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BBC News
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Plea for Skegness Jolly Fisherman mascot volunteers
Visitors to Skegness will not be seeing the town's Jolly Fisherman mascot out and about this summer.A lack of volunteers means there is nobody to put on the costume and meet and greet holidaymakers at the Lincolnshire seaside mayor and occasional mascot minder, Steve Kirk, has appealed for people to come forward to don the said: "It really takes somebody who loves people... You will get hugged nonstop if you're the Jolly Fisherman." Mr Kirk said the lack of the resort's well-known mascot was "so, so disappointing". "When you are depending on volunteers it's hard for people to get the time and we appreciate that," he said."So my plea would be please if you can spend just a few hours occasionally the more volunteers we have, the less the strain."The character was created in 1908 by artist John Hassall for the Great Northern Railway to attract visitors to the features on gifts and souvenirs as well as being immortalised in a statue on a fountain outside the railway Kirk is also appealing for more minders to guide the foam character at events."The minder role is just so important, people don't understand a minder is Jolly's eyes and ears," he said. Fish and chip shop owner Andrew Epton described the character as the town's "iconic poster boy"."He is just known worldwide," he said."Because in whatever image he comes out in, he represents Skegness plain and simple and the joy it brings."Mr Epton described the lack of a mascot this year as "a shame"."I hope someone does [volunteer] because it is a joyous figure", he Town Council said it was "doubtful" the mascot would appear this summer and a plan was being worked on to bring him back without relying on volunteers."There is no question that the Jolly Fisherman character will reappear in due course", the council to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Charlie Kirk, who raged against Murdoch media's ‘hit job' on Trump, tapped to host Fox & Friends Weekend
Fox News has tapped MAGA activist Charlie Kirk to guest host the right-wing network's weekend version of its flagship morning program, a network spokesperson confirmed to The Independent. This will be the Turning Point USA founder's first time hosting a show on Fox News. As Axios first reported, Kirk is set to join regular Fox & Friends Weekend co-hosts Rachel Campos-Duffy and Charlie Hurt on the curvy couch this coming Saturday and Sunday. With the dog days of summer upon us, cable news networks are reaching deep into their benches to fill out hosting slots, as this is prime vacation time for anchors and reporters. Therefore, it isn't surprising to see Fox News turn to outside personalities for one-off hosting gigs during this time of year, especially someone with a well-established audience like Kirk, who hosts a radio show and a top-rated podcast. What does make this stand out, though, is that Kirk was one of the MAGA influencers who was highly critical of the Wall Street Journal's bombshell story on the 'bawdy' birthday card Donald Trump allegedly sent deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. According to the WSJ, the card included a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman, with Trump's signature mimicking pubic hair. The report, which Trump immediately described as 'fake,' led to the president suing the Wall Street Journal and its owner Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox News. Meanwhile, the story appeared to dissipate the MAGA uproar over the Epstein files, as prominent conservatives who had grown increasingly frustrated with the administration's handling of the saga quickly rallied around the president over their shared disdain of the mainstream media. 'This is not how Trump talks at all. I don't believe it,' Kirk tweeted in response to the Wall Street Journal story shortly after it was published. He would go on and share other social media posts from Vice President JD Vance, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, and Donald Trump Jr. blasting the report as defamatory. Kirk would be even more outspoken about the story on his radio show this week, where he fumed that the WSJ 'attempted a terrible drive-by… of our phenomenal president' while applauding Trump for his $10 billion lawsuit against Murdoch. 'As soon as I read this story, I said this is the dumbest, obviously fakest thing. I don't believe it,' he declared. 