1 week agoNewsComments Off on Cops removed two American women from BA plane at Heathrow after fight erupted over Donald Trump MAGA hat
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TWO American women were removed by cops from a plane at Heathrow when a fight erupted over a Donald Trump MAGA hat.
The brawl broke out as passengers waited to board a BA flight on Monday — and held up departure for two hours.
GettyTwo American women were removed by cops from a plane at Heathrow when a fight erupted[/caption]
SuppliedThe brawl broke out when one of the women demanded the other take off their MAGA hat[/caption]
One of the women demanded the red baseball cap — with Republican US Presidential nominee Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan on it — was taken off.
When the Trump supporter refused punches were exchanged in front of passengers in Terminal 5.
The row continued on board the plane bound for Austin, Texas, with the pair, both in premium economy squaring up in the cabin.
The captain called for assistance and cops escorted them both off the aircraft — while they continued to exchange obscenities.
The women were not arrested but were quizzed by police and both made claims of affray against each other.
Flight BA191, which had been due to depart the airport at 12.10pm, eventually did so at 2.11pm without the two women on board.
“Airline crew could not run the risk of a full scale punch-up at 30,000ft.
“BA officials cannot recall a flight being delayed before due to a passenger’s baseball cap.
“It was extraordinary.”
The Met Police said a probe is continuing into the incident.
A spokesman said yesterday: “Shortly after 12.45pm on Monday, 28 October, police at Heathrow were made aware of an incident involving two women waiting to board a plane in Terminal 5.
“A woman in her 40s and a woman in her 60s made counter allegations of affray.
“Enquiries are ongoing.”
British Airways told The Sun: “We apologised to our customers for the delay and got them on the way as quickly as possible.”
SWNSSue and Alex Tatham met on Blind Date in 1988 and have now been together for over 30 years[/caption]
The pair had no idea they’d find lasting love on the show, hosted by Cilla BlackRex Features
And three years later, over 17million viewers tuned in to watch them tie the knot at a village church in Walsall in the West Midlands.
The reason for the intense excitement?
They were the very first couple from the show to say “I do”.
In fact, the announcement of their nuptials was front page news and the ITV programme’s much-loved host Cilla was elated about getting a “new hat” for the big day.
Now, 33 years later, the couple have renewed their vows at the same church.
And Alex, 59, an IT company director, reveals that good fortune played a part in bringing them together.
In the popular TV format, which ran for 22 series, one picker had to select from three potential suitors hidden behind a screen.
On one very special episode, Alex was the man asking questions of three mystery women and deciding who had the best replies.
But he was too anxious to properly take in Sue’s answers.
He tells The Sun: “I was the most nervous I have ever been.
“It zoomed past.
“I had absolutely no idea who to choose.
“I was doing ‘Eeny, meeny, miny, moe’.
“And if you look at the clip, you’ll see that’s what I was doing.
“And, you know, fate lent a hand.”
When Sue, now a 59-year-old retired nursery school teacher, emerged for the first time dressed all in denim, the couple never imagined they would still be together three decades later.
Alex recalls: “When Sue and I walked off set, having taken our first ever glimpse of each other, we said, ‘We’re going to remember this for the rest of our lives.
“Let’s make sure that we’re friends for ever’.
“And that’s the attitude we went into that show with.”
But love blossomed over the next couple of years and, after marrying, they made a home in Balham, South London, and had two children, Emily, now 30, and Charlie, 28.
CollectCilla even attended the couple’s wedding[/caption]
Bizarre circumstances are a theme in Sue and Alex’s relationship.
At the end of last year, a social media influencer stopped them on the street to ask how they met, not realising who they were.
Alex says: “Everyone goes, ‘Surely it was a set up’.
“But no, it was totally random.
“This bloke came up to us and said, ‘Can I ask you how you two met?’. I go, ‘Yeah, we met on telly’.”
Another twist of fate led to the couple renewing their vows on a very special date at St Michael & All Angels Church, in Pelsall, on the outskirts of Walsall, which was celebrating its 180th anniversary.
The vicar asked Sue, who grew up in the area, and Alex if they would like to be part of the event on October 19.
They gladly agreed.
Alex explains: “The vicar said that, on the Sunday, they were going to have a special service celebrating wedding renewals, and asked if we’d like to be part of it.
“That happened to be the date of our 33rd wedding anniversary.
“It was an amazing weekend.”
