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Further accusations have been made against TV presenter Gregg Wallace in the wake of him stepping away from hosting hit BBC show MasterChef while a review into complaints is carried out. On Thursday, the cooking programme’s production company Banijay UK said the BBC received complaints from individuals in relation to “historical allegations of misconduct” while working with Wallace. He is “committed to fully co-operating throughout the process”, the company also […]

Informal tallying of votes in count centres for Ireland’s General Election have suggested the potential for new breakthroughs and trouble for some established incumbents, after an exit poll put the three main parties nearly neck and neck. The tallies, carried out by party activists and volunteers as boxes opened at 9am, give a more localised sense of the potential result than Friday night’s exit poll. The largest opposition party Sinn […]

More than a hundred dogs dressed in Christmas jumpers joined a festive parade in central London in support of rescue charities. An estimated 130 pets made their way from St James’s Park, down the Mall towards Buckingham Palace with their owners on Saturday morning. The event was organised by Rescue Dogs Of London And Friends to raise funds for Hungary Hearts Dog Rescue and ZEM Rescues, which rehome dogs from […]

Political leaders will gather on Saturday to pay tribute to Alex Salmond at a public memorial service in Edinburgh. The former first minister died last month in North Macedonia at the age of 69. First Minister John Swinney, Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar are all expected to attend the service at St Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital. Former prime minister Gordon Brown is […]

The protracted process of sorting and counting votes in Ireland’s General Election has begun, after an exit poll put the three main parties virtually neck and neck. Sinn Fein held 21.1% of first-preference votes, narrowly ahead of current coalition partners Fine Gael and Fianna Fail at 21% and 19.5% respectively, according to the Ipsos B&A Exit Poll commissioned by RTE, The Irish Times, TG4 and Trinity College Dublin. It puts […]

Southampton were furious after being denied a priceless victory by a controversial VAR decision in a 1-1 draw at Brighton. Flynn Downes had just cancelled out Kaoru Mitoma’s opener when Cameron Archer converted a cross from Saints substitute Ryan Fraser. A VAR check of more than four minutes eventually decided Archer was onside but then penalised Adam Armstrong, who was offside but did not touch the ball, for interfering with […]

Zayn Malik has paid tribute on stage to Liam Payne in his former One Direction bandmate’s hometown of Wolverhampton, saying he “hopes” the late star sees his gig. The singer, 31, had kicked off his Stairway To The Sky tour in Leeds’s O2 Academy, with an on-stage blue screen message which read: “Liam Payne 1993-2024. Love you bro” with a pink heart. However, he has not appeared to directly speak […]

Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested that Ukrainian territory under his control should be taken under the “Nato umbrella” to try and stop the “hot stage” of the war with Russia. Speaking to Sky News, the Ukrainian leader said that such a proposal has “never been considered” by Ukraine because it has never “officially” been offered. Speaking via a translation transmitted by Sky News, Mr Zelensky said: “If we want to stop […]

Jane Moore has become the first contestant to be eliminated from I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2024 following a public vote. During her time on the ITV show, the Loose Women star became upset over the way that chores were split by McFly star Danny Jones and former Irish boxing champion Barry McGuigan. She accused Jones and McGuigan of “sexism” and “ageism” after being given the washing […]