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Lord Charles Brocket, a peer and reality television star, will not stand trial for alleged sexual assault and rape until late 2027.

Lord Brocket, 73, made an appearance at Isleworth Crown Court on Tuesday, finishing fourth overall in the 2004 television series I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

Although his attorney Crispin Aylett KC indicated that he intends to enter a not-guilty plea, he was notarrayed.

In August, Brocket is accused of rape on two counts, two of sexual assault, and one count of engaging in sexual activity without authorization in London.

Prior to a hearing on Monday, he was cleared of one count of sexual assault by penetration in the village of Warbleton, East Sussex.

Judge Martin Edmunds KC, the recorder of the Royal Borough of Kensington, informed him that a trial will be held there on November 1st, 2027.

The senior judge apologized to Brocket, saying that the trial is expected to last seven days because it is still in the early stages of the case, but priority must be given to cases with an increasing backlog of cases appearing in court and those in custody.

Prior to the pre-trial preparation hearing, Brocket of Fulham, west London, had only been asked to confirm his name and birthdate.

As the attorneys went over the administrative details, he sat quietly in the dock while sporting a slate grey suit and a white open-neck shirt.

A case management hearing scheduled for January 9, 2026, for which Brocket was conditionally bailed, was set for January 9, 2026.

On October 7, 2027, a pre-trial review was scheduled to take place in order to prepare for the trial.

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After sharing the “hack” on social media, the supermarket has enthralled customers.

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Aldi has told shoppers in an announcement that it is no longer “gatekeeping” a ‘secret hack’ its admin team ‘has been keeping’. Taking to Facebook, the supermarket confirmed what the supermarket’s team uses to achieve “gorgeous, glossy hair”.

The supermarket is stocking a £4.99 Wonder Mask, and the budget “hack” could be the key to luscious locks for less. The retailer showcased the beauty buy in a tongue-in-cheek Facebook post. Aldi UK wrote: “We’re not gatekeeping any longer, this is Admin’s hack to our gorgeous, glossy hair. Pick up in store now to treat yourself.”

The hair treatment is “perfect for glossy-looking hair,” according to Aldi. The product description states that it contains hydrolyzed vegetable protein, blue sea kale, and algae. The mask also includes heat protection, long-lasting hydration, and deep conditioning, according to the article.

On Facebook, the hair mask gained popularity. The beauty product-related post received a lot of likes. Customers who were excited left comments as well. “Excited!!” was a phrase that was written by some. Tonight, I’m going to use this.

Another fan remarked, “Wow, this is fantastic, we must go get more.” Another user tagged another social media user, asking, “Could you pick me some of this up, next time you’re in Aldi, please,” while another viewer responded, “Ooohhh to add to my collection.”

One of the supermarket’s health and beauty Lacura SpecialBuys is called The Wonder Mask, which means that there is only one item left over. Not just one beauty item from the current SpecialBuys lineup is included.

Haircare enthusiasts may also appreciate the £1.19 Lacura Hair Refine Shampoo. It offers four different options tailored to whether shoppers want to focus on colour, length, oil, or volume.

Another option that might impress beauty shoppers is the £12.99 Makeup Storage, available in black or white. The product description says it is “the perfect way to keep all your makeup in a neat and convenient storage.” The storage box has three drawers, and it has a matte finish.

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Every Thursday and Sunday, Aldi updates its SpecialBuy products. A variety of food, home, and lifestyle items are included in the upcoming drop, which is scheduled for October 2. The categories on Aldi’s website include soft drinks, national curry week, cooking, motoring and travel, and fresh specials.

One item expected to be popular is the £29.99 Soup Maker, which has a capacity of up to approximately 1.6L and comes with a three-year warranty. The product description says: “Add the perfect winter addition to your kitchen and batch-cook soups to keep you warm on these cold evenings.”

Beauty Christmas crackers are a great way to get your hands on best-selling products from top brands without paying a fortune, and these gems sell for a wallet-friendly £22

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First released back in 2023, Cult Beauty’s Beauty Christmas Crackers have been a hit with shoppers during the festive season. Offering shoppers the chance to stock up on £83 worth of makeup, skincare and haircare for a much more affordable £22, saving you an impressive £61.

Save over 70% with this specially curated four-piece collection of make-up must-haves, which includes products from top brands like Charlotte Tilbury. Whether you’re looking to try out cult-favourite products without committing to paying their full price or are looking for simple stocking stuffers this Christmas, this Christmas Cracker is a great way to get your hands on beauty products for a fraction of their worth.

READ MORE: Hair loss sufferer found ‘lumps of hair in shower’ until she took £1-a-day gummies

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Inside the Make-Up Christmas Cracker is the Charlotte Tilbury Colour Chameleon in ‘Pillow Talk’ (full size; 1.6g), which is touted as the perfect product for enhancing your sparkle. This shimmering eyeshadow pencil comes in the bestselling (and forever fan-favourite) nude-pink shade, making it your perfect plus one to every party this festive season.

