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Princess Eugenie praises Kate Middleton's 'brilliant' idea for portrait prize

Princess Eugenie, 30, has taken to Instagram to praise Kate Middleton's 'brilliant' new project with the National Portrait Gallery. She shared a photo of the duchess on This Morning.




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Celebrity MasterChef review by Jim Shelley 

Celebrity Masterchef saw the most famous name in this week's heat and the whole series make it through to Wednesday's show.




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Vicky Pattison's cooking skills miraculously transformed on Celebrity Masterchef, by Jim Shelley 

Friday's Celebrity Masterchef was the best of the three the week as always, and not just because it took only half an hour.




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Joey Essex invented a dish mixing stir-fry with risotto on Celebrity Masterchef, by Jim Shelley

Joey Essex and Kellie Maloney were cruelly eliminated in the first 'semi-final' of Celebrity Mastermind - punished primarily for being different.




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Steph's hat-trick of Star Baker awards was only the second in the show's history

The Great British Bake Off may be younger and groovier these days, having rid itself of no-nonsense Yorkshiremen, lovely old ladies, and anyone with 'a proper job.'




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Your heart went out to Lord Sugar on The Apprentice, by Jim Shelley

Its special opening episode (set in South Africa) was slightly longer than the usual hour and evidently so incredible the notion of just cutting it by five minutes was unthinkable.




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The Great British Bake Off: The latest episode is recapped by Jim Shelley

The bookies' favourite to win The Great British Bake Off, Steph Blackwell, narrowly failed to make history and become Star Baker for a remarkable four weeks running.




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Lord Sugar wasn't impressed on The Apprentice, by JIM SHELLEY

The Apprentice was basically a lesson in how to ruin an ice-lolly. And then mess up selling them.




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Vicky Pattison struggled to stop Greg Rutherford winning Celebrity Masterchef

JIM SHELLEY: Vicky Pattison and Neil Ruddock had more chance of beating Greg Rutherford at long jump than they did of defeating him in the kitchen tonight.




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Henry was the judges' victim (unfairly) on The Great British Bake Off, by Jim Shelley 

After nine years and ten series, even the best contestants on The Great British Bake Off still had no answer to their nemesis, the show's famous, merciless, adversary.




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The Apprentice, review by Jim Shelley 

The Apprentice usually makes it impossible not to conclude that the candidates' only actual talent is getting dressed quickly.




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The Great British Bake Off, review by Jim Shelley 

It was the semi-final of The Great British Bake and Patisserie Week - a mouth-watering prospect, particularly when Paul Hollywood smiled that combining them was 'pretty cruel.'




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Jim Shelly on this week's The Apprentice

Lord Sugar dubbed this week's task on The Apprentice 'the Great British Bike Off.'




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Sir David Attenborough set a new Personal Best in Seven Worlds, One Planet, by Jim Shelley

Mother Nature was certainly not very… maternal and some parents almost as harsh as the conditions of minus 40 degrees and winds of 70mph.




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Curse of Star Baker strikes Great British Bake Off final: David wins

Steph Blackwell had been vying to become the first contestant in the history of the show to be Star Baker four weeks running.




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The candidates were so inept you feared for Lord Sugar on The Apprentice, by Jim Shelley

After last week's million pound triumph, The Apprentice reverted to type with its traditional task featuring the teams sourcing and purchasing a list of nine items.




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BBC adaptation of His Dark Materials wasn't dark enough by JIM SHELLEY

His Dark Materials was disappointing: ironically, not really that dark, or not dark enough - at least so far.




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Mankind's treatment of orang-utans was shameful in Seven Worlds, One Planet - by Jim Shelley

Seven Worlds, One Planet had arguably the most shocking, sickening, piece of footage any David Attenborough show has ever featured.




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Gavin & Stacey's Christmas Special, by Jim Shelley

Like most reunions after ten years without seeing the old gang, the Gavin & Stacey Christmas Day special had seemed a nice idea but proved disappointing.




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Jim Shelley on Worzel Gummidge

Of all the things it's hard to imagine anyone saying, the words 'what we really need is a remake of Worzel Gummidge' must be right up there.




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Dracula was Moriarty with fangs and Van Helsing just Holmes with a crucifix, by Jim Shelley 

The start of the three-part adaptation on Wednesday was a compilation of the genre through the ages - a vampires' Greatest Hits, Best of The Count, or Tribute to Transylvania: 'Fangs For The Memories.'




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Terror experts warn of 'surge' in pro-ISIS social media posts after Baghdadi death

The Counter Extremism Project said the jihadists had been posting 'regular propaganda' after ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (pictured) died in a U.S. special forces raid in Syria.




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Jimmy Kimmel creates mash up of Obama-Trump addresses

Jimmy Kimmel created a mash up of Trump and Obama's televised national addresses following the killings of the Al Qaeda and ISIS leaders.




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Donald Trump's acting chief of staff was kept in the dark about al-Baghdadi raid

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney was kept in the dark about the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and did not learn of it until it was already under way. 




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Kayla Mueller's parents say there is a chance she may still be ALIVE

In an emotional interview with Today on Wednesday morning, Carl and Marsha Mueller said they believed their volunteer daughter - who was taken hostage by ISIS in 2013 may still be alive.




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Sister of ISIS executioner 'Jihadi Sid' is handed a restraining order

Konika Dhar, 32, of Palmers Green, Enfield, is the sister of Siddartha Dhar, 35, who fled the UK with his wife and four children to join ISIS, and featured in 'My Son the Jihadi.'