‘HEAVILY CHAPERONED’
The church was packed and ten more couples joined them in renewing their vows.
In the Eighties, the excitement around the couple’s romance was largely driven by the fact most of the show’s dates were spectacular failures.
Rarely did the suitors have anything in common.
And often they would have gone their separate ways by the final day of their weekend away.
Even though the staple of Saturday night telly started in 1985, Sue and Alex were the first ones to get wed — six years later.
And by the time Cilla’s run as host came to an end in 2003, only two more had made the same commitment.
Alex and Sue both went on the show in 1988 with no expectations.
Sue says: “It was an adventure.
“I was keen to see how a TV show was made and how glamorous it was.
tiktok/@meetcutesnycThe couple went viral on TikTok for telling their story[/caption]
“It wasn’t.
“Finding a date and finding a husband was not on my mind at all.
“It’s amazing that it happened.”
The couple also did not do it for the holiday, which was often a wet weekend somewhere in Britain.
Alex felt lucky that their date was a mediaeval banquet in Ireland because the other couple on the same show had gone to Portsmouth.
And ITV was not chasing viewing figures with the kind of kiss and tell tales that are part and parcel of today’s reality shows.
Alex reveals: “For our date, Sue and I were put in hotels five miles apart.
“It was very demure, and they sort of tutted when we touched each other.
“It does feel rather a long way removed from Love Island.
“We were very heavily chaperoned.
“They were probably worried about sex before marriage.
“It was company time.
“They were nervous.
“There’s no question about it.”
Once the getaway organised by the Blind Date production team had ended, the couple were supposed to go their separate ways.
‘‘VERY MAGICAL’
Sue recalls with a smile: “We asked if we could go to a nightclub.
“They said, ‘No, your date’s over’.”
After returning to the show to tell Cilla all about their getaway, Alex and Sue kept seeing each other, despite living 130 miles apart.
Two years later, Old Etonian Alex proposed and thought it would be nice to share their happy news with Blind Date’s producers.
The story about his engagement to Sue, who went to a comprehensive, appeared on the front page of The Sun.
Little did they know that involving the TV show would mean six camera crews “in morning suits” were there to record their big day — along with host Cilla.
The couple, however, were not nervous about their presence.
Sue says: “Cilla blended in.
“She didn’t take centre stage.
“We had the wedding we wanted to have, even though it was filmed.
“She made sure it was our day.
“Very magical.”
The couple stayed in touch with Cilla after finding love
Having got hitched on the Saturday, the highlights of the wedding were broadcast on a Blind Date special the following evening — which saw 17million viewers tune in.
But the couple did draw a line at any cameras following them on their honeymoon in Mauritius.
They went back on Blind Date again after their daughter, Emily, was born — and they stayed in touch with Cilla.
For a while their children were “appallingly embarrassed” looking back on the Eighties perm haircuts and shoulder pads their mum wore at the time, but now they think it is a “lovely” story.
There has been talk of bringing Blind Date back after the successful reboot of another Nineties TV hit, Gladiators, on BBC One.
And Alex thinks it is a great idea.
He says: “It’s changed my life.
“I can assure you it is still entertaining me every day.”
'A day I won't forget'
By Garth Pearce
I’VE interviewed virtually every major film star and the biggest names in rock music.
But nothing compares with the romantic thrill of the Blind Date wedding.
Bride Sue was from my old mining village of Pelsall, near Walsall, on the edge of the Black Country.
Alex was the posh bloke, educated at Eton, but without a snobbish bone in his body.
As for the church, built in 1844, it was personal.
St Michael & All Angels was where my grandparents married directly after World War One and my parents just a few weeks after the end of World War Two.
It was packed on that sunny day on October 19, 1991 – and I would think that half the village turned out to line the streets and applaud the wedding cars.
Cilla Black made her grand entrance, of course, seated in a large hat directly in line with the altar for filming purposes.
And those in the church seemed to raise the Victorian roof with the first hymn – Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven – directly before the ceremony.
The happiness seemed to come in layers thicker than the huge cake itself, which was waiting at the reception in Swinfen Hall, near Lichfield.
First was the fact that Blind Date finally had a wedding after six years of attempting to match up likely couples on television.
Second, it was with a couple who were clearly madly in love.
And third? A conviction among everyone attending, me included, that this would be a marriage to last.
