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A comedy present that was cancelled as a result of the preliminary venue objected to the presence of Father Ted author Graham Linehan has determined to placed on a efficiency outdoors the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.Earlier, Comedy Unleashed stated a second venue had additionally pulled out, including that particulars of a 3rd location had been emailed to ticketholders. "Our replacement venue has cancelled on us too, but we're still going ahead tonight at 7.30!", it posted on X, previously often known as Twitter.At 7.15pm, comic Andrew Doyle tweeted that Linehan and the opposite acts "will do the gig on a small stage outside the Scottish parliament at Holyrood".He added: "This show is happening, whether these approve or not." Twitter ...

Former cricket umpire Dickie Bird has described saying "goodbye" to Sir Michael Parkinson the day earlier than he died - with the buddies having an unstated feeling it will be their last chat.Bird was emotional as he recalled his last phrases together with his good friend of 74 years - who died on Wednesday evening after a brief sickness. "I was completely shocked because I only spoke to him yesterday. We had a long chat yesterday," he advised Sky News."I know he hasn't been well, he hasn't been well at all, and his voice yesterday - it didn't sound as if it was strong. It was a weak voice. I knew then there was something wrong with him."The 90-year-old broke down as he remembered his parting dialog with the TV presenter. "We cracked a few jokes together, we had a few tears i...

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RTE says it has no plans to carry again Ireland's greatest TV star after negotiations with him broke down.Ryan Tubridy has been on the centre of an argument over the beneath declaration of his wage by €345,000 (£295,000) between 2017 and 2022.The revelation sparked a backlash towards the presenter - already the Irish broadcaster's highest-paid star with a wage of €440,000 (£375,500) in 2021 - as a result of they got here at a time at which the cash-strapped broadcaster was making cuts elsewhere.RTE director-general Kevin Bakhurst says Tubridy is not going to return to the channel after belief between the events had "broken down". Content Source: information.sky.com

A comic who had greater than 35,000 indecent photos of youngsters has been spared jail.Tom Binns, whose character is a hospital DJ referred to as Ivan Brackenbury and who has appeared on Channel 4's 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, pleaded responsible final November. The 53-year-old, whose full identify is Christopher Thomas Binns, admitted 5 counts of creating indecent photos of youngsters and one in every of possessing a prohibited picture.He was discovered to have 1000's of photos on a number of units, Derby Crown Court heard.Prosecutor Lauren Fisher stated 104 class A indecent photos - probably the most critical - have been found, together with 411 in class B and 34,946 in class C. Ms Fisher additionally stated three prohibited photos have been discovered, together with o...

Sir Michael Parkinson's interviews are among the many most memorable in British broadcasting.Interviewing high-profile celebrities from either side of the Atlantic, he sat down with the likes of Madonna, Sir Elton John and Tom Cruise - in addition to Sir Tony Blair and Boris Johnson. 'Greatest interviewer of our time'; observe tribute updatesBut out of greater than 800 episodes of his chat present, he might be remembered for only a choose few - and never all of them for the correct causes. Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant 1:50 ...

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Coleen Rooney has damaged her silence on her "Wagatha Christie" court docket battle towards Rebekah Vardy, saying: "What I said in that post, I still stick by today."Rooney, the spouse of former England star Wayne, publicly claimed in October 2019 that Vardy, who's married to Leicester City striker Jamie, shared three faux tales posted on her private Instagram account with The Sun newspaper. Her on-line sleuthing - which concerned posting false tales and limiting who might see them - drew comparisons to Agatha Christie, the famed crime novelist.Recalling the night time earlier than, Rooney stated in an interview with British Vogue: "I'd started thinking about what I was going to do. I just wanted these stories to stop."So I began writing what I needed to say after which the f...

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Broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has died on the age of 88.His agent mentioned he died peacefully at residence within the firm of his household on Wednesday night time, following a short sickness.Sir Michael, a former journalist, was considered one of British tv's most well-known faces via his discuss present Parkinson, which initially ran on the BBC from 1971 to 1982. He relaunched the present in 1998 earlier than it moved to ITV in 2004, remaining on air till he retired the programme in 2007.Over greater than 800 episodes, the TV host affectionately referred to as Parky interviewed among the world's most high-profile figures - together with Muhammad Ali, Sir Elton John, Tom Cruise, Helen Mirren and George Michael - and helped make comic Sir Billy Connolly a family title.Re...