'Now I quickly, and we quickly, came to the president's defense because this thing was obviously a hit job. Obviously, a drive-by shooting trying to go after President Trump and trying to tie some of the Epstein news to President Trump to try to bring down his approval rating.' Meanwhile, the MAGA backlash against the WSJ as Trump comes for Murdoch has put Fox News in something of a bind, especially considering that the conservative cable giant shares a symbiotic relationship with the president and has helped staff up his administration. Left without the option of doing what is the network's standard modus operandi, which is parroting Trump's attacks on the mainstream media, Fox News has also decided against defending its sister publication and its owner. This has resulted in the network largely ignoring both the WSJ's blockbuster article and the president's lawsuit, mentioning both only a handful of times since last week. Additionally, the network has also devoted significantly less airtime to the Epstein controversy than its cable news rivals and even other right-wing outlets. After the president began ordering his supporters to 'stop talking about' Epstein, Fox News has pulled way back on its coverage of the drama surrounding the administration's handling of the flies, prompting MAGA media competitors to outright mock the 'terrified' network for not wanting to 'p*ss off' Trump. Sharing common ground with Fox News on the issue, Kirk has also sought to heed the president's demand that the MAGA base move on from Epstein and instead concentrated on the various seeming distractions he's tossed out into the ether, such as changing sports teams' names back to racist caricatures or reigniting the 'Russia Witch Hunt' conspiracy and demanding 'Barack Hussein Obama' be charged with treason. After hosting a TPUSA student event that featured young activists railing against Trump over the DOJ memo that concluded Epstein died by suicide and didn't keep a 'client list,' Kirk returned to his podcast that Monday and said he was 'done talking about Epstein' and would instead 'trust my friends in the government.' That announcement came shortly after it was reported that Trump personally called Kirk to ask him to ease up on the criticism of Attorney General Pam Bondi, who had come under intense fire from MAGA loyalists over the memo, particularly because she had previously said she had the so-called 'client list' on her desk for review. Kirk would later backtrack from his proclamation that he was moving on from Epstein, declaring the following day that he had merely meant 'yesterday' when he said 'for the time being,' grousing that the 'fake news' had taken him out of context.
Buzz Feed
a day ago
- Politics
- Buzz Feed
Student Asks Charlie Kirk If He's A White Supremacist
If you haven't had the displeasure of an introduction to right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, I'll do the honors. At 18, he founded Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a nonprofit that advocates for conservative voices on high school and college campuses and runs a watchlist of professors that, according to the organization, "discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom." One of Charlie's favorite activities is showing up to campuses, popping a squat in front of a TPUSA banner, and having students line up to debate him. Then he makes videos that look like this: On a recent visit to a college campus, a student showed up to ask Kirk about his opinions on immigration and birthright citizenship. At the end of his time, he says he has one more question for Kirk. "I have one more question my dad wanted me to ask you," he says. "He said, 'Would you still be a white supremacist if you were in a more diverse work field?'" Charlie instantly gawks at the words "white supremacist." "So do you think I'm a white supremacist?" Kirk asks in response. "Uh, I have no idea if you're a white supremacist. My dad has watched a lot of you," the student says as Kirk-supporting onlookers snicker. "He said, 'If you weren't out here preaching hate and working on your three-pointers, do you think you would probably be better at that?" Kirk is visibly ruffled. "I'm not even gonna justify— You should be ashamed of your father," he says, nodding. "I'm definitely not. My father is an amazing man. He cares about American citizens," the student says as Kirk talks over him. "Your father peddles lies. I'm not a white supremacist," he says at the end of the clip. This is how Turning Point USA packaged the video, BTW: This person asked why Kirk never debates adults, to which the poster replied, "Because he would get annihilated." Someone applauded the student and his father, saying "Our future looks brighter today." One person said he was "doing actual journalism." "Grown ass man struggling to look a child in the eye. He really is a coward lol," someone said. And finally, this person just asked, "why is his head shaped like that." What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Best-selling author Kirk Field reveals exclusive summer holiday playlist that all the stars are loving