North NewsBradley Whalen-Griffiths ran a marathon around all 29 Greggs branches in Newcastle — eating a sausage roll at each[/caption]
Bradley consumed 9,600 calories during the five-and-a-half-hour runNorth NewsBradley is in training for the 34-mile Lakeland Trails ultra marathon in the Lake District next summer[/caption]
He consumed 9,600 calories during the five-and-a-half-hour run — twice as much as he burnt and nearly four times the daily recommended amount for a man.
Each pork baked treat contains 331 calories and, in all, they cost Bradley £36.80.
He said: “I started to struggle in the city centre as there are so many Greggs close to one another — I was eating and running, eating and running.
“I can polish off six sausage rolls easily but this was some feat, even for me.”
The ship’s navigation officer, of South Shields, South Tyneside, is in training for the 34-mile Lakeland Trails ultra marathon in the Lake District next summer.
He said: “I have to get used to eating while running, although I don’t think you’re supposed to eat sausage rolls.
“I saw other people had walked around all the Greggs before but that wasn’t enough of a challenge.
“My go-to Greggs order is a katsu chicken bake but the sausage roll is iconic and the only fitting baked good for this challenge.”
Bradley started at Greggs on Kingston Park, west of the city, then headed to the West End and all the way along the Quayside past the Tyne Bridge.
He grabbed another sausage roll at the store in Walker in the east, before heading back to finish in the city centre.
He added: “I ate around 9,600 calories but only burned off half of that, so I ate a bit lighter the next day.
“Surprisingly, I didn’t get a stitch while I was running.
“A friend joked about doing a festive bake marathon, but I think that might be too heavy.”
1 week agoNewsComments Off on Budding artists at London gallery rapped for snapping photos of naked models in life-drawing classes
BUDDING artists at one of the nation’s oldest galleries have been rapped for snapping photos of naked models in life-drawing classes.
Royal Academy of Arts members pay up to £65 for a tuition session.
GettyBudding artists at the Royal Academy of Arts have been rapped for snapping photos of naked models in life-drawing classes (stock picture)[/caption]
Classes include how to sketch in the style of Renaissance great Michelangelo.
But nude models have complained that artists have been using phones to snap pictures of them for “homework”.
Other artists have been seen checking handsets for messages in class.
Chiefs at the 250-year-old London institution have now emailed members to tell them such actions are forbidden.
One pupil confided to The Sun: “The modern-day curse of the mobile phone has even hit the prestigious Royal Academy.
“Taking pictures of the naked model to work on sketches at home is not acceptable.
“No-one wants to think it, but people could be using such images for selfish interests.
“It’s just not on, and has caused real upset among models.
“And gawping at phones is very off-putting.”
The Royal Academy’s Saturday morning life-drawing sessions are almost always sold out.
Guidance says: “Please do not photograph or record the model or other attendees unless given permission.
“Please speak to the tutor during a break if you would like the model to adjust their pose.
“If communicating with the model, please be respectful and professional.
“Please avoid using your phone during drawing time.”
1 week agoNewsComments Off on Suspended Labour MP seen laughing with pals moments after punching constituent in new CCTV footage
NEW CCTV footage shows drunken punch MP Mike Amesbury laughing with pals just moments after pummelling a constituent.
The images reveal the Labour politician was giggling with two women in the aftermath of the fracas.
Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury is seen laughing with pals moments after punching a constituent in new CCTV footageSuppliedThe video shows the politician then stumbling away, looking unsteady on his feetSky NewsMr Amesbury is then seen thumping Mr Fellows[/caption]
SWNSMr Amesbury is facing pressure to stand down from his Runcorn and Helsby seat[/caption]
Footage before the attack shows Mr Amesbury, 55, walking past a taxi rank before victim Paul Fellows, 42, says something.
The MP stops and listens before they have a heated chat lasting several minutes.
At one point Mr Fellows goes to walk away before Mr Amesbury says something, prompting him to turn round.
The video shows the politician then stumbling away, looking unsteady on his feet.
He is comforted by a woman, who strokes his head while Mr Fellows remains on the ground.
Mr Fellows eventually stands up and stares at Mr Amesbury, who then leaves in a cab.
Mr Amesbury, who was suspended from the Labour Party by Sir Keir Starmer over the incident, is facing pressure to stand down from his Runcorn and Helsby seat.
Mr Fellows was punched while waiting for a taxi in Frodsham, Cheshire.
