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Former Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain claimed the BBC will ‘keep you until you’re of no use to them’ after her shows were axed

Great British Bake Off icon Nadiya Hussain claims she wasn’t given a “definitive reason” for the axing of her BBC programmes. The star, 40, fronted several food series for the BBC since winning GBBO in 2015 – when the show was on BBC1 – including Nadiya Bakes, Nadiya’s Fast Flavours and Nadiya’s Simple Spices.

However, in June, Nadiya revealed in a post shared on social media that BBC bosses had “decided they didn’t want to commission the show any more”, which she described as a “huge turning point”. This week, Nadiya claimed the BBC will “keep you until you’re of no use to them” during a chat with Paul C Brunson in the We Need To Talk podcast.

She was asked whether she was fired for speaking out and she responded: “I worked with the BBC for a really long time, and there’s points where I’ve kind of looked at working with other channels and other broadcasters, the feedback they gave us was you’re too BBC.

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“I kind of accepted in my head that I was very BBC, I suppose it means that they’ve got me exactly where they want me, I’m utterly unbiased, and just… you’re neutral, and I am not neutral, I have opinions and I have things to say.

“They’ll keep you ’til you’re of no use to them, and I think that’s what happened. Essentially, I got lots of reasons why they couldn’t commission the show, I had kind of rough reasons as to why they said that they couldn’t commission the show, but no definitive, ‘this is why we are not commissioning your show’.

“Considering my show got great ratings every year, like really good ratings, I can’t see there’s a reason why my show wasn’t recommissioned.”

Nadiya claimed the BBC told her to say she was focusing on “different projects” when he show was not recommissioned despite it being further from the truth.

Instead, she posted a social media statement. At the time, she suggested that the TV industry “doesn’t always support Muslim women like me”.

The chef said: “The BBC have decided that they didn’t want to commission a show. And for me, that was a huge turning point because it’s something I’ve done for the past 10 years.

“I was already on this steady trajectory of change and I was thinking about where I wanted my career to go, and when the BBC decided they didn’t want to commission the show anymore, it really did kind of solidify everything for me, and it made me dig my heels in and think ‘OK, I know where I want to be’.”

She added: “As a Muslim woman, I work in an industry that doesn’t always support people like me or recognise my talent or full potential. There’s a lot of gaslighting, making me feel like what’s actually happening isn’t happening.”

A BBC spokesperson said: “After several wonderful series we have made the difficult decision not to commission another cookery show with Nadiya Hussain at the moment. Nadiya remains a much valued part of the BBC family, and we look forward to working together on future projects.”

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A royal source has told the Mirror that Prince William is still ‘deeply wounded’ by the allegations levelled against him by Prince Harry in his various interviews and memoir, Spare

Prince William remains “deeply wounded” by Prince Harry and has no plans to contact him – even if he reconciles with other Royal Family members, according to an source.

It is said that King Charles would welcome a reunion with his youngest son the Duke of Sussex, as long as he scales back his public attacks on the family and stops the “endless” interviews. It comes after senior aides to both father and son held a secret peace summit last week – said to be a “significant” step in reuniting the feuding pair. At least three representatives from either side were seen speaking at the Royal Over-Seas League which sits just three minutes from Clarence House.

The meeting has prompted many to wonder if the aides had been discussing a possible meeting between the King and Harry, when he is due to visit the UK in September. However, no representatives for William, who also has an extremely rocky relationship with his brother, were at the meeting.

And a royal source told the Mirror that the Prince of Wales is still reeling over his falling out with his brother, as he continues to struggle with claims made by Harry in various interviews and in his autobiography Spare.

The source said: “The Prince of Wales remains deeply wounded by Prince Harry’s various allegations in his memoir and endless broadcast interviews over the last few years.

“There are no plans to either make contact with or arrange to see the Duke of Sussex in the near future and regardless of any members of the family seeking reconciliation, that is certainly not on the prince’s mind. Both the Prince and Princess of Wales are entirely focussed on their various important duties and their own family.”

