8 h. ago South Park pulled last minute from TV schedule after Charlie Kirk row fuels fan frenzy

South Park fans left disappointed as tonight’s episode is delayed, following Cartman’s wild Charlie Kirk antics. New episodes resume next Wednesday on Comedy Central

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8 h. ago South Park delays new episode as creators say they ‘didn’t get it done in time’

The long-running adult animation is typically made at the last minute but has rarely missed a deadline before

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67 h. ago ‘All of Sussex is laid out before us’: walking a new trail in the South Downs national park

Perfect for a weekend getaway, the Petworth Way takes in historic estates, welcoming inns and spectacular viewsThere are many ways to make an entrance, but lurching into a pub full of smartly dressed diners while windswept, muddy and more than a little frayed wouldn’t be my first choice. At 7.30pm on a sunny Sunday evening, the Welldiggers Arms – a country pub just outside Petworth in West Sussex – is full of people tucking into hearty roasts, the glass-walled restaurant overlooking glorious downland scenery, the sun all but disappeared behind the hills. For my husband, Mark, and I, it’s more than a stop for supper; the pub marks the halfway point on our two-day walking adventure along a brand new trail, the 25-mile Petworth Way.Twenty-five miles may not sound like much (I have keen walker friends who would do it in a day) but, for us, it’s the perfect length, with plenty of pubs along the way. The first leg, from Haslemere to Petworth, covers countryside we’re both entirely unfamil...

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5 d. ago 'The most perfect show' finally gets update on new season after lengthy six

This hit HBO drama is set to return for a third season, with the writer of the first episode now confirmed after a years-long delay

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6 d. ago Comedy Central pulls South Park episode mocking Charlie Kirk off air after shooting

The episode has been removed from cable re-reruns, but is still available to stream on Paramount+

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6 d. ago South Park under pressure as episode mocking Charlie Kirk before shooting is pulled

South Park writers Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been slammed by Charlie Kirk fans after the right-wing influencer was shot dead at a rally - but others have leapt to the show's defence

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6 d. ago Call for action after 90% of national park’s rivers fail to reach ‘good’ status

Report shows decline in ecological standard of waterways in South Downs National Park.

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6 d. ago MAGA diehards are now blaming South Park for the death of Charlie Kirk

As Trump blames ‘radical leftists’ for Kirk’s death, MAGA followers are now suggesting the Comedy Central show may be to blame

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6 d. ago South Park episode mocking Charlie Kirk pulled following tragic shooting

Comedy Central has pulled a South Park episode mocking Charlie Kirk after his tragic death, sparking debate over censorship and satire in the wake of real-world events

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6 d. ago South Park pulls controversial episode on MAGA influencers after Charlie Kirk shooting

A divisive South Park episode mocking Charlie Kirk was pulled from cable after the conservative influencer was assassinated at a Utah Valley University rally.

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7 d. ago ‘It’s like they’re trying to get prosecuted’: when cartoons try to take down governments

From The Simpsons mauling George HW Bush to South Park’s current head-to-head with Trump, animations are no stranger to political battles. But sometimes, things get far, far more brutalIt shouldn’t really be a surprise that South Park has become “the most important TV show of the Trump 2.0 era”. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have spent decades taking any potshot they like at whoever they choose, from Saddam Hussein to Guitar Hero to – thanks to their inexplicable 2001 live-action sitcom That’s My Bush! – other sitting presidents.But by using every episode in its latest series to focus their fury solely at the current US administration, hitting Trump with a combination of policy rebuttals and dick jokes (and daring him to sue them in the process), this is the strongest sense yet that Parker and Stone are out for nothing less than full regime change. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked people

Operated by crime syndicates and fostered by the country’s military junta, the number of vast complexes such as KK Park on the Thai-Myanmar border has doubled since 2021Five years ago, the land now home to KK Park – a vast, heavily guarded complex stretching for 210 hectares (520 acres) along the churning Moei River that forms Myanmar’s border with Thailand – was little more than empty fields.Set against rugged mountains south of the town of Myawaddy, KK Park, with its on-site hospital, restaurants, bank and neat lines of villas with manicured lawns, looks more like the campus of a Silicon Valley tech company than what is really is: the frontline of a multibillion-dollar criminal fraud industry fuelled by human trafficking and brutal violence. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Minns’s $140m great koala national park will ‘obliterate’ regional towns, Coalition claims