Elsewhere in the set is the Nudestix Intense Matte Lip + Cheek Pencil in ‘Sunkissed Pink’ (deluxe size; 2.5g), a product that promises to achieve a creamy, smudge-proof flush on your lips and cheeks. This two-in-one pencil boasts a matte finish that is both long-wearing and water-resistant.

The ICONIC London Lip Plumping Gloss in ‘Lovestruck’ or ‘Nearly Nude’ (full size; 5ml) also appears in the Christmas Cracker, boasting a lightweight formula (packed with replenishing aloe vera) that glides effortlessly onto lips, leaving behind a plumped-looking pout with an ultra glossy finish… sans the stickiness.

The fourth product is the Westman Atelier Lit Up Highlight Stick in ‘Nectar’ (deluxe size; 2.5g). Featuring a refreshing jelly-like texture and multi-dimensional undertones, this highlight stick illuminates your complexion (and perfects the glass skin look) with a peach-hued radiance.

One shopper who picked up the Makeup Cracker raves: “This was a fantastic set and the price was amazing. Pretty much pay for one item and get the rest free! I’m not really into glasses so my niece got the Iconic lip gloss and she loved it. The Charlotte Tilbury shadow stick is a lovely suits all colour with great pigment and staying power. The Nudestix product is a summer suited do it all as it can be used on eyes,lips and cheeks. I took it on a recent weekend break in the sun and it was perfect as was the Westman Atelier highlight. Subtle and a nice sheen.”

Another buyer beams: “Bought this for myself – will be the best cracker on the Christmas table. Such excellent value for money and hoping I can resist opening before the big day.”

And a third chimes in: “The contents of this cracker were great value and great products. I love the Westman Atiler highlighter and already have the bronze colour but love it Nectar as it suits my skintone better, especially in winter. You can’t go wrong with a CT shadow stick and I have a few Nudestix products and they’re great multitaskers. I don’t wear lip gloss but I’m going to put it in with my nieces Xmas so every product is a winner. I do love Cult Beauty collection boxes, always nail it.”

For other beauty options, Cult Beauty offers The Hair Care Cracker (worth £68) or The Self Care Cracker (Worth over £70) for the same wallet-friendly price of £22.

Beauty Christmas crackers are a great way to get your hands on best-selling products from top brands without paying a fortune, and these gems sell for a wallet-friendly £22

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First released back in 2023, Cult Beauty’s Beauty Christmas Crackers have been a hit with shoppers during the festive season. Offering shoppers the chance to stock up on £83 worth of makeup, skincare and haircare for a much more affordable £22, saving you an impressive £61.

Save over 70% with this specially curated four-piece collection of make-up must-haves, which includes products from top brands like Charlotte Tilbury. Whether you’re looking to try out cult-favourite products without committing to paying their full price or are looking for simple stocking stuffers this Christmas, this Christmas Cracker is a great way to get your hands on beauty products for a fraction of their worth.

READ MORE: Hair loss sufferer found ‘lumps of hair in shower’ until she took £1-a-day gummies

READ MORE: Vicky Pattison swears by this £9 drugstore primer to keep her Strictly makeup in place

View 2 Images

Inside the Make-Up Christmas Cracker is the Charlotte Tilbury Colour Chameleon in ‘Pillow Talk’ (full size; 1.6g), which is touted as the perfect product for enhancing your sparkle. This shimmering eyeshadow pencil comes in the bestselling (and forever fan-favourite) nude-pink shade, making it your perfect plus one to every party this festive season.

Elsewhere in the set is the Nudestix Intense Matte Lip + Cheek Pencil in ‘Sunkissed Pink’ (deluxe size; 2.5g), a product that promises to achieve a creamy, smudge-proof flush on your lips and cheeks. This two-in-one pencil boasts a matte finish that is both long-wearing and water-resistant.

The ICONIC London Lip Plumping Gloss in ‘Lovestruck’ or ‘Nearly Nude’ (full size; 5ml) also appears in the Christmas Cracker, boasting a lightweight formula (packed with replenishing aloe vera) that glides effortlessly onto lips, leaving behind a plumped-looking pout with an ultra glossy finish… sans the stickiness.

The fourth product is the Westman Atelier Lit Up Highlight Stick in ‘Nectar’ (deluxe size; 2.5g). Featuring a refreshing jelly-like texture and multi-dimensional undertones, this highlight stick illuminates your complexion (and perfects the glass skin look) with a peach-hued radiance.

One shopper who picked up the Makeup Cracker raves: “This was a fantastic set and the price was amazing. Pretty much pay for one item and get the rest free! I’m not really into glasses so my niece got the Iconic lip gloss and she loved it. The Charlotte Tilbury shadow stick is a lovely suits all colour with great pigment and staying power. The Nudestix product is a summer suited do it all as it can be used on eyes,lips and cheeks. I took it on a recent weekend break in the sun and it was perfect as was the Westman Atelier highlight. Subtle and a nice sheen.”

Another buyer beams: “Bought this for myself – will be the best cracker on the Christmas table. Such excellent value for money and hoping I can resist opening before the big day.”

