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‘I’m never going to be bloody Robert De Niro!’: Rob Brydon, the most chipper man on TV

The nicest man in acting is back with new comedy, Bill’s Included. He talks about rejecting Hollywood, refusing to play a villain – and why he just can’t make fun of Steve Coogan ‘I’m a nice person, you know,” says Rob Brydon, as I met him in a basement green room of the BBC, where probably nobody with such a mellow ego has ever sat. “I am a people-pleaser. That’s who I am.” It’s an unnecessary clarification – at 61, he’s been nice on TV, as himself and in character, for most of our adult lives. We’re here to talk about his new six-parter, Bill’s Included, but his character in it, the eponymou

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Politics

‘Profound anger’ among black voters over Kemi Badenoch’s slavery remarks

Operation Black Vote chair says Tory leader’s claim that Britain should not apologise has caused ‘hurt and disbelief’ The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has caused “profound anger, hurt and disbelief” among many black voters with her comments about transatlantic slavery, according to the chair of Operation Black Vote (OBV), who urged the prime minister, Andy Burnham, to apologise for Britain’s involvement without delay. David Weaver, a former government adviser, said the Labour and Tory leaders risked alienating black voters with their handling of the issue of a state apology for slavery,

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International

COP31 faces tough test as climate threats mount

Nearly 200 nations gather for the COP31 summit in Turkey on Monday but tensions over geopolitics, finance and fossil fuels are tempering expectations of a major breakthrough in tackling the climate crisis.

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Finance

UK house prices fall at steepest rate in more than three years

October drop of 0.6% leaves average price of property at £296,285, says Lloyds, as high mortgage rates hit market UK house prices fell at the steepest rate in more than three years in October, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline, as high mortgage rates hit the housing market. The average price of a typical UK property stood at £296,285 last month as prices unexpectedly dropped 0.6% compared with September, the steepest fall since the lender Lloyds recorded a 1.6% drop in August 2023. Continue reading...

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