The five-minute video portrays the moment Williams learnt about the death of a friend Fans are calling for a biopic to be made of Robin Williams’ life after a clip of actor Jamie Costa playing the comedian went viral. Costa’s portrayal of Williams is uncanny and it isn’t the first time he’s shown his ability […]

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The special has caused controversy over the trans jokes featured in it Workers at Netflix are planning a walkout in protest against Dave Chappelle’s latest stand-up special, The Closer. It’s over some of the trans jokes that the outspoken comedian makes in the special, which a number of employees apparently warned executives about before it […]

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She was just 25 Two-time world championship medallist Agnes Tirop has been found stabbed to death at her home in Kenya. The 25-year-old won bronze in the 10,000m in 2017 and 2019 and won the World Cross Country Championships in 2015. She finished fourth in the Olympics 5,000m final this summer, missing out on a […]

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The radio waves could be the sign of a new type of stellar object An area near the centre of the Milky Way has been emitting weird radio waves that have been baffling scientists. The waves were discovered by an international team of scientists from Australia, Germany, the US, Canada, South Africa, Spain and France. […]

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He has accused the comics of ‘bandwagoning.’ Ex-Superman actor Dean Cain has criticised the decision from DC to have the superhero come out as bisexual in its new comic book series. On Monday (October 11), DC announced that Jonathan Kent, the son of Clarke Kent and Lois Lane, will be bisexual in an upcoming storyline […]

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It had already been ruled that Petito’s death was a homicide. A coroner has confirmed that Gabby Petito died as a result of strangulation. Dr Brent Blue, the Teton County Coroner, discussed the findings from the autopsy carried out on the 22-year-old and concluded that her death was indeed a homicide. But before now, the […]

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Casualty, Doctors, Holby City and Hollyoaks are also involved. Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale are going to be joining forces with other major soaps for a first-ever crossover episode. The story will be focused on climate change and will begin airing on November 1. For the first time in British television history, Coronation Street @emmerdale […]

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The influencer had almost half a kilo of cocaine in her bag A social media influencer and her fiancé’s friend have been charged with drugs trafficking after they were caught trying to board a flight from Brazil to Dubai with cocaine. Brazilian influencer Lais Crisostomo Aguiar and her 44-year-old friend, car washer Peterson de Souza […]

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Children should not be watching Squid Game – for a number of reasons A school has had to warn parents not let their children watch the hugely popular Netflix series Squid Game because of the unsuitable nature of the show. Anyone who’s watched the series will realise that – despite children’s games being at the […]

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The Australian PM called Jaku an ‘inspiration and a joy.’ Australian Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who became known for his bestselling memoir The Happiest Man on Earth, has passed away at the age of 101. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced his death on Tuesday (October 12), saying: “Having survived the Holocaust, Eddie chose to […]

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Lego found that stereotypes are still hindering children Lego has announced that it is going to start removing gender stereotypes from its toys after a major survey commissioned by the company found that attitudes towards playing with toys aimed at the opposite sex remained unequal. According to the Guardian, the study found that while girls […]

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The fish is one of the most expensive aquarium pets in the world A husband has been left shocked after his wife deep-fried his pet fish because he refused to clean its tank. Mia Kurniawan shared the frying on her TikTok account where she posts under the handle @miakurniawan01. The video has since racked up […]

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Good news for some I’m sure. Experts have suggested that a small penis may become desirable at some point in the future, with the concept of the ‘ideal dick size’ having been a fluid and ever-changing one throughout history. Vice reports that whilst the Western world is enamoured by big penises at the moment, throughout […]

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‘As a soon-to-be firefighter, I find it very offensive.’ A petition has been set up to remove some scenes from the new Halloween sequel which shows firefighters being killed. The latest instalment of the Halloween franchise, Halloween Kills, is due out on Friday October 15 and sees infamous killer Michael Myers return to the big […]

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Scotland Yard has said that its review of the case has “concluded.” The Metropolitan police has dropped its investigation into Prince Andrew in relation to accusations made by Virginia Giuffre. Officers from the Met decided to drop the investigation into the claims made by Giuffre after reviewing several documents and, according to the Sunday Times, […]

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The incident took place in an 8th-grade lesson as children learnt about the US Constitution A teacher at a school in North Carolina has resigned after being accused of making racist remarks towards black students. The teacher at Winterville Charter Academy in Greenville, North Carolina, apparently told the black children in the class that if […]

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The rising price of gas is having a knock-on effect Manufacturers are warning of a potential toilet roll shortage in the UK as a result of increasing production costs. There are fears that the soaring price of gas may mean that firms have to reduce production of toilet roll. Andrew Large, the director-general at the […]

