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ABC News
3 days ago
- Business
- ABC News
Trump praises Musk as billionaire his tenure with DOGE ends
US President Donald Trump gives a warm goodbye to Elon Musk on the billionaire's last day with the Department of Government Efficiency.
The Sun
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Emotional moment Jeremy Clarkson holds back the tears thanking glam farmhand for ‘saving his life' on Clarkson's Farm
JEREMY Clarkson held back tears as he thanked his glam farmhand Harriet Cowan for 'saving his life' on Clarkson's Farm. Sun columnist Jeremy, 65, was visibly emotional in series four of his Prime Video show as he bade farewell to Harriet, 24, during a heartfelt goodbye scene. 6 6 The touching moment came as Harriet prepared to leave Diddly Squat Farm and return to her home in Derbyshire. The former Top Gear host, who is rarely seen showing emotion, fought back tears as he praised her hard work and dry humour throughout her time on the show. He narrated: 'No one was upset to see Harvey Swinestein leave,' referring to one of the farm's pigs, 'but it was now time for another departure from Diddly Squat, and that was a bit sad.' In a quiet exchange by the caravan Harriet had been living in, Jeremy told her: 'So, this is it. You're off back to Derbyshire.' 'Yep,' she replied. 'Listen, you've been an absolute star,' he said. 'Thanks ever so much for everything. Absolutely brilliant, and best of luck, and I'll send you pictures of the barley when it's growing.' Harriet shot back: 'Yeah. If there are any f**k ups don't send them to me.' Jeremy responded: 'No, I'm not. I'm not going to tell Kaleb either. That's the important thing. Saved my life, you did. You were brilliant.' He then asked if he could call her for help in the future. 'Yeah, just let me know,' she said. Jeremy Clarkson completes his new look by having his facial hair trimmed with scissors on Clarkson's Farm 'Sorry, let me rephrase that. When we get stuck again…' 'Yes, do.' As the two shared a final laugh, Jeremy walked her to the caravan door. 'I'll close the caravan door.' Harriet replied: 'It's your caravan now. When you and Lisa fall out she can come and sleep here.' 'I like your thinking, 'She can come and live here.' I approve of that,' Jeremy said, smiling. 6 6 Holding back tears, he told her: 'You drive carefully won't you. Thanks. Bye.' Speaking directly to camera afterwards, Jeremy summed up his affection for the departing farmhand in one line: 'She's a superstar, that one.' Series four of Clarkson's Farm, which dropped today, also sees Jeremy struggling with farm work in Kaleb Cooper 's absence. Kaleb has taken a break from farming duties in the brand new series of the programme in order to tour the UK as part of his money-spinning The World According to Kaleb tour. However, this leaves Jeremy to complete much of the manual work on his own. In disastrous scenes, he can be seen stranded in the darkness on his tractor in the middle of one of Diddly Squat Farm's fields as he confesses to being unsure just exactly how to do the work at hand. Out in the field, Charlie Ireland comes over to speak to Jeremy as he questions what he is doing. Admitting he is getting worked up, Jeremy says: "I don't know anything. The fuse has blown [in the tractor], Lisa's in London, Kaleb is wherever the bloody hell he is. "It's coming up for six o'clock and all I've drilled in a whole day is a tenth of the field." Charlie question how in four years of farming, he hasn't mastered the art of drilling to which Jeremy points out that he has only had to do it four times previously as a result of the farming season. Realising that he requires some help if he is to continue making a success of the farm whilst Kaleb is away, Jezza makes a confession. He says: "I'm thinking while Kaleb is away I'm going to need a hand." In a desperate plea, he asks Charlie: "Is it possible for you to go away and find someone to give me a hand? "Because I'm properly struggling." Clarkson's Farm will be released over three installments. The first four episodes dropped this morning. A further two episodes will become available in a week's time - with the last remaining episodes released on 6th June. Clarkson's Farm series guide By Conor O'Brien, TV Reporter Clarkson's Farm airs on Prime Video and follows TV personality Jeremy Clarkson as he manages his Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds. Three series have been released to date and here is an overview of what has happened so far. Series 1 Jeremy takes over the day-to-day running of the newly renamed Diddly Squat Farm. Lisa Hogan, Kaleb Cooper, "Cheerful Charlie" Ireland and Gerald Cooper are also introduced. Jeremy starts to assemble