73 m. ago Eddie Kadi: ‘People think I’m always ready to crack jokes. If you’re a doctor, I don’t ask you to operate on me!’

The standup and presenter on preshow prayers, blending dance with comedy and the night he bombed at the BBCHow did you get into comedy?I feel like comedy got into me. At university, I hosted talent shows as part of the African and Caribbean society, and became popular on the university circuit. After that, someone said: “You’re a pretty funny host, you should try standup.” One of my first gigs was at Kojo’s Comedy Funhouse, performing these funny songs. But explaining those songs made people laugh even more. I didn’t even realise I was doing standup. It was never planned, but the moment I got a taste for it, it was just one gig after another. I never looked back.Who did you admire when you were first starting out?I remember watching Richard Blackwood. His shows would come on TV pretty late and if I caught my parents in a good mood, they would let me watch until the end. I used to love Bruce Forsyth. Ronnie Corbett was hilarious. I was a big fan of Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin. ...

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73 m. ago Oscars 2025 predictions: Who will win and who should win at this year’s Academy Awards

Will it be Demi Moore or Mikey Madison? Timothée Chalamet or Adrien Brody? And is ‘Emilia Pérez’ really, truly dead in the water? Ahead of this Sunday’s Academy Awards, Adam White predicts who will reign supreme in the show’s major categories

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2 h. ago New York City boat tragedy as three dead and one missing after vessel sinks off coast

Three people have died and a fourth is presumed dead after a boat sank off the coast of New York City, authorities have said. Two other people were hospitalised

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2 h. ago New York boat disaster: Three dead as Grady White vessel sinks during fishing trip

A fourth person - Vernon Glasford - remains missing after the Grady White boat sank off the coast of New York City during a fishing excursion, the US Coast Guard said

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2 h. ago Every Spanish town and city hosting protests in weeks as Brit tourists warned

From Barcelona to Málaga, protests are expected to erupt in Spain in the coming weeks - as locals argue they've been priced out of the 'unsustainable' property market

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2 h. ago Gang wars erupt in Fife as chilling clip shows boy wielding kitchen knife

The warning comes after a teenage boy was slashed in the face days after posting a video of himself wielding a kitchen knife online.

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3 h. ago Netflix streaming horror film dubbed 'modern Rear Window' with scream queen's 'best performance'

A chilling horror film has been branded a 'modern-day Rear Window' with a 'feminist twist' as fans encourage others to watch the gem on Netflix

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3 h. ago Revealed: The school where a student, 19, plotted a massacre after shooting his mother, sister, and brother dead at home in a murderous rampage

The school's headteacher said she was 'shocked' to learn that her place of work with children was an intended target.

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3 h. ago Nicholas Prosper's chilling YouTube confessions before he killed mum and siblings

Nicholas Prosper murdered his mother, sister and brother at the family home in Luton, Bedfordshire, and the teenager will be sentenced at Luton Crown Court next month

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3 h. ago GOP congressman and former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw is caught on hot mic 'threatening to kill' high profile American

Republican Congressman and former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw apparently made a damning threat against a high-profile American on a hot mic Monday.

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3 h. ago Three female tourists found dead in Belize resort as chilling last moments caught on CCTV

Three female tourists were tragically found dead in a beachside resort in Belize over the weekend after hotel staff tried to contact them multiple times on Friday

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4 h. ago Three dead in New York boat sinking as search called off for missing person

Coast Guard ends search for Vernon Glasford, 52, missing after boat capsized off Queens on Sunday, killing threeThree people died, two others were hospitalized and one was presumed dead after a boat sank in New York City on Sunday, according to the US Coast Guard.One of the hospitalized people was in critical condition on Monday morning, police said, a day after the speedboat took on water 5 miles (8km) south-east of Breezy Point, a neighborhood at the tip of Queens’ Rockaway peninsula. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Can the ‘special relationship’ survive Donald Trump? – podcast

Keir Starmer is travelling to the White House for a high-stakes meeting. But will he have any influence over the US president? Patrick Wintour reportsIt’s the most important international relationship the UK has, and for decades has been referred to as “special”. Since the second world war, the UK and the US have considered themselves the closest allies, working together for shared values, with any resentments, differences of opinion or cross words kept to private channels.But now Donald Trump is back and he seems keen to throw the usual world order of alliances and enmities into chaos. Keir Starmer’s first meeting with the US president comes at a crucial juncture for Europe, with the future of Ukraine in the balance. “The stakes at the moment could not be higher,” says the Guardian’s diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Final sighting of missing Brit found dead 'in sack' after Kenya business conference

Campbell Scott, 58, was last seen on Sunday, February 16, in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was on a work trip. Siince the discovery of his body two men have reportedly been arrested in relation to his death

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4 h. ago Foreign Office issues travel warning for popular tourist hotspot, citing safety concerns and limited healthcare

Tourists have been warned to get full travel insurance and ensure their medications are fully stocked before travelling to this popular island and tourist hotspot

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4 h. ago One person dead after four injured in bus and car crash in Harrow

The crash occurred yesterday evening near Whitmore Road in Harrow.

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4 h. ago Horror unseen footage shows moment police rush towards Southport dance studio while killer is inside as hero bystanders scream 'you need f***ing gun'

The terrified local can be heard shouting these remarks to police outside the Hart Space building in Southport after Axel Rudakubana had killed three children in July last year.

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4 h. ago Judge blocks ICE enforcement in some houses of worship, citing ‘chilling’ effect on religion

ICE is temporarily blocked from policing mostly Quaker groups after threats of immigration enforcement

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4 h. ago Harrow crash: One person dead and child, 9, seriously injured in bus smash

Shocking photographs show the devastation following the crash involving a bus and a car on Whitmore Road in Harrow, northwest London, to which emergency services were scrambled

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5 h. ago The salacious truth about sex in the Cotswolds: I was propositioned by an old gent with Viagra the moment I moved here, reveals NADINE DORRIES

It was one of the first questions I was asked when I moved to the Cotswolds three decades ago: 'Are you happily married - or do you live in Gloucestershire?'

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