Danny Baker is hit by backlash over his ‘nasty’ Twitter joke blaming Ozzy Osbourne’s Parkinson’s on ’35 years’ of cocaine use – eight months after being sacked by BBC over ‘racist’ royal baby tweet Danny Baker joked about Ozzy Osbourne’s recent Parkinson’s diagnoses 61-year-old had previously been slammed for a …
Read More »HS2: All the other things you could do with £106bn
The cost of implementing the high-speed railway connecting London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds could reach £106bn, according to a leaked, government-commissioned review. High Speed 2 (HS2) was originally allocated £56bn, and current HS2 Ltd chairman Allan Cook revised the estimated costs to between £81bn and £88bn in October. But …
Read More »Resurfaced footage shows moment Queen tells off a young Princess Eugenie for standing on her foot
A right royal PAIN! Resurfaced documentary footage shows the Queen yelping ‘ow’ after a then two-year-old Princess Eugenie steps on her foot 1992 clip shows moment Queen tells off Princess Eugenie, 2, for stepping on foot Monarch, then 66, can be heard yelping out in pain after the incident takes …
Read More »Laurence Fox’s comments on Meghan Markle divide Twitter
Laurence Fox’s Question Time slanging match with an ethnicity lecturer over Meghan Markle has sent Twitter into a melt down. The 41-year-old accused Rachel Boyle, an academic at Edge Hill University on Merseyside, of ‘being racist’ after she called him ‘a white privileged male’ for denying the Duchess of Sussex …
Read More »Prince Harry sported a growing bald patch as he launched the 2021 Rugby League World Cup on Thursday
Prince Harry launched the 2021 Rugby League World Cup at Buckingham Palace in what could have marked his last engagement as a senior royal on Thursday – but it wasn’t only the momentous occasion that garnered attention. The Duke of Sussex, 35, sported a rapidly increasing bald patch – a …
Read More »Lisa Nandy vows to maintain Labour’s pledge to abolish university tuition fees
Lisa Nandy has said she would maintain key pledges from Labour’s election manifesto, including the abolition of university of tuition fees and the denationalisation of Royal Mail. In her first major television interview, the Wigan MP, one of five contenders vying to replace Jeremy Corbyn, also said she opposed a …
Read More »SPORTS AGENDA: The BBC won’t own up to getting rid of Mark Pougatch
Given their ludicrous obsession with attracting young audiences, perhaps it should come as no surprise that the BBC’s press office have apparently begun to act like Pinocchio. On December 22, Sports Agenda asked the broadcaster if it was true that Mark Pougatch was to become the latest departure as part of …
Read More »The Queen ‘admires’ how Kate Middleton has adapted to royal life, claims expert
Her Majesty ‘admires’ how Kate Middleton has adapted to the job of Queen-in-waiting with ‘quiet dignity’, royal expert Jennie Bond claims Jennie Bond claims Queen ‘admires’ way Kate Middleton adapted to royal life Says that Duchess of Cambridge has a ‘quiet dignity’ and works ‘behind scenes’ Believes she’s ‘come into her …
Read More »Firm favourite photos: Royal Family’s turbulent 2019 as captured on camera – ‘bumps’ and all
The royal family have experienced a rollercoaster year filled with joyful family experiences, major visits by foreign leaders, momentous overseas tours – and one or two ‘bumpy’ moments that saw them plunged into turmoil. Prince Andrew retired from public life following a catastrophic BBC interview, the Queen welcomed US president Donald …
Read More »Royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason made the New Year’s List of Honours and received a MBE
The cellist who moved the nation to tears during the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle in 2018 has received an MBE in the New Year Honours for his service to music. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, 20, from Nottingham, said he was ‘absolutely thrilled’ after received the distinction for his service …
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