Earlier than her resignation was introduced, Siddiq had been named in a second investigation in Bangladesh.

Conservative chief Kemi Badenoch has stated the prime minister “dithered and delayed to guard” her.

Writing on X, exterior, she stated: “It was clear on the weekend that the anti-corruption minister’s place was fully untenable. But Keir Starmer dithered and delayed to guard his shut good friend.

“Even now, as Bangladesh information a felony case in opposition to Tulip Siddiq, he expresses ‘unhappiness’ at her inevitable resignation.

“Weak management from a weak prime minister.”

In a letter accepting Siddiq’s resignation, Sir Keir stated the “door stays open” for her.

Siddiq, whose function as Financial Secretary to the Treasury included tackling corruption in UK monetary markets, was named final month in an investigation into claims her household embezzled as much as £3.9bn from infrastructure spending in Bangladesh.

Her aunt is the previous Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, head of the Awami League, who fled into exile after being deposed final yr.

Siddiq, Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, additionally got here below intense scrutiny over her use of properties in London linked to her aunt’s allies.

The Monetary Occasions reported, exterior that one of many properties, a flat in King’s Cross, had been given to her by an individual related with the lately ousted Bangladeshi authorities.

In accordance with the Mail on Sunday, exterior, in 2022 Siddiq had denied the flat was a present and insisted her mother and father had purchased it for her and had threatened the paper with authorized motion stopping publication of a narrative.

Labour sources subsequently instructed the newspaper the flat had been gifted to Siddiq by a property developer with alleged hyperlinks to her aunt.

Sir Laurie spent eight days investigating the allegations after Siddiq referred herself to the requirements watchdog.

In his letter, Sir Laurie stated Siddiq “acknowledges that, over an prolonged interval, she was unaware of the origins of her possession of her flat in Kings Cross, regardless of having signed a Land Registry switch kind regarding the reward on the time”.

He stated the MP “remained below the impression that her mother and father had given the flat to her, having bought it from the earlier proprietor”.

This had led to the general public being “inadvertently misled” in regards to the identification of the donor of the flat, added Sir Laurie.

Sir Laurie stated this was an “unlucky misunderstanding” which had led to Siddiq issuing a public correction of “the origins of her possession after she grew to become a minister”.

Within the letter, Sir Laurie stated: “An absence of information and lapse of time has meant that, sadly, I’ve not been in a position to acquire complete consolation in relation to all of the UK property-related issues referred to within the media.

“Nonetheless, I’ve not recognized proof of improprieties related with the actions taken by Ms Siddiq and/or her husband in relation to their possession or occupation of the London properties which have been the topic of press consideration.

“Equally, I’ve discovered no suggestion of any uncommon monetary preparations regarding Ms Siddiq’s possession or occupation of the properties in query involving the Awami League (or its affiliated organisations) or the state of Bangladesh.

“As well as, I’ve discovered no proof to recommend that Ms Siddiq’s and/or her husband’s monetary belongings, as disclosed to me, derive from something apart from reliable means.”

The retired UFC fighter was concerned in a seating dispute with Frontier Airways workers and was later escorted off the plane in Las Vegas within the US.

Russian combined martial arts fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov says that he was faraway from a flight in the US following a seating dispute with airline workers on the Harry Reid Worldwide Airport in Las Vegas.

In a put up on X on Monday, the Final Preventing Championship (UFC) legend clarified that the incident occurred on a Frontier Airways flight and questioned if he had been the sufferer of racial discrimination.

Footage of the incident was extensively shared on-line, with preliminary reviews saying it passed off on an Alaskan Airways flight.

The dispute centred round whether or not Nurmagomedov, who was sitting within the aircraft’s exit row, was ready, or ready, to assist different passengers within the occasion of an emergency.

The 36-year-old UFC champion, writing on X, stated a flight attendant who spoke to him “was very impolite from the very starting”.

And though he speaks “very first rate English and may perceive the whole lot and agreed to help, she nonetheless insists on eradicating me from my seat”, he stated.

