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DaBaby Claps Back at Critics of His New Restaurant’s Prices: ‘Waffle House Has Something for You’
Rapper DaBaby has defended the prices at his newly opened No Knife Chicken & Waffles restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina, after customers criticised the menu as too expensive. He insisted the cost reflects quality, home-made ingredients, telling local broadcaster Queen City News that those unhappy with the prices should go to Waffle House instead, while…
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Drones deliver food and remove bodies after Nepal’s flood disaster
Chinese-made DJI drones are playing a central role in Nepal’s flood relief effort, delivering food to survivors and removing bodies from areas devastated by flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border. The floods struck on 26 August after a partial glacier collapse in the Himalayas sent water, mud and debris crashing through border crossings, valley communities…
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Five Mexican men deny running ‘Breaking Bad-style’ meth lab in Warwickshire countryside – insisting they were working as chef and builders
Five Mexican men have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to produce methamphetamine at a farm in Warwickshire, telling Warwickshire Crown Court they had been legitimately working there as a chef and builders rather than running a drugs operation. The case follows a raid last month by the National Crime Agency and Warwickshire Police, who found…
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‘Hero of Gatwick’ becomes human megaphone to help overwhelmed easyJet staff manage angry passengers when flights were axed
A passenger stuck at Gatwick Airport amid mass flight cancellations took it upon himself to help overwhelmed easyJet staff communicate with hundreds of frustrated travellers, earning praise online as the “hero of Gatwick.” Kurtis Toy, a 36-year-old cyber security consultant, had just been removed from a delayed Aberdeen flight when he noticed two easyJet employees…
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The Sidemen Rep Arcade Signs Max Fosh, Friends From Work & More Ahead Of Europe’s First Creator Upfront
Arcade, the management company behind YouTube collective The Sidemen, has relaunched as a broader entertainment business and signed a raft of new creators, including comedian Max Fosh, collective Friends From Work, and restaurant channel Fallow Chefs, ahead of hosting Europe’s first creator media “upfront” event in London. The move signals an industry shift towards treating…
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No food, no water, and lone Abba record: my day out at Channel 4’s hellish new reality show
Channel 4 is launching Apocalypse, an eight-part reality series in which 16 contestants must survive for a month in an abandoned town after a fictional, unexplained catastrophe, with no essential supplies provided. A Guardian writer visited the set during filming to undergo a shortened version of the contestants’ survival training and explore the location before…
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‘He goes to the dark side’: behind the scenes on the Shaun the Sheep horror movie
Aardman Animations is midway through production on its latest film, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, a stop-motion horror pastiche aimed at family audiences. Filmed at a Bristol studio unit disguised as a miniature village, the production draws on genre classics such as Psycho, Nosferatu, Frankenstein, The Shining and Weird Science, though the…
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‘The Fire Within You’ Review: An Insufferable Christmas Eve Family Drama in Which the Corrosive Rants Are as Noxious as the Dyspeptic Images
This Variety review harshly criticises “The Fire Within You,” a Venice Film Festival competition entry from director Edoardo De Angelis, describing it as an “insufferable” family drama that fails despite tackling the sacred status of motherhood in Italian culture. The film follows a monstrous mother, Angela, played by Vanessa Scalera, who verbally abuses her family…
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Star subs rescue Chelsea as Alonso ‘takes blame’
Chelsea head coach Xabi Alonso took responsibility for a poor first-half performance against Leeds United in the Carabao Cup, despite his side going on to win 6-3 after trailing 2-0 at half-time. Four half-time substitutions, including Cole Palmer and Morgan Rogers, transformed the match at Stamford Bridge, turning boos into cheers and securing Chelsea’s progress…
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces distribution of more than 7 million free eggs statewide
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that more than 7 million free eggs will be distributed to food banks across the state, with over 1.7 million already delivered and a further 5.3 million expected in the coming weeks. The eggs stem from antitrust settlements reached in June with three major producers—Cal-Maine Foods, Centrum/Versova and…