23 m. ago Gregg Wallace takes legal action against BBC after MasterChef sacking

Gregg Wallace has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the BBC with the High Court over a data protection claim, just months after he was sacked by the broadcaster

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4 h. ago John Cleese rages that British people ‘deserve better than the BBC’ as he slams comedy bosses

The Monty Python and Fawlty Towers star claimed that the broadcaster has not commissioned anything truly funny in years

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6 h. ago John Cleese rages that 'British people deserve better than the BBC' as he claims the channel is too easily influenced by the 'nastiness of the extremely woke'

John Cleese has lashed out at the BBC in a candid new interview, raging: 'British people deserve better' than the channel.

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8 h. ago Miriam Margolyes says she’s never forgiven ‘bitter old man’ John Cleese for university ‘pain’

Miriam Margolyes says she has never forgiven "bitter old man" John Cleese for the "pain" she experienced while at university.

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8 h. ago John Cleese still needs to work aged 85 because he 'doesn’t have much money'

The Monty Python icon moaned he’s only now able to choose what he wants to do rather than going for the best paid gigs after a “terrible” battle paying off ex-wives

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10 h. ago Inside the bullying claims at the BBC involving Richard Frediani and Naga Munchetty

Here’s what we know so far about the bullying scandal tainting BBC Breakfast

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35 h. ago Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize? | Sidney Blumenthal

Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and deathDonald Trump’s thuggish campaign to bully his way to the Nobel peace prize should not be the cause for the committee to reject him. There are many more substantial grounds that render him patently unqualified to receive the award.Among the numerous reasons that make him one of the least deserving people in the world who should be honored, he has single-handedly destroyed the United States Agency for International Development, which has saved hundreds of millions of people from hunger and disease, and promoted democracy and the rule of law around the world. In an executive order issued on his inauguration day, 20 January, Trump slandered USAID as “not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values” and claimed that its workers “serve to destabilize world peace”.Sidney Blumenthal, former senior adviser to Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, has published three books of a projected five-volume p...

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59 h. ago Voices: What teen influencer Carlo Acutis becoming a saint says about Pope Leo’s Catholic Church

As the British-born Italian teenager is canonised, following a campaign by his wealthy family, Catherine Pepinster asks how the Catholic Church can honour the deserving people whose supporters don’t have the means to lobby on their behalf

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5 d. ago I dated Jeffrey Epstein. The files must be released | Stacey Williams

This is not a partisan issue. The American people – and Epstein’s many victims – deserve transparencyIn 1986, my life went from black-and-white to color. It was the year I taped a Duran Duran poster to my rural Pennsylvania high school locker, and then months later hung out with band members backstage at the Paris runway shows. It was the year I went from cleaning bathrooms for $3.35 an hour to making $50k in a day for a Maybelline shoot. Modeling opened a door into a gorgeous, creative, elite world – a dream born of a biological accident.It is also what led me, decades later, into the very uncomfortable position of speaking out about the horrific legacy of child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom I briefly dated in 1993.Stacey Williams is a former model Continue reading...

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6 d. ago John Cleese, 85, vows never to work with BBC again as he says 'they're clueless'

Comedy legend John Cleese has vowed never to work with the BBC again and has slammed the corporation's bosses as "clueless" who haven't made anything funny since The Office

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7 d. ago John Cleese shares 'very sad' admission admission after making huge BBC decision

John Cleese, who is best known for his work on Monty Python's Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers, has a blunt outlook on British comedy

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7 d. ago John Cleese launches blistering attack on 'clueless' BBC bosses who have 'no idea what they're doing' as he blames woke censorship for killing British comedy

Cleese, who starred as the hapless and perpetually irritated hotel owner Basil Fawlty, has insisted fans will never again see work from him on the BBC.

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8 d. ago Love triangle rival 'confesses to stabbing British woman to death in Cambodia in jealous rage over affair with boyfriend'

A romantic rival has reportedly confessed to stabbing a British woman to death in a park in Cambodia's capital over an affair she was having with her boyfriend. 

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9 d. ago John Cleese worries 'it might kill me' as Monty Python star faces health battles

Monty Python legend John Cleese has opened up on his health battles, admitting his latest project "might kill" him as he prepares to jet off to the United States

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1 week ago John Cleese, 85, fears 'it might kill me' as he addresses health struggles

Monty Python legend John Cleese has opened up on his health battles, admitting that his latest project "might kill" him as he prepares to jet off on tour

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1 week ago John Cleese confirms Fawlty Towers sequel stage play with classic episodes including Basil the Rat

The 85-year-old comedy legend brought the BBC classic back to life last year with Fawlty Towers: The Play

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1 week ago Brit tourist, 25, saved by alleged attacker after he's shot in Thailand bike row

Kitinan Pantarak, 40, allegedly shot the British tourist during a road rage attack, then rushed the injured man off to hospital and fled the scene before police arrived

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1 week ago British tourist is shot in road rage attack after 'nearly crashing into a drug dealer' outside Thai hotel

Aiden Jay McDonald, 25, from Dundee, was allegedly gunned down by a cannabis seller outside a hotel in Mae Hong Son on Tuesday evening.

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1 week ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Angela Scanlon claims 'very well

Angela said she debated if it would have been 'unprofessional' to call him out on air.

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2 w. ago 'I refused to give up my bus seat for elderly passenger – I deserve a seat too'

A woman has said she refused to give up her bus seat for an elderly passenger when she was travelling with her daughter, as they deserved a seat too - and people agree with her

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