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Graham Linehan receives settlement from Met over online post arrest
The Metropolitan Police have apologised to comedian and campaigner Graham Linehan and reached a settlement, reported to be £25,000, over his arrest in September 2025 for posts on X. Five armed officers detained the Irish comedy writer at Heathrow, on suspicion of inciting hatred under the Public Order Act, as he returned from Arizona. The…
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‘American Doctor’ Unveils Trailer, Sets Theatrical Release Date; Award-Winning Film Follows U.S. Physicians Who Treated Children Badly Wounded In Gaza
The documentary American Doctor has released its trailer and confirmed a theatrical release, opening in New York and Toronto on 14 August 2026, in Los Angeles a week later, and in further US cities from 28 August with a wider expansion in September. Directed by Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Poh Si Teng and distributed…
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Youngsters in hospital after car collides with their scooter closing busy South Yorkshire road
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Two taken to hospital after serious crash which shut major South Yorkshire road
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‘Ideal patient medicated to just above a coma’: What doctor told nurse at scandal-hit mental health hospital where more than 2,000 inpatients died, inquiry hears
A former NHS mental health nurse, Stuart Ayris, has told the Lampard Inquiry that a doctor at a scandal-hit Essex mental health hospital once said “the ideal patient is one medicated to just above a coma.” The inquiry is examining more than 2,000 deaths of patients admitted to inpatient mental health units in Essex between…
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Bacon hails Bonnie Tyler as one of rock’s great voices
Actor Kevin Bacon has led tributes to the Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, whose death at the age of 75 was announced on Thursday 9 July, describing her as “one of the great voices of rock”. Bacon, who starred in the 1984 film Footloose, credited Tyler’s track “Holding Out For a Hero” with elevating one of…
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Joanna Pettet, Actress in ‘The Group’ and ‘Casino Royale,’ Dies at 83
Joanna Pettet, the London-born actress best known for Sidney Lumet’s ensemble drama The Group and the 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale, has died at the age of 83. She died on Tuesday at Temecula Valley Hospital in California, according to her friend and former manager Pam DuBois. Her death fell exactly 31 years after…
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Mick Jagger & Ronnie Wood Debut New Stones Song Lamenting America
The Rolling Stones have previewed a new song, “Ringing Hollow”, from their forthcoming album Foreign Tongues, due out this Friday. Rather than the elaborate rollout used for earlier tracks, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood, joined by touring keyboardist Matt Clifford, unveiled it with a surprise stripped-down acoustic performance at a listening party held on Wednesday…
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Vanilla Ice says he nearly joined the ‘27 Club’ before quitting drugs for good
Rapper Vanilla Ice has revealed that he wrote a suicide note at the age of 27 while struggling with drug addiction, coming close to joining the so-called “27 Club” before he quit drugs and rebuilt his life. Speaking on an episode of “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” released on Thursday, the musician described how the…
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The £2.2m Georgian country house wedding venue ‘operating as an illegal weight loss jab drugs factory’ where 12,000 doses were seized by investigators
More than 12,000 doses of illegal weight-loss injections have been seized from Moulton Grange, a £2.2million Georgian country house in Northamptonshire that operates as a luxury wedding and corporate events venue. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) raided the property on 28 May as part of an ongoing investigation into unlicensed medicines, arresting…