When Ross Poldark kicked open the door of Elizabeth’s bedroom, kissed her forcibly and then had sex with her on the matrimonial bed, many insisted it was rape. Women’s groups said the BBC shouldn’t have shown the scene because she initially seemed to resist him and ‘No’ means ‘No’. It sparked a national debate over predatory male behaviour and whether rape victims are let down by the judicial system. But I have watched the scene three times. Not once does Elizabeth actually say ‘No’. ...read
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How sadly predictable that oh-so right-on football pundit Gary Lineker felt compelled to comment on the controversy surrounding the ages of ‘child’ migrants arriving in Britain from the Calais Jungle camp. Reacting to widespread surprise that many of the arrivals looked considerably older than 18, the Match Of The Day presenter tweeted: ‘The treatment by some towards these young refugees is hideously racist and utterly heartless. What’s happening to our country?’ His outrage was typical of the modern tribe of narcissist celebrities ensconced in their mansions who cynically use social media to burnish their credentials as deeply caring human beings. ...read
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Of all the people you might imagine campaigning against the plague of internet porn, 49-year-old Pamela Anderson would not be among them. Yet there she was on ITV’s This Morning warning of the insidious growth in ‘pornography addiction’. A surprisingly eloquent Pamela spoke of the terrible damage explicit and often violent online sex inflicts on society. ...read
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- A golden welcome! A beaming Nigel Farage poses with Donald Trump in his New York bling palace after beating Theresa May to become the first British politician to meet the new President-elect
- Trinny Woodall's 'nightmare' £300,000 divorce battle from beyond the grave: Fashion guru's bizarre High Court battle over her dead ex-husband's debts
- Moment heavily-armed police smash down the door of a Costa del Sol flat to detain two Britons arrested on suspicion of blowing up 13 cashpoints
- The great IVF rip-off: Clinics are charging desperate couples thousands of pounds for 'extras' which do not work
- Nick Clegg accuses pro-Brexit Cabinet Minister Liam Fox of 'misleading Parliament' over trade deals with Brussels after we leave the EU
- Shame of the poppy day profiteers: Charity is banned in crackdown on rogues ripping off our heroes while another raised £3million - but gave out just £250,000
- Marrying my 'crazy' Earl helped me overcome being raped: The American Countess of Cardigan bravely reveals the trauma behind their VERY unlikely union after meeting at a PTSD clinic
- City’s Christmas tree has been left only half-decorated after council bosses admitted that the tinsel was ‘too heavy
- BBC ditches all the changes made to Chris Evans's Flop Gear including axing joker writer Danny Baker and the Star In A Rallycross Car
- Chinese man gets a chopstick stuck in his penis while investigating what caused blood in his urine because he was too afraid to see a doctor
- Keith Vaz charged taxpayers £81 for a return ticket from London to Leicester that he couldn't have taken because he was in TUNISIA
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- People wanted to kill me, says Prince Harry's girl: Meghan Markle opened up to PIERS MORGAN about dating, death threats and her most embarrassing television moment to date
- Where's Meghan, Harry? Prince cheers on England at Twickenham but there's no sign of his new girlfriend (although he is sitting next to glamorous Princess Charlene of Monaco)
- Dear Harry, don't be such a hot-head over Meghan, says RACHEL JOHNSON in an impassioned open letter to the Prince
- Eyes front, Philip! A playboy prince eyeing up the ladies? Don't worry, Ma'am - it's only a VERY impertinent scene from hit TV show The Crown
- Mystery of the Victoria Cross buried in mud on the banks of the Thames: Medal worth £50,000 was awarded to an unknown Crimean War hero
- Boris Johnson wins the battle of Brexit Towers: After a furious row with the PM, Foreign Secretary will NOT have to share a stately grace-and-favour pile with David Davis and Liam Fox
- Was the Hillary hiking in the woods photo staged? Woman in the picture first met Clinton at a fundraiser her family hosted for ex-candidate
- Hillary's last hurrah: Clinton greets her campaign staff one last time, admitting the last few days have been 'very, very tough' as it's claimed she was 'inconsolable' after crushing defeat to Trump
- 'I won't take even one dollar': Donald Trump has said he will NOT accept the $400,000 president's salary
- EXCLUSIVE: Huma breaks down and weeps openly as she returns to campaign headquarters where she and her aides ran doomed bid to elect Hillary Clinton
- From a modest home built by her father to the future First Lady of the White House: Melania Trump is the daughter of a car parts salesman - but she always dreamed of a jet set lifestyle
- How Obama out-manspreaded Trump: Body language expert reveals the truth behind that very awkward-looking first meeting between the pair at the White House
- 'My mother kicked me out because I voted for Donald Trump': Mom makes her young son pack a suitcase and leave after he opted for The Donald in a mock election at school
- Ripped female bodybuilder with an incredible 'ZERO per cent' body fat shows off her trim physique but sparks debate over whether she's healthy
- 'Mr Trump is unfit to serve:' Almost THREE MILLION people sign a (doomed) petition for the Electoral College to make Hillary Clinton president
- Film-maker Michael Moore is blocked by Secret Service on the fourth floor of Trump Tower from confronting President-elect - before joining thousands of protesters in the streets of New York
- Photograph that Taylor Swift claims is evidence that radio DJ 'reached under her skirt and groped her' is leaked despite judge's order to seal the image
- Inside Obama's White House album: Photographer Pete Souza - who has taken two million intimate images of the President - reveals his favorite FIFTY-FIVE shots
- The Firm out in force: Kate and the Queen bring out their princes for a star-studded Festival of Remembrance at the Albert Hall
- 'F**k your father!' Eric Trump and his wife, Lara, heckled on the streets of New York City after a dinner celebrating Donald's election win
- People wanted to kill me, says Prince Harry's girl: Meghan Markle opened up to PIERS MORGAN about dating, death threats and her most embarrassing television moment to date
- Trump gets the last laugh: Alec Baldwin WON'T play The Donald on this week's SNL - and could ditch the part forever
- Horrifying moment baby boy is DROPPED 30ft to his death down the side of an escalator after his grandmother lost her footing
- Sorry America, we're not leaving! Celebrities who had promised to leave for Canada and beyond decide to stay (so is it just a coincidence that Trump is planning tax cuts?)
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