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• Jimmy Carr’s Downton spoof Fackham Hall is obsessed with penises

  12-12-2025 08:00 via metro.co.uk
  Downton Abbey’s legacy continues with this spoof effort from Jimmy Carr and company (Picture: Elysian Films/Entertainment Film Distributors)Fackham Hall is as unsubtle and unserious as its title suggests, two qualities essential for any spoof movie to be even halfway good.Following hot on the heels of The Naked Gun and attempting to profit shamelessly from Downton Abbey’s popularity, is this comedy genre making a comeback? Perhaps, although Fackham Hall’s hits and misses prove
  
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• Bonnie Blue is deported from Bali over latest disgusting pornography stunt

  12-12-2025 09:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Local police last week raided a studio in Badung, a popular tourist district near the resort island's capital, Denpasar, detaining Blue, 26, whose real name is Tia Billinger.
  
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• Is Conor McGregor marrying his long-term girlfriend at the Vatican today? Irish report claims MMA star is tying the knot

  12-12-2025 09:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  insiders said the wedding between the mixed martial arts fighter, 37, and Ms Devlin, 38, with whom he has four children, is set to take place at the Chiesa di Santo Stefano degli Abissini.
  
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• Control Resonant unveiled as the next game in the Alan Wake multiverse

  12-12-2025 09:37 via metro.co.uk
  Control Resonant – that’s pretty weird (Remedy Entertainment)Remedy has released the first trailer for Control 2 at The Game Awards and it’s looking to outdo the original by having the best Force powers in video games.We didn’t like Alan Wake 2 nearly as much as some people, but then we’ve always felt Finnish developer Remedy’s real talent lies in gameplay rather than storytelling.They don’t seem to agree, especially given how the action in Alan Wake 2
  
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• Moment police officer shouts 'wow!' after finding plate of cocaine in fridge during drugs raid

  12-12-2025 09:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police bodycam footage shows officers smashing into a Derby home on Brook Street, where they uncovered 10kg of drugs along with £10,000 in cash, vapes, phones and laptops.
  
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• Ministers told to install roadside AI cameras nationwide to catch more drivers illegally using their phones

  12-12-2025 09:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Minsters are being urged to take a 'modernised approach' to tackling two of the most persistent driving offences on the road: mobile phone misuse and seat belt non-compliance.
  
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• Police find body in search for missing pensioner who disappeared after getting off bus five days ago

  12-12-2025 09:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Glenda Keal, 85, was last seen pulling a shopping trolley after getting off a bus in Hinckley, Leicestershire, five days ago.
  
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• Ed Miliband faces massive pressure to ditch UK's 2035 petrol and diesel car sales ban as EU drops move

  12-12-2025 09:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband has been left isolated after a Brussels kingmaker declared that the bloc's deadline for ending sales is being dropped.
  
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• UK economy shrank unexpectedly by 0.1% in October

  12-12-2025 09:24 via bbc.com
  The impact of the JLR cyber-attack continued to affect output, while analysts say spending was hit by Budget uncertainty.
  
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• Aldi sends customers '8am, December 21' message

  12-12-2025 09:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The store says this is 'the final countdown'
  
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• The new breed of 'shoplifting entrepreneurs' fuelling the UK's petty crime problem

  12-12-2025 09:21 via bbc.com
  With "sharp rises" in shop theft in recent years, the nature of it is changing too - as retail workers in the area dubbed England's shoplifting capital have seen
  
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• Nani urges Man Utd to sign £65m target ahead of Liverpool and Man City

  12-12-2025 09:21 via metro.co.uk
  Semenyo’s release clause will be active in January (Picture: Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA)Former Manchester United star Nani has urged the club to make a move for Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo in the January transfer window.Semenyo signed a new contract at the Vitality Stadium last summer despite interest from United and Tottenham but that deal included a release clause that becomes active next month.The Ghana international can leave Bournemouth for £65million before 10 Janu
  
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• Terrifying WW3 map shows '250,000 Brits would die' if three likeliest sites were nuked

  12-12-2025 09:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As tensions with Russia continue to intensify over its ongoing war of aggression in Ukraine, a terrifying map has laid bare the damage that could be caused by a nuclear strike on three targets in the UK
  
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• New 'MIS' intelligence service launched as UK faces 'increasing hostile threat'

  12-12-2025 09:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The government said the 'major overhaul' of intelligence comes amid rising threats from hostile states and terrorists
  
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• King Charles to give cancer update in personal message tonight

  12-12-2025 09:13 via metro.co.uk
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageThe King has recorded a video message in support of the Stand Up To Cancer campaign, and will likely give an update about his own recovery journey.Charles’s pre-recorded message, which will stress the importance of cancer screening programmes to help early diagnosis, will be broadcast on Friday evening as part of the joint campaign by Cancer Research U
  
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• ‘Uneven’ but delightful church crime caper Wake Up Dead Man now streaming on Netflix

  12-12-2025 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is arriving in cinemas this week ahead of streaming on Netflix (Picture: Netflix)Daniel Craig’s gentleman detective Benoit Blanc is back again for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, freshly landed on Netflix today.It’s the third entry in writer-director Rian Johnson’s franchise, which has revitalised the murder mystery genre for movies.Known for twists in cases and teases around Blanc’s personal life – it now turns out he
  
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• Taylor Swift reveals moment she broke down over Southport attack in new documentary

  12-12-2025 09:00 via bbc.com
  Backstage footage shows the singer in tears after meeting survivors of the attack during her world tour.
  
