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FilmMagic via Getty ImagesWinslet made her directorial debut with Goodbye June, released this monthKate Winslet has spoken about how she coped with “appalling” reporting and intrusion by the media after rising to fame as Rose in James Cameron’s 1997 epic, Titanic.The actor and director said she was followed by paparazzi and had her phone tapped, with people even looking through her bins and asking her local shops what she bought to “try and figure out what diet I was on or wasn’t on”.”It was horrific,” she said. Years later, she experienced further intrusion during a marriage breakdown, adding the ways…

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For many Arsenal fans, there will be a sense of deja vu. Leading the Premier League at Christmas before being eaten up by a relentless Pep Guardiola side is something the Gunners have got a little bit used to.Seeing a seven-point lead over Manchester City cut to two in the space of five games won’t exactly fill them with confidence either.”We’re back on top of the table but we’re not watching City too much, or the other teams,” said Bukayo Saka. “We’re in control now. We know if we win every week we’ll stay there.”Arteta added: “The only thing we…

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Rachel Reeves has been barred from her local pub amid backlash over tax hikes hitting the hospitality industry.A pub landlord in the Chancellor’s Leeds constituency has told her not to step inside his venue this Christmas after a sharp rise in business rates left him £2,500 worse off.Martin Knowles, who runs the Marsh Inn, says he has moved to ban Labour MPs from the pub – including Ms Reeves – in response to the Government’s tax hikes on the hospitality sector. He told the Daily Mail: “I thought I’d ban them all, including the local MP, as they are not…

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Arzu Dutta / Bradford residents signed up for their big moment on the Myrtle Park stageThousands of people have turned out for the closing event of Bradford’s year as UK City of Culture.The first of two performances of Brighter Still took place in Bingley earlier, with a “community cast” of hundreds of local people bringing dancing, poetry and singing to Myrtle Park.Emily Lim, the show’s co-director, said those who had taken part had “done themselves and their city incredibly proud”.During its tenure, organisers said Bradford had hosted about 5,000 “big, bold and brilliant” events, including the Turner Prize, with city…

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A man has been jailed after setting up a counterfeit currency production line to make fake banknotes.Lee Mitchell was sentenced yesterday at Leeds Crown Court after being found guilty of conspiracy to create fake currency.The 54-year-old from Morley set up his operation in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.The court heard how Mitchell’s operation was specifically set up to produce counterfeit Royal Bank of Scotland £20 notes.When police forced entry to the address on February 7, 2024, the force found £380,000 worth of notes being made.Despite the operation being foiled before any bogus money entered circulation, prosecutors revealed the materials stockpiled could have…

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The Labour Government has been scolded for “doing nothing” to stop the surging migrant crisis, as Jeff Banks declared the situation “appalling”.Speaking to GB News, the former BBC presenter and businessman hit out at the sheer number of migrants crossing the Channel, as 700 more have entered Britain today.As the migrant crisis continues to intensify, GB News exclusively revealed a clash between French police and a large group of migrants, as they attempted to launch a small boat from the river near Dunkirk. As 700 more made the illegal crossing into Britain today alone, the latest total number of asylum…

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Family photoVictoria Hopkins (right) says the attack on her son Morgan was like a “horror story”Victoria Hopkins had just spent the day in hospital with her father when she got a phone call which turned her life upside down.She was told her son, Morgan, had been stabbed by a stranger, and was now in the same ward she had just left.The 18-year-old had been on a night out with his girlfriend and another couple when he was stabbed 10 times in an unprovoked attack, leaving him with nerve damage and a severed bowel leading to 10 hours of surgery the…

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Cristian Romero would not have been sent off in Tottenham’s 2-1 Premier League loss to Liverpool if referee John Brooks “did his job” properly, says Spurs manager Thomas Frank.Tottenham were reduced to 10 men in the first half after a VAR intervention when Xavi Simons was dismissed for a foul on Virgil van Dijk.However, the hosts fought back and reduced the deficit late on through substitute Richarlison.Despite being a man down, Tottenham were well on top in stoppage time and chasing an equaliser when their captain Romero received a second yellow card for a petulant kick out at Ibrahima Konate.…

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