“What was the bottom for that, racial, nationwide or different one, I’m undecided,” he added.

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To start with, I have to make clear that it was @FlyFrontier not AlaskaAir.
Girl who involves me with questions was very impolite from the very starting, though I communicate very first rate English and may perceive the whole lot and agreed to help, she nonetheless insists on eradicating me from my…

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He didn’t say when the incident occurred, and Frontier Airways has but to remark.

Within the video of the dispute, recorded by one other passenger, a flight attendant is heard telling Nurmagomedov, “We can’t can help you sit within the exit row… I’m not going to do that forwards and backwards. I’ll go name a supervisor. You possibly can both take a distinct seat or we will go forward and escort you off the aircraft.”

The retired UFC fighter responded to the flight attendant by saying, “It’s not honest.”

He’s additionally heard to say that he had totally complied with the flight crew in the course of the onboarding course of, and added: “After I was in check-in, they requested me, do I do know English… and I say sure. Then why you guys do that?”

The flight attendant’s supervisor, not happy with the response from Nurmamegedov, was heard on the video repeatedly providing him one other seat on the aircraft, in addition to the choice to take one other flight.

Nurmagomedov stated the attendant known as safety after two minutes of dialog and that he was “deplaned” from the plane.

“After 1.5 hour [sic], I boarded one other airline… and left [for] my vacation spot,” he wrote on X.

It’s believed that Nurmagomedov was flying to California to assist his teammates forward of the UFC 311 occasion on January 18 in Los Angeles, Nevada within the US.

Nurmagomedov, a Muslim, was unbeaten (29-0) in his UFC profession and is taken into account by many to be one of many best MMA fighters of all time.

Graham Potter ignited his reign as West Ham supervisor after two first-half objectives within the house of 131 seconds propelled him to his first victory in a helter-skelter 3-2 win over Fulham on the London Stadium.

Adama Traore missed an excellent probability to rescue a degree for the guests when he inexplicably skied from shut vary after good work from teenage substitute Josh King deep into stoppage time.

Potter’s first sport in cost didn’t go to plan because the Hammers exited the FA Cup with a 2-1 defeat by Aston Villa within the third spherical on Friday however his facet had been the gleeful recipients of two objectives from Fulham errors.

The West Ham boss, who changed Julen Lopetegui final week, returned them to profitable methods in his first dwelling sport as Carlos Soler pounced on an Andreas Pereira mistake to interrupt the impasse towards the run of play (31).

By that time, Fulham had already struck the crossbar by way of Harry Wilson however they had been quickly two behind as Aaron Wan-Bissaka stored alive a cross from Guido Rodriguez to arrange Tomas Soucek for a quickfire second (33).

West Ham, who had misplaced three video games in a row throughout all competitions – conceding a complete of 11 objectives – noticed their lead halved when Alex Iwobi’s cross beat Lukasz Fabianski after Raul Jimenez went to play the ball (51).

It set the second half up for a sustained Fulham assault however a mistake from Bernd Leno underneath stress from Danny Ings allowed Lucas Paqueta to re-establish the house facet’s two-goal lead (67).

In line with West Ham’s season, they had been unable to relaxation comfortably for too lengthy, nonetheless, as one other Iwobi cross evaded the contact from Harry Wilson to beat Fabianski in what was a carbon copy of his first (78).

Jimenez after which Traore – obviously – handed up possibilities to have the ultimate phrase that means Potter’s facet rise to twelfth within the Premier League whereas Fulham keep in ninth place after their eight-game unbeaten run was ended.

Potter mentioned: “We wished to assault collectively, we wished to defend collectively. It is no good talking about people, it is in regards to the crew, it is about how we collectively, as a unit, work and that is been our focus.

“The best way they’ve responded when it comes to what they have been attempting to do has been absolute prime. I can not ask for any extra. The gamers, the workers have been actually, actually supportive and the gamers have simply tried to do their greatest and tried to tackle board what we have requested them to do.