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• Kate Winslet’s festive directorial debut is enough to warm your chestnuts

  12-12-2025 09:00 via metro.co.uk
  Goodbye June is sentimental but not too schmaltzy (Picture: Netflix, AP)Kate Winslet’s directorial debut is a full-on family affair – both on and off screen.This sweet and weepy Christmas Netflix movie is written by her 21-year-old son Joe Anders – her only child with her second ex-husband, theatre and filmmaker Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty).Anders tapped out Goodbye June while he was still a film school student, and Winslet was ‘so proud’ that she vowed to
  
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• Outback wrangler Matt Wright sentenced to 10 months in prison

  12-12-2025 08:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matt Wright has been sent to jail for trying to interfere in an investigation into the death of his co-star Chris 'Willow' Wilson.
  
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• Charlie Kirk ‘assassin’ Tyler Robinson smirks in court before his mum sobs after being removed from room

  12-12-2025 08:54 via metro.co.uk
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageTyler Robinson, the man suspected of shooting and killing right-wing influencer, smirked as he appeared in court while his mum broke down in tears.The 22-year-old, from Utah, is on trial for aggravated murder after dad-of-two Kirk was shot dead in front of a crowd of students at Utah Valley University.
  Kirk, 33, was on campus to debate students as part of hi
  
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• Sick acts of bestiality producer 'Beast Boy' revealed

  12-12-2025 08:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colin Baker - who used the online handle 'Beast Boy' - filmed himself molesting a number of barnyard animals and dogs.
  
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• Moment thug launches frenzied murder bid on train as he stabs terrified passengers with broken Buckfast bottle

  12-12-2025 08:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thomas Craig, 48, was filmed jumping out of his seat aboard the carriage between Glasgow Queen Street and Perth on February 16, last year.
  
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• Flu surge a challenge for NHS 'unlike any' since pandemic, Streeting says

  12-12-2025 08:51 via bbc.com
  The health secretary also warns planned strikes by resident doctors next week could be the "Jenga piece that collapses" the NHS.
  
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• Mum set on fire after answering door left unrecognisable and 'might not make it'

  12-12-2025 08:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alexis Lee Campion is fighting for her life in hospital after answering the door to a thug who doused her in an accelerant and set her on fire
  
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• Britain ‘on a war footing’ and ‘conflict is knocking on Europe’s door’, Army minister warns

  12-12-2025 08:46 via metro.co.uk
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageBritain is ‘on a war footing’ as a bloodbath is knocking on Europe’s door, the UK’s armed forces minister has said.
  The Army minister, Al Carns, said the country is close to a conflict and that the ‘shadow of war was at Europe’s door.’
  His warning comes after Nato’s general secretary, Mark Rutte, urged all memb
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 release ‘Thank You’ update for 9 Game Awards wins

  12-12-2025 08:41 via metro.co.uk
  What makes you think Sandfall are French? (Credits: EPA)There’s no award for guessing what was named Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025 but developer Sandfall Interactive has already found a way to thank fans.It’s been obvious for months that indie role-player Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was going to sweep The Game Awards this year and that’s exactly what’s happened, with nine wins in total – including Game of the Year.The developers, who were all dressed in
  
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• UK on 'recession watch' as figures show economy slipped into the red even BEFORE Chancellor's tax-bomb Budget - with fury at Reeves for 'sapping confidence'

  12-12-2025 08:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GDP was down 0.1 per cent in October, defying hopes of a bounceback following a 0.1 per cent decline in September and flatlining in August.
  
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• Conor McGregor 'to marry his long-term fiancee at the Vatican today'

  12-12-2025 08:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  insiders said the wedding between the mixed martial arts fighter, 37, and Ms Devlin, 38, with whom he has four children, is set to take place at the Chiesa di Santo Stefano degli Abissini.
  
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• Harry and Meghan announce they are producing a film about 'Girl Scouts baking cookies' - as Duchess shares rarely seen childhood photo with her mother Doria

  12-12-2025 08:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Sussex said being part of taking the movie Cookie Queens to the Sundance Film Festival was 'absolutely irresistible'.
  
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• Geminid meteor shower set to light up sky during weekend peak

  12-12-2025 08:37 via bbc.com
  The meteor shower peaks this weekend with dark skies giving the UK a good chance of seeing them, weather-permitting
  
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