It comes as a close friend of the Waleses has also spoken out over the potential reconciliation, telling MailOnline that William and his wife Kate had not been made aware of the meeting, and had been deliberately left out.

“It’s no coincidence that William and Catherine did not have a representative at the Royal Over-Seas League,” says one of the royal couple’s alleged friends. “They were not asked to send anyone and will be treating the talks with extreme caution.”

The insider close to the Waleses referred to one of the biggest obstacles in the way of a “rapprochement process” between the Sussexes and the rest of the royal family: the loss of trust.

While the royals haven’t been on speaking terms with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Sussexes have made the most of their platform by engaging in several tell-all interviews in which they dropped several allegations against the Firm, as Harry also did in his autobiography Spare.

But if any reconciliation is to be on the cards between father and son, one source warned it would only come if Harry, 40, stops conducting “endless rounds of broadcast interviews as his only way of communication”.

A source previously told the Mirror : “The King has consistently shown he loves both his sons and as he has done in the past is prepared to meet Harry when their diaries allow such an occasion. It’s not unusual for aides from different households to meet, especially when there is a new influx of staff starting their roles, but of course this is a significant moment.

“Senior members of the family have in the past said to Harry that he must both stop his attacks on the family as well as giving endless rounds of broadcast interviews as his only way of communication. If there is a period of calm and reflection on the part of the Duke of Sussex, then there may be a way forward for him to begin along the road of repairing his relationship with his father.”

Harry recently made public his desire to bury the hatchet with his family, saying in a tell-all interview with the BBC in May that he “would love a reconciliation” with the King and William, as he admitted that he was tired of fighting, and he worried about Charles’ health because he did “not know how much longer [his] father has.” In the interview, the Duke even said: “I would like to get my father and brother back.”

A ticketless Oasis fan has claimed he snuck into the band’s sold-out Manchester reunion gig and walked through security unnoticed before making it to the front of the crowd

One Oasis fan who couldn’t get a ticket for the band’s massive Manchester reunion concert claims he successfully faked his way into the event by dressing as a litter picker.

The Britpop legends performed at Heaton Park over the weekend, their first time back on a Manchester stage in 16 years. With 80,000 fans in attendance and tickets sold out well in advance, many were left outside the gates. While some fans camped behind barriers just to hear the music, others attempted to breach the venue by more creative means.

John Spilsbury, a 42-year-old transport planner from Alfreton, Cheshire, says he used a far more subtle approach.

Donning a yellow hi-vis vest and armed with a bin bag and rubbish grabber, he walked confidently through the gates. “No ticket, no problem,” he wrote in a social media post alongside photos of himself in disguise and later enjoying the gig.

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“When you can’t get a ticket for Oasis, so take a hi-viz and grabber and pretend to be a litter picker then walk straight into front standing,” he added.

According to John, security didn’t even try to stop him as he claims he even spent about “30 minutes” picking up litter inside the venue before blending into the crowd near the front of the stage. Once the show began, he removed his gear and joined the party to belt out the iconic lyrics to songs including WonderWall and Don’t Look Back In Anger.

Fans online were quick to praise his cheeky tactic as some called him a “legend” and a “genius”, while others joked about the next concerts being overrun with fake cleaners. “There’ll be 6,000 litter pickers at the next gig,” one person wrote. “Wembley’s going to be spotless,” added another.

While John’s stunt was lighthearted, security at the reunion weekend faced more serious challenges.

On Friday, as many as 50 fans reportedly turned up with a ladder in an attempt to climb the perimeter fence. On Saturday, large groups were seen rushing the gates as Liam and Noel Gallagher took the stage shortly after 8 p.m.

Three more Oasis shows are set to take place at Heaton Park this week, on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday, before the band continues the reunion tour with five major shows at Wembley Stadium in London.

Given how high demand has been, and the lengths fans are willing to go, organisers may be facing a fresh security headache ahead of the next dates.

The Mirror has approached Manchester City Council, which operates Heaton Park, for comment on this story.

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