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Doctor who fled ISIS to move to Australia from the Middle East claims she can't find a job

Manal Aqrawe, had been living in Mosul, Iraq, when the terror group took over.   After moving to Brisbane she claims landing a healthcare job has been difficult.




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Donald Trump tweets photoshopped picture of him giving medal to dog that cornered al-Baghdadi

President Trump tweeted a photoshopped image of him placing a medal around the neck of Conan, the hero dog who chased down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before he blew himself up.




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Australian student jailed for being a member of Islamic State has her conviction quashed

An Australian student convicted of being a member of the Islamic State terror group has had her guilty verdict overturned on appeal.




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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'was betrayed by a top security official out revenge'

Kurdish SDF commander Mazloum Abdi claimed his forces were fed information about Baghdadi's whereabouts by a top security official who wanted revenge against the ISIS leader.




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Pentagon provides first detailed account of Baghdadi raid

The Pentagon on Wednesday released the first photos and video clips of the nighttime raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdad's Syrian compound that ended with his death.




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Pentagon releases video of raid on ISIS leader al-Baghdadi's Syrian compound 

Marine Corps General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr, commander of U.S. Central Command, released the footage at a press conference on Wednesday at the Pentagon.




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Nobel prize winner calls for captured jihadists to be tried like the Nazis were at Nuremberg 

Yazidi activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad has called for all ISIS jihadists to be given Nuremberg-style trials in a series of tweets on Monday.




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FBI chief Christopher Wray warns that social media and encryption is fueling domestic terror

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday in Washington: 'Terrorism today moves at the speed of social media' and the rapid development of technology has helped boost lone terrorists.




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Orphaned puppy is rescued from the rubble of ISIS leader's compound

A puppy (pictured) orphaned by the destruction of the Syrian compound which housed abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been rescued after being found next to its dead mother.




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Russian mercenaries are beheaded by ISIS-linked Islamists in Mozambique 

Seven Russian mercenaries were killed in two separate attacks claimed by ISIS in Mozambique last month, including four who were ambushed, shot and then beheaded.




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Trump says he knows 'exactly' who mysterious new ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi is

Donald Trump bragged on Twitter that the US knows 'exactly' who Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi is after ISIS unexpectedly named him as their new leader, leaving terror experts stumped.




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Donald Trump blasts House Democrats and says their inquiry is 'an attack on democracy itself'

Trump's remarks came at a campaign rally on Friday night at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi, where he threw his support to the Republican in Tuesday's election for governor.




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Turkey warns it will send IS fighters captured in Syria back to their home countries

Interior minister Suleyman Soylu warned the nation 'is not a hotel' for captured terrorists and said it will repatriate any they capture while in Syria' in a televised address from Ankara on Saturday.




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Fox, NBC/WSJ and MSN polls show almost 50 percent of the country wants Trump impeached and removed

Polls from Fox News and NBC/WSJ shared Sunday show that by the end of October, 49 percent of the country wanted President Trump impeached and removed amid an inquiry focusing on Ukraine.




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Jaw-dropping moment Navy SEAL on Fox News blurts out 'Epstein didn't kill himself' to end interview

Warrior Dog Foundation founder Mike Ritland asked for the last word during an interview when suddenly he mentions the conspiracy theory behind disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Esptein's death.




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Yazidi woman describes how she was kidnapped by ISIS aged 17

The woman, who cannot be named, was kept as a slave for months while the on-the-run boss (pictured) desperately moved to towns and deserts in eastern Syria.




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New ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraish is a 'nobody', says US official 

The new leader of the Islamic State group is 'a nobody' with little apparent reputation even amongst adherents of the terror group, an anonymous US official said Wednesday.




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Arizona border sheriff says Mexican drug cartels pose ISIS-like threat

An Arizona border sheriff says Mexican drug cartels like the one behind the Mormon family massacre pose an ISIS-like threat as authorities fear the same group could be running drug operations in Utah.




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Four lions suffer slow, painful deaths after being fed poisoned CHICKENS by poachers in South Africa

Male lions Thor and Mumford and white lionesses Isis and Mia died in torment after the killers tossed the deadly meals into their compounds at Hartbeespoort near Johannesburg.




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Relatives of slain Mormon family say Mexican cartels are 'worse than ISIS'

Funerals began on Thursday in Sonora state for three of the nine LeBaron family victims after the Mexican government said they were ambushed by drug cartels.




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British man is jailed for fighting AGAINST ISIS in Iraq

Following a landmark trial, Aidan James, 28, was found guilty of training in weapons with the banned Marxist political organisation the PKK in Iraq.




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Turkey claims it will start sending ISIS fighters back home on Monday

Interior minister Suleyman Soylu (pictured), who has warned that Ankara will send jihadists back home even if they have lost their citizenship in the West, vowed that extraditions would begin on Monday.




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Lance Corporal who accidentally shot best friend dead had been seen 'posing with gun like a rapper' 

Colin Theaker, 30, was jailed for three years in March after pleading guilty to manslaughter after he accidentally killed Scott Hetherington, 22, when they were on deployment in Iraq in 2017.




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Turkey begins expelling foreign ISIS fighters including an American and 20 Europeans

The government of Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan (pictured) has frequently criticised Western countries for refusing to take back their ISIS fighters.