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Kneecap claimed there is a ‘state-wide witch-hunt against Palestinian solidarity’ as they issued a statement after it was announced prosecutors will appeal against a court’s decision to throw out the terrorism case against Mo Chara

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Kneecap have issued a defiant response after it was announced prosecutors will appeal against a court’s decision to throw out the terrorism case against one-third of its members, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh. In the statement shared on social media, the Belfast trio claimed there is a “state-wide witch-hunt against Palestinian solidarity.”

The 27-year-old musician, who goes by Mo Chara, was accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah at a concert in November 2024. Mo Chara’s legal team argued that the case should be thrown out, citing what they say was a technical flaw in how the charge was issued. The court agreed, and the case was dismissed last month.

In a short statement, the Crown Prosecution Service said it would be appealing against the decision because “we believe there is an important point of law which needs to be clarified”.

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Kneecap recently responded to the plans to appeal in a statement shared on their page. The H.O.O.D rappers said: “A Message to the Police (British) State

“News of a Crown Prosecution Service Appeal against the ruling of their own judge is unsurprising. He ruled the charge was ‘unlawful and null’ and it was.

“It is unsurprising because this whole process has not been driven by the police or the courts, it has been driven by politicans backed up by British media. This is political policing.

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“There is no ‘important point of law’. The CPS have submitted nothing new in their appeal. What there is though, is a state wide witch-hunt against Palestinian solidarity. The media were gleefully informed about this appeal before we were.”

In another slide, they added: “Once again this is a massive waste of taxpayers money, of police time, of court time. Once again there are endless news reports about Mo Chara, about Kneecap but we are NOT the story.

“Yesterday 104 Palestinians were murdered in Gaza and hundreds more maimed as Israel commits genocide. Entire families wiped out, people bombed to pieces as they slept, young kids with limbs blown off and no medicaine to treat them.

“This is aided and supported by the British State. We will fight you in your court again. We will win again. FREE PALESTINE / TIOCHFAIDH ÁR LÁ.”

The chief magistrate labelled the decision to charge Ó hAnnaidh as “unlawful” as he dismissed the case while sitting at Woolwich Crown Court on September 26.

After the hearing last month, he said: “This entire process was never about me. It was never about any threat to the public, it was never about terrorism – a word used by your Government to discredit people you oppress.

“It was always about Gaza, about what happens if you dare to speak up.”

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One Celebrity Big Brother star has said an experience with Posh Spice gave her PTSD after banning her from ‘glancing’ in Victoria Beckham’s direction

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Ahead of the release of Victoria Beckham’s Netflix documentary, Celebrity Big Brother star Liz Jones has said the former Spice Girl gave her post traumatic stress disorder.

Writing a first-person piece, Liz headlined her piece: “I’ve seen the real Victoria Beckham… her actions gave me PTSD” but started by discussing the documentary, which follows Victoria’s fashion career, and praised the singer for taking a chance on starting a business instead of putting her feet up like she could’ve done given husband David Beckham’s football wealth.

However, before long, Liz was diving into her personal history with Victoria. “I first met Victoria at the British Fashion Awards in the late Nineties. She was as small as a sparrow in a Julien Macdonald cobweb dress, and although I was the editor of a fashion magazine, Marie Claire, she still gazed over my shoulder, searching for someone more useful to butter up.”

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She added in her column for the Daily Mail that their next encounter was “even less warm”. Liz had organised a cover shoot for Marie Claire with Victoria and it was to happen in Paris. She said the organisation was so stressful that “even now, calling her new PR triggers my PTSD”.

Liz explained how Victoria complained about the Eurostar, despite almost missing it. “Victoria and her entourage almost missed the Eurostar. She insisted on bringing her new baby, Brooklyn; a message I received from the train was that the carriage ‘doesn’t look first class.”

According to Liz, the rest of the shoot went well, but everything “kicked off when [Victoria] arrived back in London”. The former editor said Victoria hated the headline and threatened to sue if a picture of her and then baby Brooklyn was included. “She was a tiger mum from the start,” Liz wrote.