“They are not going to be excellent, I do not count on them to be, however I feel the intention and the hassle, that is the inspiration, that is the minimal we require and I feel as a result of we had that, we had been capable of win tonight.”

How Potter’s first win was gift-wrapped

Fulham boss Marco Silva will lament his facet’s sloppiest efficiency of the marketing campaign. For big elements of this contest, they had been in management. West Ham scored their opening two objectives from their first two photographs of the match. When Raul Jimenez struck the crossbar moments after Soucek’s strike, nonetheless, you sensed it could not be their night time.

Potter is aware of his facet should be higher than this within the coming weeks with extra London derbies on the horizon, however he can be delighted by how his gamers confirmed resolve within the eye of the customer’s perseverance seeking a degree.

Iwobi breathed life into their hopes when his cross evaded Jimenez to outfox Fabianski simply six minutes into the restart. However Silva couldn’t disguise his despair at Leno’s uncharacteristic error which in the end allowed the hosts to tug away.

Ings, a alternative for Mohamed Kudus, chased down a misplaced trigger to pounce on the sleeping stopper and supply Paqueta with an unguarded web. Aid for West Ham, who held on regardless of Iwobi’s repeated trick of beating Fabianski from a cross.

Fulham had been the architects of their very own downfall, compounded by Traore’s yawning miss on the loss of life, on an evening Potter’s first win was gift-wrapped.

Potter: Our aggression compelled the errors

West Ham boss Graham Potter:

“I am very, very proud of the end result. The efficiency was considered one of excessive effort and excessive togetherness. It was removed from excellent when it comes to how we need to be within the long-term, however as a place to begin there was a basis.

“We began passive and could not put sufficient stress on Fulham however we modified that midway by way of the primary half with getting concerned in a number of extra duels. There’s tons to do, but it surely’s an ideal begin.

“They had been presents from our stress. We compelled the errors from our urgent and our aggression, attempting to be on the entrance foot.

“When you do not put stress on them, there would not have been the errors. I believed we might have accomplished higher on their two objectives too, however once you consider the gamers we’re lacking and the sport we had on Friday night time, I am delighted with the three objectives, the three factors and the win.”

Silva: Penalised by our personal errors

Fulham boss Marco Silva:

“We’re penalised by our personal errors and it’s clear it’s our fault that we misplaced the sport. We created sufficient possibilities to have been in entrance and West Ham weren’t going round our field in any respect.

“We made a mistake in our build-up and we felt that mistake to result in the second. We misplaced the primary duel after which the second. We misplaced our precept for a couple of minutes.

“They performed virtually the entire second half defensively however we then gave one other objective. Raul and Adama had two huge possibilities to equalise so it’s clear the end result did not replicate what occurred on the pitch. However we can’t make it really easy for a crew to punish us.”

Potter working his magic – Opta stats

• Graham Potter has turn into the primary West Ham supervisor to win his first ever dwelling Premier League sport in command of the Hammers since Sam Allardyce in August 2012 vs Aston Villa (1-0).
• Fulham have misplaced their first Premier League sport since November (vs Wolves) – ending the Cottagers’ longest unbeaten run within the competitors (8 – W2 D6) since December 2008 (run of 9).
• Carlos Soler’s opening objective made him the a hundred and seventy fifth participant to attain for West Ham within the Premier League (excl. personal objectives), a minimum of two extra completely different scorers than every other facet within the competitors.
• Solely Mohamed Salah (13) and Bukayo Saka (10) have offered extra assists than Fulham’s Antonee Robinson within the Premier League this season (9). Robinson’s 9 assists in 21 league appearances this time period is greater than in his first two seasons within the competitors mixed (seven assists throughout 100 video games).

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The switch market is hotting up so let’s hope our play on the pitch will match that rising depth tonight as we tackle a sneakily good AFC Bournemouth workforce, who are available simply three locations and three factors behind us. We’re now totally embroiled in a top-four race due to our disappointing outcomes of late, and this is able to be a good time to get our acts again collectively.

