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Farage Told To Fire Reform Candidate Who Dubbed Zelenskyy A Nazi

Farage Told To Fire Reform Candidate Who Dubbed Zelenskyy A Nazi

Nigel Farage has been urged to fire Reform UK candidates standing in the local elections after HuffPost UK unearthed a series of controversial online posts. One suggested Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a Nazi, while another defended the use of the word “P**i”. More than 5,000 council seats in England are up for grabs on May 7 and Reform are expected to make major gains across the country. But with just over two weeks until voters hit the ballot box, HuffPost UK has unearthed controversial social media posts by some of the party’s candidates. Janine Crook, who is standing in Darwen East, wrote on Facebook in November 2021: “I partly agree but in my area Aussie is used in a friendly manner and ‘P***’ used as an insult. I do think that is the problem.” Meanwhile, Reform’s Barnsley candidate Theresa Arnold said in March 2025 that people backing Ukraine’s war efforts should feel like “mugs”. “I have never supported Zelenskyy,” she said, comparing him to a Nazi – which is a Kremlin talking point. Writing …

Flying flags to be dubbed ‘tool of hate’ in leaked ‘cohesion’ plan | UK | News

Flying flags to be dubbed ‘tool of hate’ in leaked ‘cohesion’ plan | UK | News

A leaked draft of the Government’s new social cohesion strategy says flying flags is linked to “tools of hate”. The document reportedly states that “the extreme right” tried to “turn symbols of pride into tools of hate”. St George’s Cross and Union flags were strewn from lampposts across England last summer in a campaign called Operation Raise the Colours. Supporters insisted Brits were showing pride in their country, while critics warned the flag-flying was aimed at intimidating certain communities and a show of anti-immigrant sentiment. The leaked draft is from a version of the Government’s community cohesion plan, which is due out next week, The Sun reports. A Government source told the same publication the document is an early draft, which proposes a “special representative” to tackle Islamophobia. The “anit-Muslim hostility” tsar will be introduced to “champion efforts across the UK to tackle hostility and hatred directed at Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim”. Across its 47-pages, the document also reportedly warns anti-semitism has become “normalised in many corners of society” from schools and …

Mariah Carey’s Olympics opening ceremony performance dubbed ‘disastrous’ as viewers question why she was booked

Mariah Carey’s Olympics opening ceremony performance dubbed ‘disastrous’ as viewers question why she was booked

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Mariah Carey’s performance at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics has sparked criticism, with some viewers taking issue with her apparent lack of enthusiasm. On Friday, spectators packed the historic San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, for the festivities that officially mark the start of the games. After two large production numbers, the “Fantasy” singer, 56, took the stage. Wearing a wintery silver-and-white dress, Carey stood under a single spotlight as she sang a version of Domenico Modugno’s popular 1950s classic “Nel blu, dipinto di blu”, better known as “Volare,” before jumping into her song “Nothing Is Impossible” from her 2025 album, Here For It All. On social media, several users questioned her involvement and why the Huntington, New York-born artist had been selected to perform in Italy. Some also questioned if she was lip-syncing, as she did not appear to …

Mariah Carey’s Olympics opening ceremony performance dubbed ‘disastrous’ as viewers question why she was booked

Mariah Carey’s Olympics opening ceremony performance dubbed ‘disastrous’ as viewers question if she’s Italian

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Mariah Carey’s performance at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics has sparked criticism, with some viewers taking issue with her apparent lack of enthusiasm. On Friday, spectators packed the historic San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, for the festivities that officially mark the start of the games. After two large production numbers, the “Fantasy” singer, 56, took the stage. Wearing a wintery silver-and-white dress, Carey stood under a single spotlight as she sang a version of Domenico Modugno’s popular 1950s classic “Nel blu, dipinto di blu”, better known as “Volare,” before jumping into her song “Nothing Is Impossible” from her 2025 album, Here For It All. On social media, several users questioned her involvement and why the Huntington, New York-born artist had been selected to perform in Italy. Some also questioned if she was lip-syncing, as she did not appear to …

Curling-Swiss pair’s son lights up social media, dubbed ‘Curling Baby’

Curling-Swiss pair’s son lights up social media, dubbed ‘Curling Baby’

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 5 : Swiss mixed doubles pair Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann and Yannick Schwaller’s family reunion at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics turned into an internet sensation after their toddler delighted fans with an impromptu curling demonstration. After their 9-7 win over Estonia on Wednesday, television cameras captured their one-and-a-half-year-old son River wielding a curling broom twice his height and running around on the sidelines at the Cortina Olympic Curling Stadium. Pictures of their child in his Swiss shirt emblazoned with “Schwaller” on the back quickly sparked a social media frenzy and caught the eye of curling fans, who dubbed him the ‘Curling Baby’. “I got my son after the game, cuddled him, he wanted to get down pretty quickly. He saw the curling broom, took it and held it like a rock star and threw off the whole entire show,” Schwaller-Huerlimann said on Thursday. “We didn’t realize it (would go viral). Yesterday, for us, it was just really nice to see him again after the first few days, we haven’t seen him since …

Amanda Holden dubbed a ‘Christmas angel’ following candyland home transformation

Amanda Holden dubbed a ‘Christmas angel’ following candyland home transformation

You know the festive season is rapidly approaching when Amanda Holden decks the halls of her family home. The likes of Victoria Beckham, Stacey Solomon and Amanda regularly impress their followers with towering trees with varying degrees of decorations, but HELLO! HQ was left in awe of the 54-year-old former Wild at Heart actress’ latest display. Taking to Instagram, the Heart Radio star shared a tour inside her Christmas transformation, starting with the multi-coloured baubles and candy canes on the exterior of the red-brick property, before moving into the home, where classic red bows and rich chocolate brown decorations adorn the trees, and garlands wrap around her bannisters. See the epic finished result in the video above… She may describe herself as the “handmaiden” of Christmas, but her fans were quick to call her a “Christmas angel”! The Britain’s Got Talent judge, who lives in Cobham, Surrey, with her husband Chris Hughes and children Lexi and Hollie, said: “Oh my gosh, I’m so excited to share my front door and Christmas tree with you all! As …