“Victoria is all about control,” Liz added when discussing how she felt the singer disliked her more when she moved to the Daily Mail. She added that when she attended the launch of Victoria’s ad campaign for Marc Jacobs in 2008, she was immediately told “on no account could I approach Victoria, and that I also ‘must not look at her’.”

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“Do not even glance in her direction,” the PR is reported to have said. Liz went on to explain how she was “barred” from further Victoria Beckham shows, despite positively reviewing her work.

The former editor then continued to heap praise onto Victoria, who she said was talented, even if she still feels like “acne-ridden teenager, desperate to belong” as she is reported to describe herself in the new documentary.

But Liz then added that we shouldn’t “blame [Victoria] too much” for her rude behaviour. “Don’t blame her too much. It’s easy for those who find themselves accepted into that luxe world, from the influencers to the editors and the clients, to have their heads turned. When Victoria lost her luggage at Heathrow, her first thought was to have a minion call Dolce and Gabbana, who duly couriered a complete wardrobe to her home. It’s an entitled world, you see it all the time.”

The Mirror has reached out to Victoria’s reps for comment.

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One Celebrity Big Brother star has said an experience with Posh Spice gave her PTSD after banning her from ‘glancing’ in Victoria Beckham’s direction

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Ahead of the release of Victoria Beckham’s Netflix documentary, Celebrity Big Brother star Liz Jones has said the former Spice Girl gave her post traumatic stress disorder.

Writing a first-person piece, Liz headlined her piece: “I’ve seen the real Victoria Beckham… her actions gave me PTSD” but started by discussing the documentary, which follows Victoria’s fashion career, and praised the singer for taking a chance on starting a business instead of putting her feet up like she could’ve done given husband David Beckham’s football wealth.

However, before long, Liz was diving into her personal history with Victoria. “I first met Victoria at the British Fashion Awards in the late Nineties. She was as small as a sparrow in a Julien Macdonald cobweb dress, and although I was the editor of a fashion magazine, Marie Claire, she still gazed over my shoulder, searching for someone more useful to butter up.”

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She added in her column for the Daily Mail that their next encounter was “even less warm”. Liz had organised a cover shoot for Marie Claire with Victoria and it was to happen in Paris. She said the organisation was so stressful that “even now, calling her new PR triggers my PTSD”.

Liz explained how Victoria complained about the Eurostar, despite almost missing it. “Victoria and her entourage almost missed the Eurostar. She insisted on bringing her new baby, Brooklyn; a message I received from the train was that the carriage ‘doesn’t look first class.”

According to Liz, the rest of the shoot went well, but everything “kicked off when [Victoria] arrived back in London”. The former editor said Victoria hated the headline and threatened to sue if a picture of her and then baby Brooklyn was included. “She was a tiger mum from the start,” Liz wrote.

“Victoria is all about control,” Liz added when discussing how she felt the singer disliked her more when she moved to the Daily Mail. She added that when she attended the launch of Victoria’s ad campaign for Marc Jacobs in 2008, she was immediately told “on no account could I approach Victoria, and that I also ‘must not look at her’.”

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“Do not even glance in her direction,” the PR is reported to have said. Liz went on to explain how she was “barred” from further Victoria Beckham shows, despite positively reviewing her work.

The former editor then continued to heap praise onto Victoria, who she said was talented, even if she still feels like “acne-ridden teenager, desperate to belong” as she is reported to describe herself in the new documentary.

But Liz then added that we shouldn’t “blame [Victoria] too much” for her rude behaviour. “Don’t blame her too much. It’s easy for those who find themselves accepted into that luxe world, from the influencers to the editors and the clients, to have their heads turned. When Victoria lost her luggage at Heathrow, her first thought was to have a minion call Dolce and Gabbana, who duly couriered a complete wardrobe to her home. It’s an entitled world, you see it all the time.”

The Mirror has reached out to Victoria’s reps for comment.

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Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst has opened up about her 4-year-old son’s health scare that turned their Budapest life into a nightmare

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Kirsten Dunst has shared details of her son’s “horrible” health emergency that had her entire family running back to Los Angeles shortly after moving to Budapest, Hungary.

