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An elderly couple were left “horrified” and “upset” after they were charged £110 by Ryanair to print their boarding passes at the airport. Ruth, 79, and Peter Jaffe, 80, were flying from Stansted Airport to Bergerac, France, on Friday when they discovered that they had downloaded the inbound ticket on their phone instead of the outbound one.

Today Programme presenters were forced to apologise after Miriam Margolyes, 81, swore loudly in a verbal attack on Jeremy Hunt, 55, live on air. Fern Britton, 65, took to Twitter to praise the Harry Potter actress after she left BBC Radio 4 listeners in stitches this morning.Addressing her 123,100 Twitter followers, Fern wrote: “God bless #MiriamMargolyes on @BBCr4today.“Her poetic and fulsome thoughts on #RobbieColtrane and slightly pithier ones on #JeremyHunt. “God bless freedom of speech,” the This Morning star added with a heart emoji. Miriam was being interviewed live on air when she told listeners she had just bumped into the former Health Secretary in the BBC corridors after his own interview. Jeremy Hunt is currently having a busy morning of interviews after being appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, following the sacking of Kwasi Kwarteng.The BAFTA award-winning star told Radio 4 presenters: “When I saw him there I just said, ‘You've got a hell of a job, the best of luck’.”To the shock of listeners, however, Miriam then went on to swear loudly before being removed from the airwaves.“What I really wanted to say was, ‘F*** you!’ but you can’t say that,” she revealed. The award-winning actress’ unexpected comments prompted an apology from the presenters who quickly introduced the sports news and told her: “We’ll have to have you out of the studio now…”While her outburst appeared to have left the BBC presenters flustered, it also caused an eruption of laughter across social media, with some high-profile celebs joining in on the joke. TV presenter Anneka Rice penned: “A joy to start the day to Miriam Margolyes saying ‘F*** you’ on Radio 4.

BBC show, 20 years after he left.The host exited back in 2002 after allegations of drug-taking and sex with prostitutes.The show’s creator Jimmy Mulville shared his hopes for Deayton to return during an interview with BBC Radio 4 yesterday.Appearing on What’s Funny About, Jimmy shared how Deayton had “served his time”.He said: "I think it'd be very nice for him.

Prince William has teamed up with broadcasting legend David Attenborough to launch a $65 million Earthshot prize fund for those who invent solutions to environmental problems.The pair hope the fund will help find 50 solutions to the ways humans are damaging the planet by 2030, with five prizes of $1.3 million handed out each year over the next decade.Launching the new initiative, which they hope will become the “Nobel Prize” of environmentalism, on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, the Prince said it was open to anyone who can come up with an innovative way to help save the Earth.More on the environment“We hope that this Earthshot Prize reaches everyone around the world,” he explained.

Dive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star's FREE newsletter is a scorcherCouncil chiefs in Lancashire have warned youngsters 'don't kill granny' as the city enters a coronavirus lockdown.Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, the Chief executive of Preston City Council, Adrian Phillips, revealed they believe the sharp spike in cases has come from young people socialising in large groups and taking the bug back to their homes.Half of the fresh infections in the city are in people aged under 30.Last week there was outrage when local nightclub Switch opened its doors to clubbers, charging them £200-a-head.Phillips said: "I know our director of public health has said 'don't kill granny' to young people to try and focus the

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