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When The Exorcist came out in 1973 my mum went to see it at the cinema even though she was only 15. She said during the screening that many people passed out in shock and horror and had to be attended to by paramedics.

Tributes have poured in for actor Robbie Coltrane, who has died at the age of 72. Miriam Margolyes described her former Harry Potter co-star, who played Hagrid in the film franchise, as "huge in stature" and "in heart". Actor Stephen Fry, who starred with Coltrane in the TV show Alfresco, said...

Piers Morgan Finally Backtracks On Jab Mandates & Passports The backtracking makes Truss look like an amateur

A robot has told the House of Lords that AI is a "threat and opportunity"...

King Charles III's and Queen Camilla's Coronation to be on Saturday 6th May

And what a cuck Sir William Hamilton was! He was such an admirer of Nelson after his escapades against the French - escapades which led to Nelson losing an arm, most of his teeth and developing a bad cough - that he tolerated his wife Emma falling in love with and having an affair (and a...

Emma Hamilton, Nelson's mistress, was born in 1765 not far from Liverpool and died in 1815 in Calais after taking copious amounts of alcohol and laudanum. Emma was known at the time for being a remarkable beauty. She had long auburn hair and her peaches-and-cream complexion was described as a...

It was once customary for the British to give small locks of their hair, when alive or dead, to loved ones and close friends as tokens. This is not the only lock of Nelson's hair. His pigtail, which he intended to give to his mistress Lady Hamilton - with whom he had a daughter called Horatia -...

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If the Australians don't want a royal on their banknotes then they shouldn't have voted to keep their monarchy back in 1999.

Creeslough: Victims of explosion named by police BBC News Ten red candles were lit at St Michael's church for the 10 victims of the explosion The names of those killed in the explosion in County Donegal on Friday have been released by the Gardaí. The blast happened in the village of...

The two Euro 2020 finalists England and Italy are to face each other in the Euro 2024 qualifiers. The two have been drawn today in Group C alongside Ukraine, North Macedonia and Malta. The tournament is being held in Germany. Group A: Spain, Scotland, Norway, Georgia, Cyprus Group B...

Liverpool will host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, beating Glasgow in the bidding. Ukraine won this year's contest and the winning country usually hosts it the year after, but the war in Ukraine means the competition cannot be held there next year. So the UK, which finished second in this...

A young girl is among 10 people confirmed dead following an explosion at a petrol station in Milford, County Donegal, in what has been described as a "freak accident". The victims are four men, three women, a teenage boy, a teenage girl, and a primary school aged girl, according to Milford...

Slipknot - "Medicine For The Dead" (2022)

King Charles will not attend COP27, says Palace BBC News Saturday 1st October 2022 King Charles will not attend the climate change conference COP27, which is due to be held in Egypt later this year, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. The Palace was responding to a story in The Sunday Times...

Brooch containing Lord Nelson's hair sells for thousands BBC News Saturday 24th September 2022 Horatio Nelson was born in Norfolk and was the sixth child of the Reverend Edmund Nelson and his wife Catherine A brooch containing a lock of Lord Nelson's hair, given to an officer who fought...

Ceremony for Flag Fen Iron Age roundhouse BBC News Saturday 1st October 2022 The Iron Age roundhouse exterior will be painted with white clay and red and yellow patterns A "fantastic bunch of volunteers" have built a replica Iron Age roundhouse on a large Bronze Age causeway dating back 3,500...

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