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The new owners are already planning for how they can turn around the fortunes of Newcastle in the immediate future Newcastle United are looking to appoint experienced recruitment specialist Frank McParland to help with the first phase of steering the club away from the relegation zone. On Thursday, Newcastle became one of the richest clubs […]

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Well this is an honour. Welcome one and all to a new era in the history of the JOE Friday Pub Quiz. Yes, after almost two years in the role, Reuben has decided to pass on his crown and I have been given the honour of looking after this fine quizzing institution full-time. I’ll be […]

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Tommy Shelby’s final rodeo could be just a matter of months away… The creator of Peaky Blinders has revealed when he thinks we can expect to see the show’s sixth – and final – series hit our screens. The sixth season of the hit BBC drama will be the last one for the show – […]

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Ambulances appear to have been blocked by Insulate Britain’s latest protest Insulate Britain protestors have descended upon a major roundabout in central London, just a couple of hundred yards from a hospital, as part of yet another protest. Footage online of this morning’s protest (October 8) shows about a dozen protestors sitting in the middle […]

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The Zodiac Killer is one of America’s most infamous unsolved criminal cases Cold case investigators in the US believe they have identified the Zodiac Killer, the man who terrorised the San Francisco community in the late 1960s. A group of more than 40 volunteers, made up of former law enforcement investigators, journalists, and military intelligence […]

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FIFA’s deal with EA is their biggest commercial contract EA Sports are considering renaming their iconic line of FIFA football video games, according to the head of the gaming company. The news comes just a week after EA released their latest edition of the game, FIFA 22, which already has 9.1 million players. But in […]

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‘Needless to say I’m in the bad books at home’ Andy Murray has landed himself in a bit of hot water at home after having his wedding ring “stolen”. Currently training in California ahead of the Indian Wells Masters, the Scot explained his predicament on Instagram, writing: “Got a quick story here for you that I […]

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She spent almost £1500 on the steak. Gemma Collins has revealed how she “felt sick” the morning after going to Salt Bae’s new London restaurant. The TOWIE star visited the restaurant last month and ordered one of Salt Bae’s famous 24 carat gold covered-steaks. The GC and her boyfriend, Rami Hawash, shared footage of their […]

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From Angela Rayner branding Boris ‘scum’ to Therese Coffey singing ‘I’ve had the time of my life’ as Universal Credit is cut by £20. Here’s the lowest of the low The deputy Labour leader set the tone for conference season on day one when she branded Boris Johnson, ‘scum’. And it was all downhill from […]

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The bizarre symptom affects children and teenagers most Scientists believe they have come up with an explanation for one of the weirder symptoms that some people develop following a Covid-19 infection – ‘Covid toe’. ‘Covid toe’ is a symptom where people develop small, red, itchy patches on their toes and fingers after catching the disease, […]

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The act has been described as ‘outrageous.’ The organisation that runs the Auschwitz-Birkenau II death camp has said that anti-Semitic graffiti has appeared at the site. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial, which preserves the site of the Holocaust camp in Poland, released a statement on Tuesday afternoon (October 5) condemning the graffiti as “an outrageous […]

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Director Peter Jackson decided to make a sly dig at Weinstein in the popular fantasy trilogy… One of the orcs in director Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy was designed to look like Harvey Weinstein, according to star of the films Elijah Wood. Wood made the revelation on a podcast, explaining that the film’s […]

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Insulate Britain have been causing chaos on roads in recent weeks Boris Johnson has called Insulate Britain protestors “irresponsible crusties.” His comments come on the same day that Home Secretary Priti Patel announced new powers to stop activists attending demos. On Monday (October 4), footage was shared online of people pleading with protestors to get […]

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There had been reports that the number was as low as 27 Boris Johnson has confirmed that just 127 lorry drivers have applied for the government’s short-term visa scheme designed to tackle the shortage of drivers that the UK is currently experiencing. Last month, the government unveiled plans to recruit 5,000 European HGV drivers in […]

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The incident was also reportedly witnessed by an adult and child Police have released video footage of a man vandalising a George Floyd statue in Manhattan, which had only been unveiled two days earlier. The footage shows a skateboarder going up to the statue with a backpack on, before throwing paint over it. He then […]

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The scenes had resulted in members of the public being harassed Netflix has been forced to remove some scenes from Squid Game because they showed the phone numbers of real people. The show has taken the world by storm since arriving on the platform on September 17, sitting top of Netflix’s global charts and well […]