According to The Times, the two men rowed about the upcoming 33-day closure of the Sutton Weaver swing bridge.
Mr Amesbury had recently described the closure as “unacceptable”. A witness said the row also touched on winter fuel payments being scrapped.
We can reveal that Mr Fellows, who lives in Frodsham, was caught drink-driving in the town in June.
He was banned from driving for two-and-a-half years after he was found to be almost double the legal limit.
PP.Mr Fellows, who lives in Frodsham, was caught drink-driving in the town in June[/caption]
PAPrime Minister Sir Keir described Mr Amesbury’s attack as ‘shocking’[/caption]
Yesterday he grinned while leaving his home to get a cab.
Asked if he had been quizzed by police he said “yes” and added: “I won’t be commenting any more at this time.”
On Monday, Prime Minister Sir Keir described Mr Amesbury’s attack as “shocking”.
Cheshire Police have said that a man, aged 55, was voluntarily interviewed under caution.
1 week agoNewsComments Off on TWO Dancing On Ice stars shock fans as they reveal they’ve QUIT show after a total of 18 years on show
DANCING On Ice fans have been left shocked after TWO professional skaters revealed they’ve quit the show.
The new series of Dancing On Ice will kick off in January and it will be the last for two of the pros.
Mark has confirmed the next series of Dancing On Ice will be his lastSplashAlso leaving after the 2025 series is BrandynWireImageBrandyn met current girlfriend Rachel Stevens on the show in 2022Shutterstock
Today Mark Hanretty – who joined the ITV competition in 2011 – confirmed he will bow out after the 2025 shows.
Writing on Instagram he said: “Hard to believe I’m embarking on my 12th series of Dancing on Ice.
“I’m as excited as ever and so grateful for the chance to work on the greatest show on ice once again.
“This will be my last year as a pro skater and I’m eager to soak up every second of it!”
Fans rushed to comment on the news, with one writing: “I’m sad it’s your last series your my favourite pro skater.”
And another said: “Omg Mark don’t do this to me, all my favourite skaters are leaving.”
Last year Mark was partnered with BBC Radio 1 presenter Adele Roberts and they came third.
But fans were set for more bad news as Brendyn Hatfield revealed the new series will his sixth and final.
Brendyn is in a relationship with S Club 7 singer Rachel Stevens after the pair met when they were partnered for the 2022 series.
Last year he competed with comedian Lou Sanders.
In a statement on social media, Brandyn said: “Here we go! Excited to be back for my 6th and final season of Dancing On Ice.
“Let’s make this one the best one!”
One again fans were devastated, with one commenting: “Yay so happy that you’re back for another year of Dancing On Ice. but I’m sad that you’ll be leaving along with Mark.”
Olivia WestLynsey Hope tests out different celebrity Halloween recipes[/caption]
But if you don’t have time to trawl through all the celebs’ frightful feasts, one mum has done it for you and picked six of her favourites.
Lynsey Hope, 42, from West Malling, Kent, who is mum to Jacob, ten, Olive, seven, and Ivy, four, says: “I wanted recipes that looked scary, but also tasted great to create a show-stopping Halloween.
“Some were definitely harder to create than others, but making them was so much fun.”
Paul Hollywood’s Toffee and Apple Cake
Olivia WestPaul Hollywood’s Toffee and Apple Cake recipe was easier than expected[/caption]
RexPaul cooks up a cosy, warming feel with a real hit of cinnamon[/caption]
YOU NEED: 15g self-raising flour 115g self-raising wholemeal flour 100g soft dark brown sugar 1tsp baking powder 2tsp cinnamon 5tbsp sunflower oil 5tbsp milk 2 free-range eggs 2 eating apples, peeled, cored and chopped into 5mm cubes 50g toffee, broken into small pieces
METHOD: Butter a 1.2L heatproof bowl and dust with flour. Preheat oven to 180C.
In a bowl, mix the flours, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon together.
In a separate bowl or jug, beat together the oil, milk and eggs.
Pour this on to the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
Fold in the apple and toffee pieces.
Pour into the prepared dish and bake for 50-60 minutes.
Test the cake is cooked by inserting a skewer into the centre.
If it is cooked it will come out clean.
Leave in the dish to cool for ten minutes then turn the cake out.
Leave to cool and serve.
LYNSEY SAYS: “This recipe was easier than expected.
“The cake did look a bit boring compared to some of the other recipes and definitely isn’t as appealing for kids – but it is a lovely option for grown-ups.
