred told me he was studying circus arts; I was a contemporary dancer, so we bonded over a love of movement. His beauty drew me in but his passion for his craft held me captive. The world is a complicated place, but it was clear we both believed in making life fun through our work. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Play Dirty review – Shane Black’s action comedy comeback is a blast

The writer-director returns to the genre he knows best with a breezy winner led by Mark Wahlberg and a standout LaKeith StanfieldRight around the time that Netflix changed the game by creating its own original movies, and then inspired other streamers to do the same, Shane Black released his last great action comedy The Nice Guys on the big screen. It was one of the writer-director’s best, as exciting as it was amusing, but the ecosystem had changed since his 90s heyday, and a wide audience didn’t materialise, the film one of the year’s more frustratingly underseen flops.In the years since, the big, star-led action comedy has become streaming bread and butter, most weeks cursed by another limp, murkily shot attempt to recall the joys of Black’s greatest hits, films such as The Last Boy Scout, Lethal Weapon and The Long Kiss Goodnight. At the same time, as audiences yawned through chemistry-free, shoddily made romps like Ghosted, Back in Action and Role Play, The Nice Guys started to...

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3 w. ago Politician kicked out of Welsh council meeting after tense debate on immigration

Conservative councillor, Cllr George Carroll, put forward a motion calling for Vale of Glamorgan Council to sever its ties with the charity City of Sanctuary UK

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3 w. ago What time is Gen V season 2 episode 5 out? Prime Video release time for UK and US audiences

Gen V will continue on Prime Video this week - but when can you tune in? 📺

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4 w. ago BBC Question Time MP heckled after calling Trump 'wrong' about autism claims

Richard Tice was brutally heckled as he appeared on Thursday's Question Time on BBC One as he discussed Donald Trump's claims autism is linked to paracetamol use in pregnant women

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4 w. ago This Morning fans call for presenter to be axed after 'tense' debate erupts

This Morning fans were not happy after a debate regarding immigration erupted on the ITV show on Thursday

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4 w. ago ITV This Morning fans slam presenter as they call for axe after immigration debate

A debate regarding immigration occurred on This Morning, with ITV viewers left calling for a presenter to be axed from the show

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4 w. ago ITV This Morning fans call for presenter axe after 'tense' row erupts

This Morning viewers were left fuming as the show featured a segment about the ongoing immigration debate

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