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A HOTEL has unveiled the ultimate getaway for Jeremy Clarkson fans – a suite with the presenter’s face staring down at your bed. The £90-a-night Clarkson Suite has been unveiled at Mexborough’s Empress Building – and is just one of a number of rooms devoted to local celebrities, including the Doncaster-born Who Wants To Be…

THE name’s Compston, Martin Compston. Martin says he’s channelling James Bond in his action-man era. As well as returning as DI Steve Arnott in the seventh outing of the BBC’s Line Of Duty next year, Martin will also feature in detective drama Red Eye. As I exclusively revealed, he will play the leading man in…

FORMER England and Manchester United star Paul Parker is hoping to net up to £100,000 by selling his treasured footballing mementos. The 61-year-old is putting 33 items under the hammer at an auction on December 2. Lots include his 1992/93 Premier League champions miniature trophy — expected to fetch £30,000. It was the only time…

A UNIVERSITY student who was bullied at school over her sexuality has become the first openly gay Miss England. Grace Richardson, now 20, was picked on and subjected to homophobic abuse when she came out five years ago. But she has had the last laugh by winning the national beauty pageant. The musical theatre student,…

FORMER Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro claimed he fiddled with his ankle tag due to “hallucinations” and a “nervous breakdown”. The populist leader, 70, was cuffed on Saturday for allegedly planning to escape house arrest – days before starting a lengthy prison sentence for a coup plot. Bolsonaro had been under strict house arrest since August but was…

BUSINESS chiefs are warning the Chancellor she is risking death by a thousand taxes. They say growth, not taxes, is the only way to end Britain’s decline — and warn Rachel Reeves of a financial crisis without spending cuts. They also say there has been too much speculation over this year’s Budget measures, just like…

DRIVERS who fancy themselves behind the wheel of an upmarket motor may want to look further afield for a cheaper alternative. While badges like Lamborghini, Ferrari and Rolls-Royce may turn heads, their eye-watering price tag means the supercars are well beyond the means of most motorists. Chinese cars are now coming into their own with…

OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died in 2023 but her column will be kept alive by her friend and protégée Maggie Innes. Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today.  ♈ ARIES March 21 to April 20 All the extra support of the sun is focused on what you know –…

Workers’ frights IT’S just two days until the Budget and is anyone sure what will be in it? Does Chancellor Rachel Reeves even know? Weeks of Treasury leaks, the Chancellor’s own address to the nation, flip-flops and U-turns have left firms and households confused and terrified. Even if it is not as bad as feared,…

Up to 9.3million pensioners could end up paying tax if Reeves’ Budget tax raid goes ahead. In her Autumn Budget next week, the Chancellor is expected to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds to 2030. However, this means when your pay rises, more of it can be taxed at higher rates even though the bands…