NEWS - W/E 16th NOVEMBER 2025
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Pauline Collins obituary
The actor Pauline Collins, who has died aged 85 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease, had a habit of moving from one role to another but will for ever be remembered for two parts – a parlourmaid in the 1970s masters-and-servants TV drama Upstairs Downstairs, at the mercy of her employers, and a woman very much in control of her own life in Willy Russell’s stage and film comedy Shirley Valentine.
New compensation scheme for Post Office victims is 'half-baked', Sir Alan Bates warns
Story by Adele Robinson, news correspondent
Sir Alan Bates has told Sky News that the government's new Capture Redress Scheme is "half-baked". Sir Alan Bates giving evidence at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry in 2024. The Post Office scandal campaigner, who may also be a victim of Capture, accused officials of not learning lessons from previous compensation failures.
George and Mildred star Brian Murphy left huge sum to his family after his death at the age of 92
Story by Eleanor Mann
The will of comedy legend Brian Murphy has been revealed following his death aged 92.
Murphy, who worked into his final years in acting roles, left a huge sum to his family after he passed away at his home in Kent in February.
The comedy star has left a fortune of £617,000 to his wife, Hi-de-Hi! actress Linda Regan and two sons, Trevor and Kevin, from his first marriage.
That is hardly a huge sum, it is a lot, but hardly a huge sum, like a hundred million.
Fawlty Towers branded 'disaster' as BBC bosses left unsatisfied
Story by Jennie Buzaglo
Regarded as one of the greatest sitcoms of all time, it's hard to imagine that Fawlty Towers was once considered destined to fail. The series originally aired from 1975 to 1979 and is set in a chaotic seaside hotel in Torquay, Devon. The story revolves around the perpetually irritable owner, Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), his overbearing wife Sybil (Prunella Scales), the sensible chambermaid Polly (Connie Booth), and the clumsy Spanish waiter Manuel (Andrew Sachs).
Fury as veterans ordered to make way for asylum seekers in historic army barracks
Story by Douglas Dickie, Ciaran McGrath
Military veterans have apparently been ousted from a military base in the Scottish Highlands to make way for hundreds of asylum seekers, with the news breaking on Remembrance Day. Cameron Barracks, near Inverness city centre, is set to house approximately 300 male migrants, with the first arrivals due next month.
Brian May’s response to Freddie Mercury’s secret daughter claim
Story by Jacob Stolworthy
Anita Dobson has shared her husband Brian May’s reaction to the rumour Freddie Mercury has a secret daughter.
It was claimed in a recent biography about the Queen frontman that the child was conceived while he was having an affair with the wife of a close friend in 1976.
Sir Alan Bates says ‘baddies seem to be hiding’ in Horizon scandal
Story by Dave Clark
• Sir Alan Bates speaks out after settling his claim against Horizon for a reported seven-figure sum.
• The former subpostmaster and campaigner hopes criminal convictions will be secured against those found guilty of wrongdoing.
• But he warns: ‘I don’t think we’ll get that (justice) for a long time yet. All the baddies seem to be hiding.’
The £2.3m UK roundabout forced to close a week after it opened
Story by Luke Chillingsworth
A major new roundabout that cost over £2million to build was forced to close just days after it opened. A revolutionary Dutch-style roundabout in Cambridge had to temporarily close days after it was installed back in 2020.
Opinion: I'm not surprised Kate's ousted Andrew
Story by Amanda Platell
As the dust settles on the exile of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson , King Charles should be applauded for insisting they are chucked out of Royal Lodge. But did he act swiftly enough for future Queen Catherine? After all, she and William and their three children have just moved into their forever home, Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park. And, despite the King's edict, Andrew and Fergie are still in their palatial home just over a mile down the road – and they could be there for months before their eviction.
JB COMMENTS: Just look at how he hates her - the look he is giving her in this picture is one of complete and utter hate. She sees through him and clearly does not appreciate his behaviour like the Queen did and the whole family have now indicated their displeasure at what a spoiled little brat he is.
Sarah Ferguson's true feelings on Andrew revealed as she 'knows 1 thing is true'
Lauren Welch
Sarah Ferguson's true feelings about Andrew have been unveiled, with the 66-year-old said to feel that she is "blameless". Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Sarah - who is also known as Fergie - are set to leave Royal Lodge soon, but will reportedly live separately after having shared the 30-room mansion since 2003.