Enzo Maresca has picked his strongest lineup, which, as anticipated, consists of younger Josh Acheampong at middle again. We get Caicedo at nominal right-back as Lavia comes again into midfield. Reece James is on the bench, and so are Renato Veiga and Christopher Nkunku.

Right here we go!

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Chelsea beginning lineup (4-2-3-1):
Sanchez | Cucurella, Colwill, Acheampong, Caicedo | Enzo, Lavia | Sancho, Palmer, Madueke | Jackson

Substitutes from: Jorgensen, Tosin, Veiga, Gusto, James, Neto, Felix, Nkunku, Guiu

AFC Bournemouth beginning XI:
Travers | Huijsen, Kerkez, Prepare dinner (c), Brooks, Christie, O.Dango, Adams, Hill, Semenyo, Zabarnyi

Substitutes from: Dennis, Kluivert, Jebbison, Adu-Adjei, Akinmboni, Winterburn, Kinsey, Sadi, Rees-Dottin

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Date / Time: Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 19:30 GMT; 2:30pm EST; 1am IST (subsequent day)
Venue: Stamford Bridge, SW6
Referee: Rob Jones (on pitch); Graham Scott (VAR)

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It has been a couple of years since Wendell Pierce attended a drama class on the Juilliard College in Manhattan. Forty years, to be precise. “I bear in mind it effectively. Excessive home windows and grey flooring!” he laughed.

He is mentioned that nothing in his profession gave him as a lot nervousness as coaching at Juilliard: “Sure, the nervousness of, you recognize, am I doing the proper factor? I am going into an unknown world. Will I’ve what it takes to be only a working actor? And so, I used to be reminded wanting in that class, it was very touching to see these younger individuals at some extent within the journey that I recall with fondness – and with a variety of nervousness, too! However I knew I used to be precisely the place I needed to be.”

And it is the place he belongs. At 61, Pierce is among the many most prolific and revered actors of his era, with standout roles in “The Wire,” “Treme,” “Fits,” “Selma,” and now, the quirky CBS drama, “Elsbeth.” Later this 12 months, he’ll play editor-in-chief Perry White within the latest Superman film. He’ll additionally tackle Othello on the Shakespeare Theater Firm in Washington, D.C.

Irrespective of the half, Pierce brings his personal humanity to it. He mentioned, “In each function, there’s a little bit a part of Wendell in it. On the finish of the run, I flip the lights down low within the dressing room and I simply see the silhouette within the mirror. And I’ve a superb cry and say goodbye. Proper? I say, ‘Man, you taught me a lot about myself. I’ve realized a lot from you. I hope I see you once more. And I do know there will be instances the place I’ll see you once more.'”

That sense of self-discovery started in his hometown of New Orleans, and the historic Black neighborhood of Pontchatrain Park. “It was like a Black Mayberry,” he mentioned. “The primary Black mayor got here out of there, the primary Black DA. Legal professionals, medical doctors, postal employees, upkeep males. That was the neighborhood I grew up in. It was completely fantastic. And it was completely destroyed. We have been destroyed by Katrina. We have been a part of the deepest flooding. And we introduced it again, and now we’re on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations.”

His mom, Althea, was a beloved schoolteacher. “She taught all people within the neighborhood. And I simply bear in mind how, in every single place I went, I knew that I needed to reside as much as being her son,” Pierce mentioned.

His father, Amos Pierce, Jr., was a World Struggle II veteran. “He was Military unit connected to the third Marines within the invasion of Saipan. And after that, his unit obtained medals of commendation. And since he was there with the Black unit, the officer did not imagine him when he advised him. He mentioned, ‘Hear, I believe we obtained medals.’ And it was a lady who mentioned, ‘Yeah, proper. You? You did not obtain something.'”

It will take 65 years for the injustice to be corrected. “We gave him his medals on Veteran’s Day 2010,” Pierce mentioned. “I inform that story to say that he was a person who beloved this nation even when the nation did not love him again. And even after receiving the medals, there was an incredible delight. He did not let the anger destroy him. And that was an incredible lesson.”