The Bring It On actress shares. two children with her husband Jesse Plemons – Ennis and James. The family moved to Budapest in January and planned to live there for six months while Kirsten filmed her upcoming film The Entertainment System is Down.

But, for everyone but the actress, the trip was cut short when James, 4, had a terrifying health scare. Talking on a podcast this week, Kirsten shared how “horrible” the situation was.

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“We all went as a family. We enrolled them in the International School there and then my son had appendicitis and emergency surgery and then recovered for a week and then had a blockage. So basically, my time in Budapest was horrible. It was horrible.”

The NHS explains that appendicitis is when the appendix becomes inflamed and infected, usually because of a bowel obstruction. In 20-30% of cases affecting children, the appendix ruptures and releases the infection to the abdomen. Appendicitis is a common condition but most likely to affect people aged 10-20.

James Bateman, co-host of the SmartLess podcast, where Kirsten was opening up about her son, remarked that it was incredibly uncommon for a 4-year-old to have appendicitis.

Kirsten responded that she was worried the move to Hungary and letting her children drink the water there caused it. “Everyone’s like, ‘Drink the water there.’ So I was like, ‘Yeah, the water’s great.’ And now I’m freaking out, like, ‘Was it the water?’ I don’t know.”

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She added that it was a tough year, but James’ illness got 2025 off to a particularly bad start. “Everyone’s had a s*** year, it seems like, but like the first part of our year was pretty bad.” She didn’t add anymore details but promised James is “fine” now.

Kirsten first met Jesse on the set of the second series of Fargo in 2015, but at the time, she was dating Garrett Hedlund. It is believed that the now married couple started dating in March 2016.

“It was one of those connections where you just know,” Kirsten said in 2020. “But we’re also very respectful people and were mindful of the fact that we were working together intensely.

“After we were done with the show, we’d FaceTime now and then, and I just missed him. I missed being around him. And he did, too. We didn’t get together until the following March, when we’d had the time to realise how much we missed each other and how much we wanted to be in each others’ lives.”

They got engaged in the January of 2017. A year later, Kirsten announced she was pregnant with their first child, Ennis. They had James in 2021 and finally got married in 2022.

Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst has opened up about her 4-year-old son’s health scare that turned their Budapest life into a nightmare

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Kirsten Dunst has shared details of her son’s “horrible” health emergency that had her entire family running back to Los Angeles shortly after moving to Budapest, Hungary.

The Bring It On actress shares. two children with her husband Jesse Plemons – Ennis and James. The family moved to Budapest in January and planned to live there for six months while Kirsten filmed her upcoming film The Entertainment System is Down.

But, for everyone but the actress, the trip was cut short when James, 4, had a terrifying health scare. Talking on a podcast this week, Kirsten shared how “horrible” the situation was.

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“We all went as a family. We enrolled them in the International School there and then my son had appendicitis and emergency surgery and then recovered for a week and then had a blockage. So basically, my time in Budapest was horrible. It was horrible.”

The NHS explains that appendicitis is when the appendix becomes inflamed and infected, usually because of a bowel obstruction. In 20-30% of cases affecting children, the appendix ruptures and releases the infection to the abdomen. Appendicitis is a common condition but most likely to affect people aged 10-20.

James Bateman, co-host of the SmartLess podcast, where Kirsten was opening up about her son, remarked that it was incredibly uncommon for a 4-year-old to have appendicitis.

Kirsten responded that she was worried the move to Hungary and letting her children drink the water there caused it. “Everyone’s like, ‘Drink the water there.’ So I was like, ‘Yeah, the water’s great.’ And now I’m freaking out, like, ‘Was it the water?’ I don’t know.”

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She added that it was a tough year, but James’ illness got 2025 off to a particularly bad start. “Everyone’s had a s*** year, it seems like, but like the first part of our year was pretty bad.” She didn’t add anymore details but promised James is “fine” now.

Kirsten first met Jesse on the set of the second series of Fargo in 2015, but at the time, she was dating Garrett Hedlund. It is believed that the now married couple started dating in March 2016.

“It was one of those connections where you just know,” Kirsten said in 2020. “But we’re also very respectful people and were mindful of the fact that we were working together intensely.