BEST-SELLING author Kirk Field's new book starts where his last, the acclaimed Rave New World left off, as the sun set on the last millennium, and he set about pioneering a new kind of holiday. In 1999 Kirk set up Radical Escapes, the world's first holiday company catering exclusively for clubbers. Advertisement 3 Kirk Field has released the perfect holiday read Credit: Supplied Planes, Trains & Amphetamines is the story of what happened as this Rave New World threw everything it could at him from 9/11, volcanic ash clouds, suspicious customs officers and avalanches, to North Sea storms, pandemics, fraudulent accountants and the ghost of Michael Jackson. It's the perfect holiday read with an intoxicating mix of history, hedonism and humour, becoming the UK's most popular dance music book this summer with the likes of Dua Lipa, Fatboy Slim, Judge Jules and John Digweed all enjoying reading about Kirk's hilarious tall true tales which make Club 18-30 holidays look like Sunday school outings! Planes, Trains & Amphetamines looks set to match Kirk's Rave New World success which saw him win an ARIA award for Audiobook of the year in 2024 and the creation of his ground-breaking one-man spoken word Acid House Cabaret show which appeared at Glastonbury Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe together with a UK wide theatre tour last year. We caught up with Kirk this week and he's compiled an exclusive summer holiday playlist for us featuring music from Layo & Bushwacka, Cliff Richard, Norman Cook and The Art Of Noise among others. Advertisement 3 The author is a huge music fan Credit: Supplied 3 Kirk Field's Planes, Trains & Amphetamines Credit: Supplied Listen below and read what he had to say about the music. Advertisement 'A true late 90s banger!' Most read in Music Latest Breaking 'The sound of a Sunday morning on the Space Ibiza terrace.' Advertisement 'Norman Cooks up a balearic BBQ!' 'Europop earworm which sneaks back in your suitcase!' Advertisement 'Everyone's holiday mantra!' 'Intense and relentless. Like a lad's holiday should be!' Advertisement 'Melancholic holiday heartbreak.' 'The sublime sound of a mediterranean sunset' Advertisement 'What really happens in Ibiza!' Read more on the Irish Sun 'Check out my '25 version with skinny jabs, fake tans and socks and sliders.'
Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Best-selling author Kirk Field reveals exclusive summer holiday playlist that all the stars are loving
RAVE NEW WORLD Best-selling author Kirk Field reveals exclusive summer holiday playlist that all the stars are loving Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) BEST-SELLING author Kirk Field's new book starts where his last, the acclaimed Rave New World left off, as the sun set on the last millennium, and he set about pioneering a new kind of holiday. In 1999 Kirk set up Radical Escapes, the world's first holiday company catering exclusively for clubbers. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 3 Kirk Field has released the perfect holiday read Credit: Supplied Planes, Trains & Amphetamines is the story of what happened as this Rave New World threw everything it could at him from 9/11, volcanic ash clouds, suspicious customs officers and avalanches, to North Sea storms, pandemics, fraudulent accountants and the ghost of Michael Jackson. It's the perfect holiday read with an intoxicating mix of history, hedonism and humour, becoming the UK's most popular dance music book this summer with the likes of Dua Lipa, Fatboy Slim, Judge Jules and John Digweed all enjoying reading about Kirk's hilarious tall true tales which make Club 18-30 holidays look like Sunday school outings! Planes, Trains & Amphetamines looks set to match Kirk's Rave New World success which saw him win an ARIA award for Audiobook of the year in 2024 and the creation of his ground-breaking one-man spoken word Acid House Cabaret show which appeared at Glastonbury Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe together with a UK wide theatre tour last year. We caught up with Kirk this week and he's compiled an exclusive summer holiday playlist for us featuring music from Layo & Bushwacka, Cliff Richard, Norman Cook and The Art Of Noise among others. 3 The author is a huge music fan Credit: Supplied 3 Kirk Field's Planes, Trains & Amphetamines Credit: Supplied Listen below and read what he had to say about the music. Rave New World 2: Planes, Trains & Amphetamines is out now. The Heartists - Belo Horizonte 'A true late 90s banger!' Layo & Bushwacka - Love Story (Original Mix) 'The sound of a Sunday morning on the Space Ibiza terrace.' Pizzaman - Trippin' on Sunshine 'Norman Cooks up a balearic BBQ!' Gigi D'Agostino - La Passion 'Europop earworm which sneaks back in your suitcase!' PLANET FUNK - Chase the Sun 'Everyone's holiday mantra!' Andy Farley – Out Of Control 'Intense and relentless. Like a lad's holiday should be!' The Motors – Airport 'Melancholic holiday heartbreak.' The Art of Noise. - Moments in Love 'The sublime sound of a mediterranean sunset' StAn AnTOniO - Sardines in Pacha 'What really happens in Ibiza!' Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday 'Check out my '25 version with skinny jabs, fake tans and socks and sliders.'
