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The BBC should split from ‘insolent’ star Gary Lineker, a former top executive at the corporation suggests

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By Paul Revoir Media Editor Published: 23:02 GMT, 12 December 2023 | Updated: 10:24 GMT, 13 December 2023 A former top BBC executive has suggested the corporation needs to go separate ways with ‘insolent’ star Gary Lineker. Danny Cohen, who was the former director of television at the BBC, said it was ‘offensive and embarrassing’ … Read more

Arrivals of migrants in small boats could continue for a decade, ministers say as vast sums are spent on the Channel crisis

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By David Barrett Home Affairs Correspondent Published: 00:53 GMT, 12 December 2023 | Updated: 10:30 GMT, 12 December 2023 Ministers anticipate small-boat arrivals could continue for up to a decade, it has emerged, amid vast sums being spent on the Channel crisis.  The Home Office thinks migrant reception centres will continue operating for up to … Read more

‘This is beneath us’: Tory MPs row after party’s official X account tweets pic of BBC presenter giving viewers the middle finger to accuse Labour of having no plan to tackle illegal migration

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By David Wilcock, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 09:37 GMT, 8 December 2023 | Updated: 09:37 GMT, 8 December 2023 Tory MPs opened a new battle in their civil war over immigration last night with a row over an x-rated social media advert featuring a BBC presenter giving viewers the middle finger.  Moderates demanded … Read more

Fly away home! Touching moment Planet Earth III researcher who raised a flock of ibis chicks who are extinct in Europe teaches them how to migrate to their new home in the wild

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Heartwarming moment a researcher becomes a foster mother to a flock of birds who were extinct in Europe on the final episode of Planet Earth III. The final episode of the BBC One documentary follows Katharina Huchler, in Austria, as she teaches the Northern Bald Ibis to migrate by flying over the alps with them in a paraglider-like contraption.  … Read more

Karen Gillan lands the role she was ‘born to play’ – as Groundskeeper Willie’s girl in The Simpsons

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By Tash Mosheim Published: 01:51 GMT, 1 December 2023 | Updated: 02:00 GMT, 1 December 2023 She became a Hollywood star though her portrayal of Nebula, a blue skinned alien in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. But now Karen Gillan will turn a fetching shade of yellow for her dream role – in an episode … Read more

Danny Cipriani ‘cosies up to his Strictly co-star Jowita Przystal hours into their first training session for the Christmas Special’ – days after announcing his split from wife Victoria

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Danny Cipriani has been pictured cosying up to his Strictly Come Dancing co-star Jowita Przystal just days after he announced his split from his wife Victoria. In pictures obtained by The Sun, the former rugby star was seen gazing at his dance partner after the pair finished a day of training for the upcoming Christmas Special. … Read more

King Charles rehearses for his Coronation in never-before-seen moment in new BBC documentary on his first year as monarch

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Charles III: The Coronation Year will air on BBC One for its Christmas schedule By Rebecca English Royal Editor Published: 01:24 GMT, 24 November 2023 | Updated: 01:44 GMT, 24 November 2023 A smiling King Charles can be seen rehearsing for his coronation in a shot from an unprecedented new BBC documentary charting his first … Read more

TV executive who was sacked after being accused of drunkenly telling international rugby star Mike Phillips no one would know who he was without her, claims she was unfairly dismissed

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Llinos Griffin-Williams was sacked last month by Welsh TV station S4C She denies having a drunken bust-up while at last month’s Rugby World Cup  By Darren Boyle Published: 16:43 GMT, 23 November 2023 | Updated: 18:36 GMT, 23 November 2023 A high-flying TV executive who was sacked after being accused of hurling drunken abuse at … Read more

Senior executive at world-leading artificial intelligence firm resigns over ‘exploitative’ use of copyrighted work

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Ed Newton-Rex said it’s unfair to take people’s work & use it to create competitor  By Jim Norton Technology Editor Published: 02:52 GMT, 18 November 2023 | Updated: 08:29 GMT, 18 November 2023 A senior executive at a world-leading Artificial Intelligence firm has resigned over its ‘exploitative’ use of copyrighted work to train its models. … Read more

A.I. represents an ‘existential threat to democracy’, says Mail chief

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DMGT chief Lord Rothermere accuses tech firms of ‘ripping off’ news articles By Jim Norton, Technology Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 17 November 2023 | Updated: 08:58 GMT, 18 November 2023 Artificial Intelligence could destroy independent news publishers in the UK and may represent an ‘existential threat to democracy’, the executive chairman … Read more

Burglars break into South Africa’s rugby HQ and get their hands on the World Cup trophy… but CCTV shows them leaving it behind to steal whisky, signed shirts and laptops instead!

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Burglars broke into South Africa Rugby Union’s headquarters earlier this week They touched a replica of the Webb Ellis Trophy but did not take it with them Instead they took whisky, signed shirts and laptops before leaving the building  By Sam Brookes For Mailonline Published: 12:24 GMT, 15 November 2023 | Updated: 14:11 GMT, 15 … Read more

Aldi is opening UK’s first ever bottomless pigs in blankets restaurant (and entry is only £5)

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By Madison Burgess Published: 16:31 GMT, 14 November 2023 | Updated: 16:46 GMT, 14 November 2023 Pigs in blankets are a festive favourite for a lot of Britons and a staple for traditional Christmas dinners. Have you ever wondered how many of the bite sized pork snacks could you eat in one sitting? Well, now you … Read more