“After we were done with the show, we’d FaceTime now and then, and I just missed him. I missed being around him. And he did, too. We didn’t get together until the following March, when we’d had the time to realise how much we missed each other and how much we wanted to be in each others’ lives.”

They got engaged in the January of 2017. A year later, Kirsten announced she was pregnant with their first child, Ennis. They had James in 2021 and finally got married in 2022.

The producers behind the hit Paddington films and the estate of his creator, Michael Bond, are suing the company behind Spitting Image after it depicted the beloved bear as a foul-mouthed podcast host

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The creators of the popular Paddington films and Michael Bond’s estate, who created the character, are taking legal action against the company behind Spitting Image for portraying the beloved bear as a foul-mouthed podcast host.

As initially reported by Deadline, the claimants, represented by law firm Edwin Coe, have lodged a High Court complaint against Avalon, citing copyright and design right issues.

The details of the claim remain undisclosed, but it follows the release of the Spitting Image YouTube show, The Rest is Bullsh*t!, which features the fictional bear. Avalon, StudioCanal and Michael Bond’s estate declined to comment when approached by the BBC, and Edwin Coe has also been asked for their input.

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For those familiar with the Peruvian bear, who first graced our lives in Bond’s 1958 book, A Bear Called Paddington, the sketch offers a starkly different portrayal of the children’s character. In the Spitting Image parody, Paddington hosts a podcast with Prince Harry, where the bear is seen swearing, advertising guns and robot sex dolls, and confessing to cocaine use.

His accent has morphed into a stereotypically strong South American one, as he reveals he doesn’t really sound like Ben Whishaw, the British actor who voiced his character in the well-loved Paddington films. The pair are shown interviewing Tesla owner Elon Musk, and the footage also includes sketches featuring US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The sketch showed the bear with red eyes and presented him as a drug user. with the puppet of the bear saying: “I am from Peru, motherf*****. I am Paddington Bear from Peru.”

The show is a satirical take on the podcast series The Rest Is…, produced by Gary Lineker’s Goalhanger Productions. In a recent episode, Paddington further references his drug habit.

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The Spitting Image TV show, known for its caricatures of celebrities, politicians and royals, was a massive success for ITV during its original run in the 1980s and 1990s. The Bafta and Emmy award-winning television series originally aired for 18 series between 1984 and 1996, before making a comeback on Britbox from 2020 to 2022. It even inspired a musical. In July this year, a YouTube series featuring shorter episodes of between 10 and 15 minutes was announced.

As reported by The Daily Mail, Paddington movies’ producer StudioCanal is taking legal action against British production company Avalon, who are behind the sketch. StudioCanal has lodged a High Court complaint, with Deadline revealing that the producers have also raised copyright concerns.

Not only was Paddington Bear featured in the sketch, but a puppet of Prince Harry also made an appearance, uttering: “‘I’m here to tell my truth and make a s*** ton of money out of podcasting as I don’t have any discernible talent.”

Despite Paddington not being a Royal like Prince Harry, the sketch could still ruffle some feathers among Royal enthusiasts, particularly given the bear’s connection to Queen Elizabeth II. This is due to Paddington Bear’s appearance in a video marking the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022.

In the clip, Her Majesty is seen enjoying afternoon tea at Buckingham Palace with the CGI bear, voiced by Ben Whishaw. The video was viewed globally, with miniature Paddington Bear toys left at the Palace gates following the Queen’s passing in September 2022.

Earlier this year two men were arrested after a newly installed Paddington Bear statue was cut in half and stolen from its perch on a bench. The statue of the beloved fictional bear, which had only been unveiled last October, was damaged and part of it stolen in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to Thames Valley Police. Paddington’s remains left an outline on the bench in Newbury, Berkshire, where the children’s character had once sat.

The arrested men, both 22 and from Basingstoke, are currently in custody facing charges of theft and criminal damage. The stolen piece of the statue has also been retrieved by the officers.

Investigating officer inspector Alan Hawkett said: “The Paddington Bear statue is a beloved part of Newbury so we have been doing everything we can to locate it and the offenders. I am delighted we have made two arrests and recovered the statue, which we will keep safe and support its restoration to its rightful place in Northbrook Street.”