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A cocky EncroChat dealer pumped out ecstasy pills shaped like Donald Trump in a secret storage unit.

A "pretty" teacher accused of having sex with teenage boys has said she felt lonely and "craved" attention after a break-up - but denied sleeping with the youngsters.

The 2024 MTV Movie & TV Awards have been canceled.

Selena Kuznikov Jessica Gunning, who plays the haunting stalker Martha in Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer,” says creator and star Richard Gadd was on her radar even before she auditioned for the show — ever since she saw his one-man show “Monkey See Monkey Do” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “I just thought it was one of the most profound things I’ve ever seen really on stage,” she said. “Then I tried to go and see ‘Baby Reindeer’ the play, but it was sold out.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has reportedly informed Manchester United staff to 'seek alternative employment' if they are not prepared to work from the club's premises, as he continues to reform the club.

Countryfile's Adam Henson was back on screens hosting a special lambing season episode on BBC One at the weekend, giving viewers an intimate look at life on his Cotswolds farm.

John Swinney must “make amends” to the Covid bereaved for deleting key WhatsApp messages if he is to become Scotland’s next first minister, the Liberal Democrats have said.

A dad was unmasked as a 'commercial scale' EncroChat drug dealer known as Tamegun after police intercepted his Strava data.

Naman Ramachandran Eminent Indian documentarian Nishtha Jain’s latest effort is an account of the epic, year-long farmers’ protest that took place in India in 2020-21. “Farming the Revolution,” which world premieres at Hot Docs, follows the millions of Indian farmers who gathered during the height of COVID-19 lockdown at the borders of the country’s capital, Delhi, to protest against newly enacted farm laws. The farmers believed that if implemented, these laws would negatively impact the government-protected farmers’ markets, leaving them to the vagaries of the free market.

Every frame of The People’s Joker, the debut feature from Vera Drew, drips with an anarchist spirit. In theaters now, the film began as a lark during the COVID-19 lockdown, a gag that poked fun at the endlessly rebooted Batman franchise and its iconic lead villain the Joker. It eventually grew into a feature-length film with Drew as its lead Joker and enlisted dozens of friends and collaborators to create the dynamic, varied visual style.

Look Into It with Eddie Bravo podcast in February, the NFL quarterback suggested that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former chief medical advisor to the president of the United States, and the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, had played a key role in the creating AIDS epidemic, which served as the “blueprint” for the COVID-19 pandemic.Video clips of the interview largely went unreported and didn’t create much controversy until they were re-shared and widely circulated on social media this week.

Surprise – Tom Payne and his wife Jennifer Akerman have welcomed twins!

Scottish taxpayers forked out more than £60,000 to “support” witnesses for the UK Covid Inquiry.

The brand new trailer for The Jinx – Part Two has debuted online, just a few weeks ahead of the docu-series’ continuation. We’ve embedded it below for you to watch

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Sega is selling off “Company of Heroes” developer Relic Entertainment and laying off 240 employees across Sega’s Europe and UK-based teams, including Creative Assembly and Sega Hardlight. The cuts make Sega the latest video game company to downsize its staff in 2024.

The trailer for The Jinx – Part Two has debuted online, just a few weeks ahead of the docu-series’ continuation.

Kate Garraway fans were left distraught after watching her new ITV documentary Kate Garraway: Derek's Story. The new documentary - which provided viewers with an insight into how the broadcaster cared for her dying husband - aired on Tuesday night, three months after the heartbreaking death of the former political lobbyist.

Kate Garraway's husband Derek Draper died in January 2024 died aged 56 following a devastating three year battle with Covid-19. With Good Morning Britain presenter set to tell Derek's story in her new 60 minute documentary, let's take a look inside Derek's lengthy health battle before his tragic passing.

Some families faced a “stark choice” between saying goodbye to a loved one or attending their funeral during the pandemic if PPE was not available, an inquiry has heard.

A huge change is on the horizon for Oldham’s Tommyfield Market. Traders are currently figuring out how they’ll be moving to a brand new market hall due to be completed at the Spindles shopping centre next year, with the old market set to be demolished at the same time.

Gino D'Acampo has reportedly been left with a huge £5million bill following the collapse of his business My Pasta Bar.The grab-and-go style eatery launched in 2013 and then sadly entered into liquidation in 2022 after the Covid-19 pandemic forced the closure of the small chain. It was previously reported that the closure of the business had left trade creditors owed £4.8m, HMRC £113,975 and staff £53,304.

A mother threatened to harm her Down's Syndrome daughter to force authorities to become involved because she was so desperate following the withdrawal of social work support during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard.

Paul “Polio Paul” Alexander, known for being the man in the iron lung on social media (or @ironlungman), has passed away.

Boris Johnson was compared to an 'absent' football manager during the Covid-19 pandemic, a public inquiry has heard.

with an unexpected plus one. announced her pregnancy with a red carpet baby bump debut, arriving at Los Angeles' Dolby Theater in a floor-length black gown and her hair pulled back into a sleek half-updo. She finished off the look with plenty of diamonds and a bronzey glow.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Despite the popularity of Disney’s “Star Wars” franchise, Daisy Ridley says her career stalled when she finished her run leading the film trilogy with 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker.” “There weren’t that many offers coming in,” Ridley said during a Sunday panel at SXSW in Austin. “It’s not that there wasn’t any… I remember finishing and thinking, ‘Oh, it’s quiet and strange.'” According to Ridley, she didn’t feel fully comfortable leading the latest “Star Wars” trilogy until she had reached the final movie, “The Rise of Skywalker.” “It took, honestly, making the third film till I felt like ‘OK, I’m good.

Disney has been like “sitting in the desert”.In 2021, the MMA fighter-turned-actor was fired by Disney and the show The Mandalorian after she posted a string of controversial opinions online.Carano has recently filed a lawsuit against Disney and its subsidiary Lucasfilm, alleging that the production companies wrongfully terminated her from The Mandalorian and other Star Wars titles for sharing a range of far-right opinions.Last month, Elon Musk said he would help to fund Carano’s suit.The posts in question saw Carano — who portrayed Cara Dune on The Mandalorian — upload a string of controversial posts, one of which compared the treatment of conservatives in the US to that of Jewish people in Nazi Germany.Others included ridiculing mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic, and furthering false suggestions of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. Carano also shared online comments criticising protesters during the Black Lives Matter movement.And now, in an interview with The Post Millennial, she has spoken out about the knock-on effects of the firing, saying that it has “stuck” on her, making it difficult for her to get acting work or to attract an agent.“It’s like I’ve been in this desert where I belong nowhere,” she explained.

Aphex Twin has once again clarified his stance on vaccines, after an old note of his resurfaced that seems to promote conspiracy theories. A Reddit user recently came across an ID3 tag apparently written by the electronic musician, real name Richard D.

After a three year court battle, Hilary Duff has won her lawsuit.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Adele has announced that she will be canceling her Las Vegas residency dates through March, revealing that she’s battling illness. In a post on social media, the singer wrote that she was sick at the end of the last series of shows as part of the residency, and that she didn’t have full time to recover.