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The alleged incident took place on Monday afternoon Five people have been arrested after Iain Duncan Smith was reportedly hit on the head with a traffic cone in Manchester on Monday (October 4). Greater Manchester Police said it arrested three men and two women in connection with the incident, which allegedly took place at around […]

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Thousands of people have reported issues with the platforms Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have all gone down in a major outage. The three Facebook-owned apps all stopped functioning shortly before 5pm on Monday evening (October 4). Other apps that are part of the social media giant’s family, such as Facebook Workplace, have also gone down. […]

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They were stuck in the flume for two hours with broken bones Two friends suffered dreadful injuries to their legs and feet after drunkenly breaking into a swimming pool and going down a water slide. Grandma-of-two Claire Vickers, 46, and friend Barry Douglas, 44, each broke a leg and badly damaged their feet after they […]

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The mum apparently said the babysitter should pay compensation for ’emotional abuse’ A babysitter has claimed that a mum demanded she pay compensation for accidentally feeding her vegetarian kids meat. The 19-year-old babysitter said she was asked to look after a couple’s boy and girl, aged nine and seven respectively. The babysitter explained that because […]

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The demand to watch the show is putting pressure on South Korean broadband providers It’s the latest Netflix show that everyone seems to be talking about – and if you’ve managed to avoid Squid Game chatter then you’ve probably not been on the internet in the past fortnight. Since debuting on September 17, the dystopian […]

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He had more than 2 million followers on TikTok Texas police have claimed that teenage TikTok star Gabriel Salazar, who was involved in a recent car crash which killed him and three other passengers, was transporting undocumented migrants. The crash – which tool place in the early hours of September 26, killing the 19-year-old Salazar […]

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Emily Ratajkowski shot to fame after appearing in the music video. American supermodel Emily Ratajkowski has claimed she was sexually assaulted by Robin Thicke on the set of the music video for 2013 hit, Blurred Lines. Ratajkowski makes the allegations in her upcoming book, My Body, and accuses Thicke of groping her without consent during […]

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“I won’t be alone in Liverpool today feeling deep anger…” The Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside has invited party leader Keir Starmer to come to the city and meet the families of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster. It’s after Starmer wrote an op-ed in Sunday’s edition of The Sun, a paper that is boycotted […]

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There are warnings that 120,000 pigs could be culled due to labour shortages. Boris Johnson has downplayed concerns that the British farming industry could experience the largest cull in its history, in an interview in which he appeared not to know how the food processing industry works. Appearing on the BBC’s Andrew Marr programme, the […]

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Chef Ramsay is a big softy at heart. Gordon Ramsay was left in tears on Saturday evening as he was overcome with emotion after watching his daughter Tilly compete in Strictly Come Dancing. Tilly is one of the 15 celebrities competing in this year’s series and on Saturday performed the Charleston with professional dance partner […]

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Sajid Javid has said he wants the most far-reaching review of NHS bosses in decades. The Conservative Party have announced a major review into NHS leadership in England on the eve of their party conference in Manchester, appointing a former military chief to lead the shake-up. Former vice-chief of the defence staff General Sir Gordon […]

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The least secure job in football lives up to its reputation once more. Watford have sacked manager Xisco Munoz after their 1-0 defeat to Leeds on Saturday, continuing a remarkable run of sackings at the club. The Hornets have now gone through 17 managers in a decade. Munoz had only been in charge at the […]

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He said 99% of his players had been vaccinated. Jurgen Klopp has spoken of his dismay at people who refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and does not understand why people see it as a “limitation of freedom.” Speaking at a press conference ahead of his Liverpool side’s clash with Manchester City on Sunday, the […]

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It’s sparked anger amongst many supporters and party MPs. Keir Starmer has written an article in The Sun, despite having promised not to speak to the paper during his 2020 Labour leadership campaign. In the op-ed, the Labour leader called the current situation in the UK a “worrying time for working people,” blaming the current […]

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The incident happened in Norwich on September 26 A cop who was filmed delivering a flying-kick to a 15-year-old girl, knocking her to the ground, is being investigated by the police watchdog. Shocking footage of the incident filmed by a friend shows the male officer running onto the scene and kicking the girl in her […]

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The lottery ticket has been passed on to his relatives A man from Michigan has been found dead on a private beach with a winning lottery ticket still in his wallet. Authorities say that Gregory Jarvis, who was 57, had won $45,000 playing the state’s Club Keno game at the Blue Water Inn on September […]

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He says he went to seven different petrol stations in an effort to find fuel. Nigel Farage has claimed he was involved in a car accident with a van as he tried to fill up his car with petrol. The GB News host made the claims in a tweet on Thursday morning, in which he […]

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