“It has a cosy, warming feel with a real hit of cinnamon.
“For my Halloween spread, I pimped it up with a few spooky sweets and it looked fab.”
Bryan Woolley’s Mummy French Bread Pizza
Olivia WestBryan Woolley’s Mummy French Bread Pizza will be popular with the kids[/caption]
Chef Bryan’s dish is both easy and cheapGetty
YOU NEED: French stick Pre-prepared pizza or tomato sauce 4 olives 20 strips of mozzarella cheese
METHOD: Place two halves of French stick on a baking sheet and divide the pizza sauce between the two halves evenly.
Cut the olives in half and place them at one end of the sliced bread halves to be the eyes.
Divide the mozzarella strips between the two pieces of bread and criss-cross them, making them look like wrappings on a mummy.
Be sure not to cover the eyes.
Place the mummies in the oven and bake for about ten to 15 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
Remove from the oven and serve with your favourite sides.
LYNSEY SAYS: “Easy to make and cheap, too – you only need a few ingredients.
“The design was simple to create and looked effective.
“You do need mozzarella slices rather than a ball and make sure you don’t position them too closely together for the best effect.
“They were a bit dry, so next time I might hide pepperoni under the cheese strips.”
Nigella Lawson’s Slime Soup
Olivia WestNigella Lawson’s Slime Soup only has a few ingredients[/caption]
GettyNigella has created a healthy, veg-based option for Halloween[/caption]
YOU NEED: 500g frozen peas 1 spring onion Vegetable stock concentrate or a stock cube 1 ball mozzarella
METHOD: Cook the frozen peas and spring onion in 750ml boiling water with the stock concentrate or stock cube until tender.
Remove and discard the spring onion once the peas are soft enough to be blitzed into soup.
Chop up the mozzarella roughly and put into a blender or food processor.
Do this in about three batches, pouring the vilely green and slightly slimy soup back into the pan and heating gently to meld cheese and peas better together.
Makes 1 litre, which is probably enough for 4-6 children, depending on how much sugar they have eaten.
LYNSEY SAYS: “Super-easy to make and although my kids would normally turn their noses up at something like this, because I told them it was ‘slime’ soup, they had great fun eating it.
“And it was nice to have a healthy, veg-based option for Halloween to counteract all the sugar.”
Jamie Oliver’s Chocolate and Pumpkin Loaf
Olivia WestJamie Oliver’s Chocolate and Pumpkin Loaf was very moreish[/caption]
Disney General Entertainment ConJamie’s cake took the longest to make out of all these recipes, but it was so delicious and definitely worth the time[/caption]
YOU NEED: 300g plain flour 1tbsp baking powder 2tbsp cocoa powder ½tsp bicarbonate of soda 1tsp ground cinnamon 1 whole nutmeg for grating 175g cooked pumpkin or butternut squash 100ml buttermilk 150g quality milk chocolate 1tsp vanilla extract 125g unsalted butter 175g caster sugar 175g dark brown sugar 3 large free-range eggs. For the ginger icing: 2cm piece of ginger 1 clementine 200g icing sugar.
METHOD: Preheat oven to 170C/gas mark 3 and grease and line a 12x25cm loaf tin.
In a bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon.
Add a good grating of nutmeg and set aside.
Puree the cooked pumpkin or squash, then whisk with the buttermilk in a jug.
Melt and add the chocolate, followed by the vanilla extract.
Set aside.
In a separate bowl, use an electric whisk to cream the butter and both sugars until fluffy.
Gradually beat in the eggs, whisking continuously, then fold in half the flour until combined, followed by half the buttermilk liquid.
Repeat until everything is mixed in.
Pour the batter into the loaf tin, then bake in the oven for an hour or until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then take it out and let it continue to cool on a wire rack.
Meanwhile make the icing. Peel and finely grate the ginger, then place in a bowl.
Finely grate the clementine zest and put aside.
Squeeze the clementine juice into the bowl, then beat in the icing sugar to make a thick but spoonable topping.
Pour over the warm cake, sprinkle on the zest and serve.
LYNSEY SAYS: “Jamie’s cake took the longest to make out of all these recipes, but it was so delicious and definitely worth the time I put in.
“It was a bit dark when it came out of the oven, but once iced it looked very appetising.
“The highlight was the ginger icing which had a real kick and was very more-ish.
