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GB News could be a problem for Paul Marshall’s Telegraph bid

29 September 2023
stephen armstrong
  • More than 50 people died in a suicide bombing in southwestern Pakistan.
  • A 16 year-old boy was arrested in connection with the felling of the Robin Hood tree on Hadrian’s Wall.
  • Sir Michael Gambon, who starred in Harry Potter and The King’s Speech, died aged 82.

Dan Wootton’s suspension this week as an anchor at the UK’s right-wing GB News station left many viewers baffled. His on-screen behaviour invited it (see below) but he’d already survived reports that he’d tricked or bribed scores of men – including former colleagues – into sending him nude photos and videos. Why now?


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