And a third chimes in: “The contents of this cracker were great value and great products. I love the Westman Atiler highlighter and already have the bronze colour but love it Nectar as it suits my skintone better, especially in winter. You can’t go wrong with a CT shadow stick and I have a few Nudestix products and they’re great multitaskers. I don’t wear lip gloss but I’m going to put it in with my nieces Xmas so every product is a winner. I do love Cult Beauty collection boxes, always nail it.”

For other beauty options, Cult Beauty offers The Hair Care Cracker (worth £68) or The Self Care Cracker (Worth over £70) for the same wallet-friendly price of £22.

Fans of the trio have been trying to determine which of the three gin brands is best because Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond have all created their own.

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Top Gear enthusiasts are grappling with deciding which member of the iconic trio is producing the finest gin. Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond each boast their own gin brand, leaving devotees of the threesome pondering which beverage reigns supreme.

The Grand Tour hosts ended their adored Amazon Prime program last year, but they now have a range of gins and ales that they have used to enter the beverage sector. The trio, who each launched their own liquor businesses separately, created a number of beverages, including Clarkson’s Hawkstone lager.

Enthusiasts are now attempting to determine which of the three gins is superior, with the general opinion that one outweighs the other two.

A fan posted to the r/ClarksonsFarm Reddit forum, enquiring whether people had sampled all three gins from the former Top Gear hosts.

They posed the question, “Have you seen that Top Gear three of the top three can now sell gin?” Jeremy Clarkson’s “Hawstone Gin” costs $37. The Asian Parsnip variation of James’ Gin sells for £33, whereas the British brand is only available in 50 bottles. 99.

Ratio London Dry Gin, a gin from Hammond, costs £44 on Amazon. 50. Residents of the UK can still purchase the three gins, despite imports that have occurred and international gin sales.

One person said, “I don’t drink gin. However, from what we’ve seen, I’d assume that James has the best version. “

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Another party who had tried the drinks afterward confirmed James May’s gin was a top-notch tipple. They continued, “James Gin is very good; I’m just not sure if it’s worth the $50-ish price per bottle.”

There are plenty of good bottles at my ABC Store for $35, so go to that instead. My last bottle was the American Rumstad, which was a nice novelty and quite tasty. “

Another agreed, adding that the three bottles’ most “straightforward” gin is May’s. I’ve had three Mays and three Clarkson’s, according to a gin fan. They all had some solidity. The May gins were a little more straightforward than the Clarkson gins because of the funky aromatics used. “

A third person said, “May’s gin is the best (shoutout out to Rhub***ard Cider from Clarkson, though),” having tried all three. “

Hawkstone Gin was recommended by Clarkson’s Farm’s fans as well.

The best ingredients from the Scottish Highlands and the rolling Oxfordshire hills are combined in this gin, which also includes premium wheat grown on local farms. “

Ratio London Dry, which Richard Hammond described as “the countryside in a gin glass,” also made an appearance in the gin market. “

Fans of the trio have been trying to determine which of the three gin brands is best because Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond have all created their own.

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Top Gear enthusiasts are grappling with deciding which member of the iconic trio is producing the finest gin. Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond each boast their own gin brand, leaving devotees of the threesome pondering which beverage reigns supreme.

The Grand Tour hosts ended their adored Amazon Prime program last year, but they now have a range of gins and ales that they have used to enter the beverage sector. The trio, who each launched their own liquor businesses separately, created a number of beverages, including Clarkson’s Hawkstone lager.

Enthusiasts are now attempting to determine which of the three gins is superior, with the general opinion that one outweighs the other two.

A fan posted to the r/ClarksonsFarm Reddit forum, enquiring whether people had sampled all three gins from the former Top Gear hosts.

They posed the question, “Have you seen that Top Gear three of the top three can now sell gin?” Jeremy Clarkson’s “Hawstone Gin” costs $37. The Asian Parsnip variation of James’ Gin sells for £33, whereas the British brand is only available in 50 bottles. 99.

Ratio London Dry Gin, a gin from Hammond, costs £44 on Amazon. 50. Residents of the UK can still purchase the three gins, despite imports that have occurred and international gin sales.

One person said, “I don’t drink gin. However, from what we’ve seen, I’d assume that James has the best version. “

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Another party who had tried the drinks afterward confirmed James May’s gin was a top-notch tipple. They continued, “James Gin is very good; I’m just not sure if it’s worth the $50-ish price per bottle.”

There are plenty of good bottles at my ABC Store for $35, so go to that instead. My last bottle was the American Rumstad, which was a nice novelty and quite tasty. “

Another agreed, adding that the three bottles’ most “straightforward” gin is May’s. I’ve had three Mays and three Clarkson’s, according to a gin fan. They all had some solidity. The May gins were a little more straightforward than the Clarkson gins because of the funky aromatics used. “

A third person said, “May’s gin is the best (shoutout out to Rhub***ard Cider from Clarkson, though),” having tried all three. “

Hawkstone Gin was recommended by Clarkson’s Farm’s fans as well.

The best ingredients from the Scottish Highlands and the rolling Oxfordshire hills are combined in this gin, which also includes premium wheat grown on local farms. “

Ratio London Dry, which Richard Hammond described as “the countryside in a gin glass,” also made an appearance in the gin market. “