“Great for this time of year.”
Lorraine Pascale’s Scary Mummy Sausage Rolls
Olivia WestThe kids lapped up these Mummy Sausage Rolls[/caption]
GettyIt took only around half an hour to prepare Lorraine Pascale’s dish[/caption]
YOU NEED: 2tsp sunflower oil 15 chipolatas 320g ready-rolled puff pastry 1 beaten egg to glaze 75g American mustard
METHOD: Heat oil in a large pan over a low heat and gently fry the sausages for eight minutes, turning often, until lightly browned all over.
Transfer to a plate and leave to cool for about 20 minutes.
Preheat the over to 220C/gas mark 7.
Unfurl the pastry, leaving it sitting on its plastic wrapping.
The pastry should be about 38cm long and 23cm wide.
Trim with a knife or roll out with a rolling pin if not far off.
Cut out 38 x 1cm-wide strips across the width so they will be about 23cm long.
Wrap these around the cooled sausages like mummies’ bandages, leaving a gap at one end for the eyes.
Use 2.5 strips per chipolata.
Don’t worry if the pastry strips stretch or break, just patch them up and keep going.
Place the wrapped sausages on a baking tray as you go, eye side up.
If the pastry gets too soft, pop it in the fridge for 10 minutes to firm.
Once all the sausages are wrapped, brush pastry with the egg.
Cook in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown and the sausages are fully cooked through.
Transfer to a serving platter.
Using the tip of a teaspoon, place two dots of mustard on the exposed sausage to create eyes.
LYNSEY SAYS: “These looked really effective and the kids lapped them up.
“It was quite a faff cutting out all the strips of pastry, but it only took me around half an hour before putting them in the oven and then all I needed to do was pop the eyes on.
“They tasted delicious too.”
James Martin’s Toffee Apples
Olivia WestI had no idea making toffee apples would be so hard[/caption]
GettyJames Martin’s Toffee Apple recipe turned out to be a real showstopper and a great addition to a Halloween party table[/caption]
YOU NEED: 12 apples 750g caster sugar 25g butter Sprinkles, marshmallows and sweets to top 12 lolly sticks and a carved pumpkin to serve
METHOD: Stick the lollypop sticks into the apples, making sure they are secure.
Heat the sugar in a non-stick pan until light brown and then stir through the butter.
Roll the apples in the toffee mixture then pick whichever topping you like and pop onto a non-stick mat.
To serve, pierce the top of the carved pumpkin with a knife, then stick in the toffee apples to create a display.
LYNSEY SAYS: “I had no idea making toffee apples would be so hard.
“The problem was applying the decorations.
“The toffee mixture hardened in seconds and once that happened, it was almost possible to get the toppings to stick.
“That said, by the time I’d finished, I was impressed with how they turned out.
“A real showstopper and a great addition to a Halloween party table.”
1 week agoNewsComments Off on Fury as top London theatre warns audiences its Halloween production contains references to death
Fourth Wall
A TOP theatre hosting Halloween-themed ghost stories has warned would-be watchers that the production contains references — to death.
The Globe, original home of Shakespeare’s blood-soaked plays, is worried audience members might take fright.
Fourth WallA Top theatre hosting a spooky Halloween-themed ghost stories is warning their audience that the production contains references to death[/caption]
Its trigger warning states the candle-lit tales — which begin today on London’s South Bank — include themes of “murder, rape, sexual references, strong language, illness and death”.
Theatre fan John Siddley said: “What is the world coming to when producers have to warn audiences that a Halloween production of scary ghost stories might touch on death.
“It’s madness and, ironically, might just prove the death of me!”
Bosses at the theatre, a recreation of the 1599 original, say the “chilling” tales, which follow 2023’s sell-out nights, hail from East Anglia’s “haunted counties”.
They add: “Ghosts don’t always stay in the past.”
Theatre newspaper The Stage described last year’s production as “chillingly modern horror stories, imaginatively written and performed with gothic flair”.
The Globe was invited to comment.
AlamyThe Globe, original home of Shakespeare’s blood-soaked plays, is worried audience members might take fright[/caption]
1 week agoNewsComments Off on Dem Michigan rep frets she’ll get tossed in ‘internment camp’ if Trump wins
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, 70, was visibily distraught when she made the stunning accusation — without evidence — that the former president plans to "start internment camps" and fill them with Arabs and Muslims, as well as political rivals such as her.
