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Channel 4 News admits output featured Hamas official’s son also linked to BBC documentary on Gaza

Channel 4 insists it is “proud of its duly impartial coverage” throughout the conflict in Gaza adding that it “has upheld the highest editorial standards”.

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With Love, Meghan: Questions remain about how royal couple’s new life is working out – and show needs to succeed

The overly perfect presentation of the food and flower arrangements, the saccharine, some may say cheesy, delivery is not usually our cup of tea. But that doesn’t mean it won’t land well.
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With Love, Meghan, is a big departure from big TV events, like the Oprah interview. Pic: Jake Rosenberg/Netflix

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BBC apologises over controversial Gaza documentary, with chairman calling it ‘a dagger to the heart’

Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone featured narration from the son of Hamas’s deputy minister of agriculture. Consequently, it’s been pulled from iPlayer.
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BBC director general Tim Davie and chairman Samir Shah. Pic: PA

Matt Lucas apologises to Millie Bobby Brown after actress hits out at ‘bullying’

The comedian, 50, wrote “no but yeah but” – a phrase used by delinquent teenager Vicky Pollard in Little Britain – on an X post of pictures of the Stranger Things star.
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Jake Bongiovi and Millie Bobby Brown at Netflix’s “The Electric State” world premiere.
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Matt Lucas as Vicky Pollard in 2005. Pic: Shutterstock

Bill Dare: Spitting Image producer dies after accident abroad

Celebrities including David Baddiel, Jon Culshaw, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Mark Steel pay tribute to comedy writer Bill Dare, who worked on Spitting Image, Dead Ringers and The Now Show.
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Oasis depicted on Spitting Image in 1996. Pic: ITV/Shutterstock

The Crown actor Khalid Abdalla ‘told to attend police interview’ over pro-Palestinian protest

The 44-year-old actor said the “right to protest” is under attack in the UK after he received a letter “summoning” him to an interview.
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Khalid Abdalla at the premiere for season six of The Crown. Pic: Reuters

Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years dies

The couple met outside a Nashville laundrette where she said a tall, handsome man swept her off her feet
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Parton, 78, said ‘words can’t do justice to the love we shared’. Pic: AP

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Parton pictured performing at a Dallas Cowboys game in November 2023. Pic: Reuters

With Love, Meghan: What we learnt from Duchess of Sussex’s new Netflix series

Meghan’s new Netflix series sees her invite friends over, where they talk about her personal “tips and tricks”. From her first jobs growing up to what she was like on the Suits set, here are some things we learnt about the duchess.
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Mindy Kaling.
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Pic: Jenna Peffley/Netflix

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Meghan with Delfina Blaquier. Pic: Netflix

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Branden Aroyan and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Pic: Netflix

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Matt Cohen, Brian Kocinski, Heather Dorak, Doria Ragland, Prince Harry, Genevieve Hillis, Julian Zafjen, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Pic: Netflix

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with Guy. Pic: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

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Heather Dorak, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Genevieve Hillis, Julian Zafjen, Kelly Zafjen, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Pic: Jake Rosenberg/Netflix

Scottish painter Jack Vettriano dies

Vettriano’s 1992 painting The Singing Butler became a best-selling image in Britain.
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The Singing Butler became a best-selling image in Britain. Pic: PA

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Sweet Bird Of Youth. Pic: Jack Vettriano/PA

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The Billy Boys. Pic: Jack Vettriano/PA

Gene Hackman: Morgan Freeman makes emotional Oscars tribute to ‘a giant and a dear friend’

Morgan Freeman starred alongside Gene Hackman in the films Under Suspicion and Unforgiven, which won him his second Oscar.
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Morgan Freeman pays tribute to Gene Hackman at the Oscars. Pic: AP/Chris Pizzello

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Gene Hackman with his Oscar in 1993. Pic: AP