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Harry Potter actress Miriam Margolyes has become notorious in her later years for sharing explicit stories and unleashing unsavoury language while on talk shows and on live radio

The actor and singer, whose mum Gloria passed away in lockdown, said she was 'deeply shocked and offended' by Boris Johnson's attitude towards older people during Covid

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has apologised after urging women to carry illegal weapons to protect themselves from potential attackers

The Canadian comedy performer was guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs when she discussed her discomfort at working in the same circles as someone she believes to be a sex offender

National treasure Miriam Margolyes has had many controversial moments live on air, but one that springs to mind is the time she went off on a tangent about the former health secretary

A woman says that she threw her sister a 'living funeral' - and it was 'magical but pain filled' as her sister's friends gathered to say goodbye to her

Mike Parkinson says his dad’s Yorkshire origins were present throughout his career but adds that 'people in positions of authority' at the BBC were 'questioning his talent'

British actress Dame Judi Dench has reflected on her appearances on Parkinson with late TV show host Sir Michael Parkinson as news of his death aged 88 has been announced

An oncologist said 'failure is failure however you measure it' as it emerged the NHS is set to ditch a target for suspected cancer patients to see a specialist within two weeks

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, who previously warned about 'ugly bigotry' in British politics, defended the Conservative Party Deputy Chairman by insisting he'd said 'nothing unreasonable'

The under-fire PM - who has been criticised for taking a 200 mile journey by helicopter - has been warned by dozens of environmental charities not to use green policies as a "political football" amid Net Zero pressure

Cabinet minister Michael Gove has confirmed that the 2030 deadline is “immovable” and that the Conservatives are committed to banning the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles - but what do YOU think?

Kulvinder Ghir, Nina Wadia and more of the cast and crew of Goodness Gracious Me will reunite late this year to celebrate 25 years of the iconic BBC comedy TV series

BBC boss Tim Davie has been quizzed on if he knows whether the unnamed BBC presenter has been in contact with the young person alleged to have sent the star explicit images for £35,000

Ben Duckett was fined and suspended by the ECB after pouring a vodka and lemonade over James Anderson's head on an Ashes tour of Australia in 2017 and feared it would spell the end of his England career

The former PM has been forced into a humiliating retreat as he tells his cheerleaders not to vote against the damning findings of the Privileges Committee

The rookie First Minister is under pressure to take action against his predecessor after she was grilled by officers investigating the nationalist party's finances

Toby Carr's plan to kayak through each of the zones of the Shipping Forecast was cut short when the Falmouth lecturer died at the age of just 40-years-old midway through, in a story which would be told in Moderate Becoming Good Later

The PM is set to meet the head of the European Court of Human Rights, Siofra O'Leary in a desperate bid to get the deportation flights - branded a "gimmick" by critics - in the air

Simon Pegg opened up about his career highs and lows and said he wants to keep working until he 'drops'

The head of the London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee said there are serious questions to answer after protesters were arrested, along with volunteers handing out rape alarms

Dame Deborah James' final radio interview with her close Tony Livesey has been honoured at a radio awards show, one month ahead of the first anniversary of the late mum-of-two's untimely death

Polling guru Professor Sir John Curtice pointed to both Tony Blair and David Cameron, who secured wins of more than 10% over their rival ruling party in local elections before they entered Downing Street

More than 4,000 British citizens have been stranded in Sudan amid deadly street fighting and a shortage of food, water and power after conflict escalated in recent weeks

The news may soon look very different as a string of presenters including Reeta Chakrabarti, Clive Myrie and Sophie Raworth have been given the opportunity to take voluntary redundancy