Sarah Ferguson 'spent hundreds of thousands on personal trainer she used twice a year'
Story by Ellie Fry & Gemma Strong
Sarah Ferguson charmed the British public with her down-to-earth persona, but her life of excess and 'reckless' behaviour behind closed doors seems very far from it.
Parliament to scrutinise Andrew after his royal immunity ends
Story by Victoria Ward, Amy Gibbon
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s conduct will be debated in Parliament for the first time next week, amid growing calls for him to give evidence before MPs.
Trump vs Obama: new polls show who the public favours and Trump is not happy
Story by Kathrine Frich
His comments came as fresh polling revealed that most Americans still view Obama more favourably than the current president.
‘Trump has no idea what regular people are going through and he doesn’t care’
Story by Guardian staff
Late-night hosts discussed Donald Trump’s out-of-touch comments on grocery prices, the longest-ever government shutdown and a dramatic White House press conference on Ozempic.
No charges expected after cleaner entering wrong home shot dead
Story by Mike Bedigan
The family of a cleaner killed attempting to enter the wrong home by accident are pleading for her killer to be brought to justice but it’s possible the homicide may not lead to criminal charges.
Fury as council to charge dog walkers £450 a year to use public park
Eleanor Burleigh
A Green Party-run council is moving ahead with plans to charge dog walkers for using parks in Bristol despite major backlash. The local authority said it would impose annual levies of £450 on those seeking to use the city's green spaces for activities including exercise classes and professional dogwalking in September. The announcement attracted immediate and vociferous criticism, with other councillors warning that the "inappropriate" charges could harm small businesses.
JB COMMENTS:- Why shouldn't they be charged for using public facilities for a private financial veture. If someone wants to use my facilities to do a one day workshop, they pay me to use the facilities. Why shouldn't dog walkers / excercise classes etc. who use the parks, beaches etc. pay for the use of facilities that we all pay for through our council tax. Mind you, who is going to monitor this and who is going to check peoples licenses and will probably cost more than the income raised so - why bother ?
QUESTION: - Do schools pay when they use public playing fields for school events ?
Pub seen in Reform video told to paint over St George’s Cross
Story by Ruby Cline
A Lib Dem council demanded a pub remove the St George’s Cross painted on its white exterior an hour after it was featured in a Reform UK promotional video.
Jerry Kunkler, the landlord of Moonrakers Inn in Pewsey, Wiltshire, since 1981 and the county’s longest-serving councillor, painted the current cross on the pub for the World Cup in 2022. However, he received orders to paint over it almost immediately after it was seen as a backdrop in a Reform video.
Pension disaster: Retirement savings face 87% tax bill under Rachel Reeves's reforms:
Story by Patrick O'Donnell
Pension savings for some families could be hammered with tax bills charged at 87 per cent under reforms announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in last year's Autumn Budget.
Last year, the Chancellor confirmed pension pots would be made liable for inheritance tax (IHT) in April 2027, bringing unspent defined contribution pension funds into estates and ending their current exempt status.
JB COMMENTS; Isn't it typical that what they say when trying to get elected is complete bollocks after they come to power and taxing pensions was NOT on the agenda and neither was tax hikes and look at what Labour is now trying to do ? Things will change next geberal election.
BBC ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s press secretary
Story by Geraldine McKelvie
Donald Trump’s press secretary has described the BBC as “100% fake news” and a “propaganda machine” in an outspoken interview that comes after allegations of bias at the broadcaster.
Karoline Leavitt, a senior White House official in the Trump administration, said watching BBC bulletins while on trips to the UK “ruins” her day, saying taxpayers were being “forced to foot the bill for a leftist propaganda machine”.
JB COMMENTS:- This appalling women is nothing but a lying c**t from the moment she opens her eyes in the morning to the moment she goes to bed. She proliferates the Trump lies as truths while WE ALL KNOW THAT NEITHER OF THEM WOULD RECOGNISE THE TRUTH IF IT BIT THEM IN THE ARSE - and all they do is peddle lies, mistruths and dangerous rhetoric that is far from reality and millions of people are hurt, but then, they simply don't care as both are c**ts.
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