13 h. ago Government Cheese review – David Oyelowo’s new drama is utterly meaningless

The Selma star is excellent in a beautiful-looking, zany, 60s-set show about a former criminal. But it is a big pile of random whimsy with very little coherent narrativeIn the blurb promoting Government Cheese, Apple TV+ describes it as “surrealist”. It isn’t, but it does have plenty of what is becoming the streamer’s signature style. Is your dramedy quirky, kooky and kind of cartoony? Is it set mid-century in the US, away from the big cities, where humble but smarter-than-average folk arch deadpan eyebrows at unusual events? Yes? You’ve got a full-season commission! Don’t worry about an engaging premise or a coherent narrative – we just want those zany indie vibes.We are in the San Fernando valley, California, 1969. After a riot breaks out during a flood, a burglar and petty fraudster, Hampton Chambers (David Oyelowo), is released from prison, strolling back into his home town of Chatsworth in his one sharp suit, with the rolling, bouncing gait of a born huckster who has fatally hi...

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53 h. ago France considers response after Algeria expels 12 embassy staff

Move by Algiers follows arrest of Algerian consular official in Paris over alleged involvement in kidnap of influencerFrance is considering its response after Algeria ordered the expulsion of 12 embassy staff over the arrest of an Algerian consulate official in Paris over alleged involvement in the kidnap of a TikTok influencer.Algiers has given the French representatives 48 hours to leave the country in a move that has stretched already strained relations between the two countries to breaking point. The French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, has warned that if the expulsions go ahead Paris would be forced to respond immediately. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Minister urges explanation for ‘concerning’ decision to bar UK MP from Hong Kong

Douglas Alexander demanded that interlocutors explain why Wera Hobhouse was blocked from entering the Chinese region last week.

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68 h. ago Killer left unmonitored for two months after release from prison, investigation reveals

Serco has repeatedly come under fire for delays in fitting offenders with tags since it took over the Ministry of Justice’s tagging contract in 2023

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3 d. ago Chinese investors in UK face ‘high trust bar’, minister says

Comments follow emergency measures to bring British Steel under government control

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3 d. ago Chinese investors in UK face ‘high trust bar’, minister agrees

Comments follow emergency measures to bring British Steel under government control

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4 d. ago Dramatic CCTV shows moment masked killer shoots gangster outside café in gangland attack

A British fugitive is being hunted by police over the murder of Izzet Eren in Moldova as officers release shocking film of the killer running away with a pistol as terrified bystanders look on

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4 d. ago Society party girl, 39, who smashed Audi into three young men in horror hit and run quietly released from prison after serving less than HALF her sentence

Chloe Thynne, 39, who has family links to the aristocracy, left teenager William Pike with permanent disabilities after ramming her Audi Q5 into his Nissan Micra just after leaving a pub.

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5 d. ago Menendez brothers wait on Judge’s ruling as they hope for release from prison

The district attorney's opposition poses a major hurdle for the brothers

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6 d. ago He had just gotten out of prison. Weeks later he was caught breaking the law again

Andrew Davison turned to crime just days after being released from prison because he was unable to get benefits

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6 d. ago Israel releases Palestinian who took part in attack aged 13 and developed mental illness in prison

Israel has released a Palestinian who took part in an attack when he was 13 and developed schizophrenia in prison as requests for early release were denied

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6 d. ago Gordon Brown calls for an ‘economic coalition of the willing’ to counter Trump tariffs

The former prime minister said Britain go even further than removing post-Brexit trade barriers with the EU

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7 d. ago Essex Boys gangland killer Michael Steele will be released from prison despite last ditch bid by ministers to keep him behind bars

Alongside accomplice Jack Whomes, Steele (inset) shot and killed three men in Rettendon, near Chelmsford, in December 1995 in a brutal gangland execution.

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8 d. ago TOWIE star splits from boyfriend after seven years as she reveals 'painful' heartbreak

The Only Way Is Essex star Courtney Green has confirmed she has split from her boyfriend after seven years together, with her friends helping to heal her broken heart

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1 week ago Tense moment Channel Seven star Liam Bartlett nearly comes to blows with an EV influencer dubbed the 'Electric Viking'

Tempers flared when EV influencer Sam Evans tried to keep Spotlight's Liam Bartlett away from federal energy minister Chris Bowen at a recent electric vehicle expo.

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1 week ago British minister: UK Labour MPs barred from entering Israel are traveling back to London

British minister: UK Labour MPs barred from entering Israel are traveling back to London  The Times of Israel

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1 week ago Attacks on Ukraine a sobering reminder of Russia’s ‘barbaric war’, says minister

The head of Britain’s armed forces has met Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

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1 week ago Minister trapped in taxi by farmer protestors as intimidation and 'ugly tactics' slammed

Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner was surrounded by angry farmer protestors and barricaded in his taxi after a stunt organised by the group 'Farmers to Action' in Devon

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1 week ago Starmer says history with Barbados ‘long and rich’ as island’s PM visits UK

The Prime Minister met Mia Mottley on the steps of No 10 on Friday morning.

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: No Trump tariff on Russia as his officials host Putin investment tsar

Kryvyi Rig hit while Kharkiv endures barrage of Shahed drones; Nato foreign ministers including Marc Rubio to meet in Brussels. What we know on day 1,135 Continue reading...

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