Labor’s koala strategy doesn’t go far enough, Coalition says, but environmentalists hail park a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ decisionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe long-awaited great koala national park in the north of New South Wales, celebrated by wildlife groups, has drawn a mixed reaction from the state’s Coalition.The opposition leader, Mark Speakman has hedged his party’s support, saying while he “supports the ambition of protecting koalas”, he was concerned about job losses and the cost of the park. Continue reading...

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1 week ago New Zealand back to winning ways after holding off South Africa in Eden Park battle

All Blacks bounce back from shock defeat to Argentina with 24-17 winNew Zealand’s unbeaten run in Auckland extends to 51 matchesNew Zealand stayed firm at their Eden Park fortress to claim an attritional 24-17 win over South Africa in a heavyweight clash between the world’s top two rugby sides.Under pressure after conceding a first-ever defeat on Argentine soil against the Pumas two weeks ago, the All Blacks responded with a performance of grit and discipline to stretch their unbeaten run at their Auckland stronghold to 51 matches. Continue reading...

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1 week ago New Zealand bounce back after holding off South Africa in Eden Park battle

All Blacks win 24-17 after shock defeat to ArgentinaNew Zealand’s unbeaten run in Auckland now 51 matchesNew Zealand stayed firm at their Eden Park fortress to claim an attritional 24-17 win over South Africa in a heavyweight clash between the world’s top two sides.Under pressure after conceding a first-ever defeat on Argentine soil against the Pumas two weeks ago, the All Blacks responded with a performance of grit and discipline to stretch their unbeaten run at their Auckland stronghold to 51 matches. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Oh my God, they riled Donny! The 15 biggest South Park scandals ranked

After 28 years of scandal, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s eviscerations of Donald Trump are some of their greatest work. We rate their most explosive storylines from ruining Ed Sheeran’s life to episodes banned to this dayIt has been hailed as the most important TV show of the second Trump presidency. It’s currently in the form of its life and clocking up record ratings. Not bad for a cartoon about four potty-mouthed Colorado schoolboys.NSFW sitcom South Park might have been been on air since 1997, but it has never been more relevant. In an era when satirical talkshows are being axed, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s creation fulfils a vital function as it mercilessly mocks both sides of the political spectrum. Written and made the week of transmission, it has been able to incorporate topical stories and hold power to account. No wonder parent company Paramount recently won a $1.5bn bidding war for a five-year, 50-episode deal. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Donald Trump is having a lovechild with Satan: South Park sets up future chaos

At times, the latest episode of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s comedy feels like it’s running out of ammo when tackling the US President. But might it just be sowing the seeds of what’s to come?So far, South Park’s 27th season has had one clear goal: to provoke Donald Trump into a tantrum. Every episode has managed to pick on a new and different facet of his authoritarian rule – the silencing of his media critics, his use of Ice agents as an intimidation tactic – while simultaneously telling everyone what a tiny penis he has.So the anticipation levels were off the charts for this week’s episode, entitled Wok Is Dead, which promised to take on Trump’s tariff policy. And in fairness it did do this, but only in a couple of scenes where a Chinese character with an uncomfortably Mickey Rooney-esque accent complained about them. The rest of the episode just settled for a bunch of jokes about Labubu dolls, as well as calling Donald Trump “Satan” as many times as it feasibly could. Continue r...

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1 week ago South Park mocks Trump with shocking Satan pregnancy twist in latest episode

The nature of the fictionalized relationship between Trump and Satan was confirmed

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1 week ago South Park has Trump cheating on Melania with Satan in latest brutal episode

South Park's latest episode saw the show take a brutal swipe at Fox News, as they once again took aim at their Donald Trump character's alleged relationship with Satan

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1 week ago South Park jabs at Trump’s ‘relationship with Satan’ with shocking twist in latest episode

The nature of the fictionalized relationship between Trump and Satan was confirmed

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