Pierce sees his personal life as a sequence of classes – and performing is a part of that journey. He mentioned, “Each audition for me is a gap and shutting night time, the place you get to carry out: That is what I might do with this materials. You do no matter you want from this level on. And then you definately go away the room.”

And he says his finest work – be it as Detective Bunk Moreland on “The Wire,” or in Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X,” comes from the writing. He mentioned, “The actually good materials is the factor that can outline it, you recognize, and make it traditional. One thing that speaks to individuals throughout time and place regardless of the place you might be, that is gonna communicate to individuals years from now.”

A profession spotlight was in 2022, when Pierce grew to become the primary Black actor to play Willy Loman on Broadway, in Arthur Miller’s “Dying of a Salesman.”

Why does he suppose it took so lengthy? “The ignorance of biases and bigotry, and when individuals simply do not have the flexibility to see others’ humanity,” Pierce mentioned. “And it is one thing that persons are very acutely aware of at instances, after which generally they’re not very acutely aware of it.”

And it is Pierce’s personal compassion that attracts individuals in the direction of him, like Carrie Preston, his co-star on “Elsbeth.” She mentioned, “This type of connection is not at all times assured. We have it right here. I am grateful for it.”

And it is what his fellow Juilliard classmate Bradley Whitford recalled when he stunned Pierce with a message throughout our interview: “Wendell, I miss you. I really like you. I’m so pleased with you, not just for the nice actor that you’re and the expensive buddy, however what a tremendous citizen you might be. I really like you!”

“That is very particular,” mentioned Pierce. “Brad and I, we’re a part of a really particular group right here at Juilliard, our class. You realize, if you undergo the fireplace collectively, you are related without end.”

Pierce has mentioned he desires to make his mark. I requested, “Do you suppose that you’ve? And what’s that mark? What do you wish to go away for individuals?”

“I used to be afraid that I could not have the chance to depart my mark, that my finest days have been behind me,” he replied. “I had that concern, and I tapped into that concern after I did ‘Dying of a Salesman.’ And whereas I nonetheless have the concern, now I’ve braveness.

“I hope I can have an effect on another person that approach, the best way they have an effect on me.”

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Beginning with tonight’s conflict with the Cherries, three of our subsequent 4 league outings happen underneath the Stamford Bridge floodlights.

All matches on this midweek spherical can be broadcast stay on TNT Sports activities within the UK, and this one will host two of essentially the most thrilling chance-creating groups within the league. Chelsea and Bournemouth each fired 5 previous lower-league FA Cup opponents on Saturday, with the Londoners securing a primary clean-sheet victory since 1 December.

Andoni Iraola’s vibrant seventh-placed guests are unbeaten in eight Premier League video games, their best-ever run within the competitors, however haven’t gained away to any group above thirteenth place within the desk. Nor have they taken three factors within the capital since December 2023.

Enzo Maresca’s males dispatched Morecambe 5-0 on Saturday however have misplaced floor within the league after two losses and a pair of attracts. We are going to hope to safe our first double of the season after September’s 1-0 Cherry harvest in Hampshire.

The Blues are unbeaten previously six conferences with Bournemouth, successful 4 and drawing the opposite two.

Chelsea group information

Talking in his pre-match press convention at Cobham, Enzo Maresca acknowledged Reece James, Romeo Lavia and Noni Madueke are match and obtainable to face Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge this night.

‘Sure, Reece and Romeo are okay [for Bournemouth], we’re very comfortable for each,’ Maresca confirmed on Monday morning.

‘They performed 45 minutes the opposite day [against Morecambe] and can be found for the following sport. They’re obtainable and, as now we have mentioned, we are going to attempt to handle each, as a result of they’re in a little bit of a fragile state of affairs.

‘Noni is again and he’s obtainable after sickness. He’s educated with us and he’s 100 per cent match for Tuesday.’

