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‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose
Ron Perlman recalls how director Jean-Jacques Annaud brought Umberto Eco’s medieval murder mystery *The Name of the Rose* to the screen, and how Perlman secured the role of Salvatore. The film’s production drew on his fascination with medieval history and architecture, with specialist historians helping to shape its details. Perlman says Sean Connery joined after…
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Report of BBC presenters dating prompts advice on workplace romances
BBC Match of the Day co-hosts Kelly Cates, 51, and Mark Chapman, 52, have reportedly started dating, prompting renewed discussion about the complications of workplace relationships. The article uses their reported romance to introduce expert advice on keeping a relationship from harming colleagues, careers or the relationship itself. Psychologist Phil Macleod advises checking an employer’s…
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Karoline Leavitt to join Fox News as contributor on 1 November
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News as a contributor, with her first day set for 1 November. The appointment gives the 29-year-old a new platform for political appearances after leaving the Trump administration at the end of August, while she says she will remain an advocate for the MAGA movement…
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Afghan lorry migrant who stabbed innocent dog walker to death after trying to murder his landlord and attacking boy, 14, is handed hospital order
Dawood Safi was given an indefinite hospital order after stabbing dog walker Wayne Broadhurst to death during a psychotic episode in west London. The judge said the consequences were devastating; Broadhurst’s family remain upset that Safi admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility after initially being charged with murder. Safi had first stabbed his landlord,…
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‘Why would anyone start a business in the UK now?’ Jeremy Clarkson hammers Labour in surprise appearance at Tory conference
Jeremy Clarkson made a surprise appearance at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, where he publicly criticized the Labour government’s policies towards farming and small business. Speaking alongside the shadow environment secretary, Clarkson argued that the government’s inheritance tax changes and regulatory burdens make starting new businesses in Britain unviable, using his own farm’s struggles…
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Ken Paxton caught in ANOTHER leaked hot mic moment as Trump’s midterm nightmare goes from bad to worse
Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton was recorded telling Washington lobbyists that he felt he had little control over his campaign, with decisions about its message coming from elsewhere. The leak adds pressure to a closely watched race as Republicans seek to retain their Senate majority. The recording was made at a private fundraising lunch on…
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Two teens injured in suspected gang-related shooting at Minnesota school game
A shooting in the parking lot of Eden Prairie High School’s homecoming football game in the Minneapolis suburbs on Friday left two teenagers injured. The incident, which authorities believe was gang-related, prompted an immediate evacuation of the stadium during the fourth quarter, with the game subsequently postponed and the school’s homecoming dance cancelled. Two Somali…
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Supreme Court considers oil firms’ challenge to US climate lawsuits
The US Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case that could fundamentally determine whether state and local governments can pursue climate damage lawsuits against oil companies. The case, brought by Boulder County, Colorado against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy, centres on whether federal law prevents state courts from hearing such claims. The outcome could shape…
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Pioneering financial journalist Louise Botting dies aged 87
Louise Botting, a pioneering financial journalist and businesswoman, has died aged 87 following a short illness in September. She helped transform how financial news and household spending were explained to ordinary Britons, breaking significant barriers for women in both journalism and the male-dominated world of finance. Her daughter, Sky News broadcaster Anna Botting, paid tribute…