what he needs for his farm - as well as laying the groundwork for things to come later. He buys key equipment including a tractor and cultivator, as well as taking on sheep and opening a farm shop. Jeremy takes over the day-to-day running of the newly renamed Diddly Squat Farm. Series 2 This series sees Jeremy look for ways to increase the farm's revenue. One such example is bringing in a herd of cows although this isn't without its issues. Jeremy also had the idea to convert the abandoned lambing barn into a restaurant where he could sell his meat from the farm. For this plan to move forward, he had to get planning permission from the local council. Viewers also meet Pepper, a heifer among the herd who ultimately becomes the star's favourite. Series 3 The third series contained some of the show's most emotional moments to date. In heartbreaking scenes, dozens of newborn piglets died as a result of overlaying - their mother rolling on to them. Jeremy said goodbye to his favourite pig - the Baroness - after she developed cancer and needed to be put down. Dry stonewall expert and "head of security" Gerald Cooper was diagnosed with cancer. Jeremy and Kaleb began a competition between themselves - with Kaleb looking after the arable side and Jeremy taking the non-arable elements. Fellow farmers - and famous faces - Andy Cato and George Lamb appear in this series 6 6
The Guardian
15-05-2025
- General
- The Guardian
It can be hard to end a phone call. But 'Okaybye' is not the way to do it
Phone conversations can be great things. It's a shame we're in an age when you can't just have them on impulse. One of my oldest friends came to mind yesterday morning. We had not spoken for a couple of months and I wanted to hear his voice. And even with him I felt it would be a slight imposition to just call. So I texted him first to see if he could talk. This process has become so normal that I didn't give it a second thought until afterwards. Anyway, he responded in the affirmative, agreeing that the call could be made there and then, which it was, and we had a good conversation. While meeting a friend in person is optimal, phone calls have their place. Sometimes it feels as if you can say more, perhaps speaking more frankly than if you were looking into the whites of each other's eyes. But however good the conversation, for me there's one thing that can mar it, leaving a slightly sour aftertaste. Almost as bad as watching your team play well for 90 minutes, only to concede a goal right at the death, spoiling everything. It's to do with how the call ends. I have a couple of close friends in the habit of saying goodbye with unsettling abruptness. We chat away, informing and entertaining each other for a good while, then, after a short bringing-things-to-a-close phase, my dear interlocutor suddenly snaps: 'Okaybye.' And that's that. Gone. Silence. The flip side of this coin is the endless exchange of goodbyes, see yous, love yous etc at the conclusion of calls between new lovers. 'No, you say bye.' 'No, you,' etc. Nobody wants that, obviously, but there's a balance. The opposite leaves me feeling hollow, as if the other person was all along desperate to get off the line. Perhaps they're unconsciously influenced by phone calls depicted in films and dramas, which for some reason rarely end with anyone saying goodbye to anyone else. Perhaps they just don't like me as much as I think. Whatever the reason, if they should read this and recognise themselves, I hope they take note. Bye. Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster, writer and Guardian columnist
The Independent
09-05-2025
- General
- The Independent
A trip to London brought the grief of losing my family flooding back
DARTMOUTH PARK Sometimes we hang onto the memory of people, places or objects To anchor ourselves in the familiarity of the space In which we wish to dangle like a stuck bauble, glittering In our barely changing atmosphere of dwindling oxygen. My London drive of many hours delivered me to the point Of unpicking the ties that bound me to Dartmouth Park By closing down a house in one of three streets that had defined The smell of home from home for almost the length of my life: My ten-year-old self scrambling the lino stairs to a top floor flat In Fortess Road; my twenty-five-year-old self sleeping On the boyfriend's mattress in Laurier Road; the two Long-ago houses I'd sometimes lived in with my long-dead aunt, In the same street as this building once owned by my long-dead brother. So much anticipated – and sometimes disappointed – love Accompanied decades of tube trips and drives to a smudge of London That has been empty of living connections for long enough to let go. The neighbour opened the door to my last goodbye