The historical past

Between December 2015 – the maiden Premier League assembly between Chelsea and Bournemouth – and December 2019, this fixture favoured the guests, who secured a trio of wins with out conceding from these 5 video games on the Bridge.

In December 2022, nevertheless, when each had been on poor runs of kind, Kai Havertz and Mason Mount put the Blues two forward inside 25 minutes and secured us the primary of back-to-back wins in our two house conferences since Bournemouth had been promoted again to the Premier League.

In Might 2024, Mauricio Pochettino’s final sport within the house dugout at Stamford Bridge introduced a sensational halfway-line strike from Moises Caicedo, earlier than Raheem Sterling accomplished the 2-1 victory.

Iraola has not tasted victory towards Chelsea in three makes an attempt, and Christopher Nkunku’s lone aim was sufficient to safe the factors on the Vitality Stadium in September, a fixture that additionally noticed Robert Sanchez save Evanilson’s spot-kick and referee Anthony Taylor brandish a report 14 yellow playing cards.

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Chelsea have overwhelmed Bournemouth on 63 per cent of their league visits to Stamford Bridge, our fourth-highest win price towards present top-flight golf equipment, behind Brighton & Hove Albion (70 per cent), Ipswich City (68 per cent) and Leicester Metropolis (65 per cent).

Chelsea (78.7 per cent) and Bournemouth (77.1 per cent) occupy the highest two locations for saves per shot on course within the Premier League this season.

The Londoners have conceded one aim or extra after the eightieth minute in 4 of our previous six league matches.

Solely Wolverhampton Wanderers (six) have had extra penalties given towards them than Chelsea (5) within the Premier League this season – and no group has been awarded extra spot-kicks than Bournemouth (six, 5 of which have been gained by Evanilson).

From the beginning of January to mid-February, Arsenal will play 12 matches throughout all competitions, Liverpool 11, Manchester Metropolis, Newcastle United and Aston Villa 9. Chelsea, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest will deal with seven.

The comic and actor Tony Slattery has died aged 65 after a coronary heart assault, his associate has introduced.

Slattery was identified for his improvisations on the favored comedy present Whose Line Is It Anyway?, in addition to his appearances on Only a Minute and Have I Obtained Information for You.

A press release on behalf of Mark Michael Hutchinson, his associate of greater than three a long time, mentioned: “It’s with nice disappointment we should announce actor and comic Tony Slattery, aged 65, has handed away right now, Tuesday morning, following a coronary heart assault on Sunday night.”

Paying tribute to Slattery, the comic Sandi Toksvig mentioned: “I don’t suppose I ever met a extra stunning man than Tony Slattery. I used to be 19 after we met and thought he was astonishing.

“Beautiful to have a look at, wonderful smile, infectious snigger and a streak of kindness a mile extensive. I beloved him. All of us did. In a crowded room of expertise, he was the brightest and the perfect.”

Clive Anderson, who hosted Whose Line Is It Anyway?, mentioned: “With fast wit and gorgeous beauty Tony was unfailingly humorous and much more unfailingly outrageous. He wouldn’t use two phrases if a ruder one would do – the naughtiest child within the class, adored by the studio viewers and people watching on TV.”

Born right into a working-class household in north London in 1959, Slattery gained a scholarship to check medieval and trendy languages at Cambridge College.

At Cambridge he was the modern of Dame Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie and Sir Stephen Fry – who invited him to affix the Cambridge Footlights, the college’s well-known novice dramatics membership. Quickly, Slattery was named president of the membership, following within the footsteps of Eric Idle, Clive Anderson and Peter Cook dinner. “Getting up on stage and listening to laughter took over,” he as soon as mentioned.

Slattery had just lately been touring a comedy present in England, and launched a podcast, Tony Slattery’s Rambling Membership, in October.

Exterior standup, he appeared in movies within the Nineteen Eighties and 90s, together with the crime thriller The Crying Recreation, Peter’s Mates, wherein Laurie, Fry and Thompson additionally appeared, and the comedy Methods to Get Forward in Promoting, with Richard E Grant.

He additionally had outstanding roles within the theatre, receiving a 1995 Olivier award nomination for finest comedy efficiency for the Tim Firth play Neville’s Island, which was later made into a movie starring Timothy Spall. He additionally starred within the second world war-set manufacturing Privates on Parade, primarily based on the movie of the identical identify, because the ace impersonator Captain Terri Dennis.

His West Finish debut was within the Nineteen Thirties-style musical Radio Instances, and on TV he additionally performed a detective in Tiger Bastable, a spoof comedy present, and the title character within the sitcom Only a Gigolo.

However he can be most remembered for his work on the Channel 4 flagship comedy present Whose Line Is It Anyway?, which noticed performers conduct a sequence of quick improvisation video games with ideas from the host or the viewers.

Slattery appeared in 48 episodes from 1988 to 1995, turning into one of many present’s hottest performers. His departure in sequence seven affected the present’s scores.

Anderson added: “Extra just lately we did a reside, stage model of Whose Line on the Edinburgh Pageant. Older and wiser, a bit battered, having endured many an up and down in life, Tony was nonetheless the naughtiest child within the class. And viewers nonetheless adored him.”

Slattery spoke brazenly about his bipolar dysfunction, telling the Guardian in 2019: “I had a really completely happy time till I went barely barmy.”

In 2020 he revealed he went bankrupt after experiencing substance abuse and psychological well being issues. He informed the Radio Instances his “fiscal illiteracy and basic innumeracy”, in addition to his “misplaced belief in individuals”, had additionally contributed to his monetary issues.

Slattery launched the BBC Two Horizon documentary What’s the Matter With Tony Slattery? in the identical 12 months, wherein he and Hutchinson visited main consultants on temper problems and dependancy.

He had beforehand appeared within the 2006 BBC Two programme The Secret Lifetime of the Manic Depressive to talk about his situation.

He mentioned: “I rented an enormous warehouse by the River Thames. I simply stayed in there by myself, didn’t open the mail or reply the telephone for months and months and months. I used to be simply in a pool of despair and mania.”

Slattery additionally made appearances within the closing Keep on movie, Keep on Columbus, in addition to Robin Hood, Pink Dwarf, The English Harem, Chilly Blood, The Royal and Coronation Avenue.

He gained the primary Perrier award on the Edinburgh fringe together with Fry and Thompson, was one of many authentic patrons of Leicester comedy competition with Norman Knowledge and Sean Hughes, and had been a rector on the College of Dundee.

Different comics who paid tribute to Slattery on Tuesday included Richard Herring, Al Murray, Arthur Smith, Jonathan Pie, and the Completely Fabulous actor Helen Lederer.

Murray referred to as Slattery “a blinding expertise”. Smith paid tribute to Slattery’s “sensible fast wit”, whereas Pie referred to as him “a genius.”.

Lederer mentioned: “My finest good friend in laughter, wit, love, absurdity, being my finest man (twice), we adored you – what is going to we do now?”

Police trying to find suspect after pedestrian killed by hit-and-run driver in Denver

A pedestrian struck by a motorist Saturday night handed away in a hospital in a single day, in accordance the Denver Police Division. The motorist didn’t cease to supply help. 

The pedestrian was hit within the westbound lanes of Colfax Avenue on the Federal Boulevard intersection. A 9 p.m. social media publish from the division acknowledged the pedestrian was taken to a hospital with severe accidents.

By Sunday morning, the pedestrian had died.

No different data has been launched in regards to the pedestrian or the how the collision occurred.

DPD investigators try to collect details about the suspected car and its driver, however has not but shared any particulars.

Anybody who witnessed the crash, or with information of the motive force concerned, is requested to contact investigators. This may be accomplished anonymously via MetroDenverCrimeStoppers.com or (720) 913-7867.

Logan Smith

Logan Smith is an task desk editor at CBS Colorado in Denver with greater than 30 years of journalism expertise in digital, tv and print media.

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