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If you ever come across Dame Joanna Lumley, do not do this… (Picture: Daniel Loveday/Comic Relief/Getty Images)
Dame Joanna Lumley dubbed it ‘creepy’ when fans take secret photographs of her.
The Absolutely Fabulous star, 77, is always happy to get a picture with a passer-by – as long as she knows about it.
What she can’t stand is when people film or take pictures of her without her permission.
She also has a brilliant reaction when she notices people doing just that.
‘I never mind doing photographs with people, but what I don’t like is when they steal them,’ she explained to Sky News.
‘They don’t ask, you can just see them quietly at a dinner table, going like that [gestures taking a photo] across the restaurant.
Dame Joanna doesn’t like it when fans take secret photos of her (Picture: Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
She’s more than happy to pose with fans if they ask (Picture: Victoria Jones-Pool/Getty Images)
‘I walk over and say, “Shall we do a proper picture?” And they get a bit flustered and say, “Oh, I didn’t want to disturb you,” you know? But that’s creepy.’
Dame Joanna finds the constant use of cameras on phones ‘intrusive’ and said it gives her the feeling everyone is being watched to some extent nowadays.
But it’s not just fans this certified national treasure has a problem with in this respect – she doesn’t even like supermarket CCTV cameras.
‘There’s a feeling of being watched, if you’re in a room where there’s a camera – you know you’re being watched… it’s odd,’ she explained.
Dame Joanna is stars in the hit Netflix show of the moment, Fool Me Once, alongside Michelle Keegan.
The Harlan Coben thriller follows Maya Stern (Michelle) as she tries to come to terms with her husband Joe’s murder.
Enter mother-in-law Judith Burkett, who is expertly portrayed by Dame Joanna with her trademark wit and feisty character.
Dame Joanna stars in Netflix’s Fool Me Once alongside Michelle Keegan (Picture: ishal Sharma/Netflix)
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The thriller also stars Utopia actor Adeel Akhtar, the BBC’s His Dark Materials actress Jade Anouka, and The Hobbit trilogy star Richard Armitage.
Judith and Maya have a fractured relationship in the series, and Coronation Street star Michelle previously said it was difficult saying some of her lines to such an iconic actor as Dame Joanna.
Speaking on The One Show, Admitted admitted she dreaded having to fire expletives at Dame Joanna, as she said: ‘Honestly, when I read the script, I was like, “Oh no, oh no!”‘
‘We had a bit of a laugh, didn’t we, when we were rehearsing? I don’t think I said it when we were in rehearsals, I was like, “I can’t! I can’t!”‘
Dame Joanna admitted it was a shock, as she added: ‘When it’s not used very often, bad language comes… it slaps out of the screen at you, it does.’
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Get you up to speed: Mississippi Senate race leans Democratic as Scott Colom holds narrow lead
Democrat Scott Colom is leading incumbent GOP Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by just under 3,000 votes in the Mississippi Senate race, with 98% of the votes counted. Seven counties have yet to upload their unofficial results, and 2,732 absentee mail ballots are still outstanding, according to Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson.
Mississippi’s Secretary of State Michael Watson reported that 3,300 outstanding mail ballots are still being processed, with a deadline for their receipt on November 10. The deadline for counties to certify results, including any provisional ballots, is set for November 13.
The Mississippi Republican Party has emphasised that the election “is far from being over,” with party officials asserting they have attorneys and observers throughout the state to monitor the counting of legally cast ballots. As the vote count progresses, certified results are expected from all counties by Friday, November 10, with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee actively monitoring the situation.
What remains unclear — The exact number of affidavit ballots and their impact on the election results have not been specified.
Mississippi Senate race favours Scott Colom as he leads Cindy Hyde-Smith
Washington — The Senate midterm race in deep-red Mississippi leans toward Democrat Scott Colom, who has mounted a surprisingly competitive challenge against incumbent GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
As of Tuesday evening, Colom was leading Hyde-Smith by just under 3,000 votes, with 98% of the vote in, according to WTX US News projections. At one point on the morning after the election, a mere few dozen votes separated the candidates, a stunningly close result in the Magnolia State.
The state’s top election official, Secretary of State Michael Watson, said in a post on X Monday that seven more counties of the state’s 82 counties still needed to upload their unofficial results, with certified results due from all the counties by Friday. He also said 2,732 absentee mail ballots were still out, and the deadline for election officials to receive them would be Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Hyde-Smith, asked by WTX US News’ Caitlin Huey-Burns what she could have done differently during the campaign to make it less competitive, responded, “I think we worked very hard and had a very good campaign.”
Hyde-Smith, 67, has been in the Senate since 2018 and is seeking reelection. But Colom, a district attorney, launched a formidable challenge in a state President Trump won by 20 points in 2024. Mississippi hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982.
Democrats saw a slew of wins in Senate races in the midterms, including in states that President Trump won by double digits in the 2024 elections. Democrats have secured enough seats to take control of the chamber in the new year. If Colom manages to pull off a victory, he would add to their majority.
Colom, 43, is a seventh-generation Mississippian who campaigned on cost-of-living and healthcare issues. Democrats began investing in the race in recent weeks, seeing an opportunity for a pickup. But the possible outcome still appeared exceedingly unlikely heading into Election Day.
Speaking to supporters in the wee hours after election night, Colom said, “The results are all trending in our direction.”
“We are trending in counties that people thought we had no chance to compete in,” Colom said. “And we’re winning them.”
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson said Friday there are approximately 3,300 outstanding mail ballots. The state is also processing an unknown number of affidavit ballots, or provisional ballots, from voters whose eligibility needs to be confirmed. Mail ballots must be received within five business days, while affidavit ballots must be processed within the 10-day window that counties have to certify results, which ends Nov. 13.
Mississippi does not allow recounts, so a winner will be decided based on a plurality of votes.
Both parties are keeping a close eye on the process. WTX US News has confirmed the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has deployed lawyers and resources to the state to monitor the count.
“I’m confident that ultimately Mississippi has decided to go in a new direction,” Colom told reporters after greeting campaign volunteers Thursday morning in Jackson.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee and Hyde-Smith campaign filed a request for all counties to separate and preserve all affidavit ballots. The Colom campaign called the move a “desperate stunt.” His counsel also sent a new letter to Mississippi’s 82 counties asking them to respect election procedures.
Hyde-Smith predicted that she will win reelection, posting on X: “We believe thousands of votes remain to be counted from dozens of Republican counties, and we are confident those votes will reinforce her path to victory.”
At a news conference Thursday, Mississippi Republican Party Chair Mike Hurst insisted the election “is far from being over” and noted the state party has attorneys and observers throughout the state to ensure all legally cast ballots are counted.
Colom and Hyde-Smith have faced off before.
Then-President Joe Biden nominated Colom for a federal judgeship in the Northern District of Mississippi, but Hyde-Smith declined to back his nomination in April 2023, citing questions about Colom’s stance on transgender issues and other concerns. Colom won the support of Mississippi’s other Republican senator, Roger Wicker.
Under the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition, the Senate Judiciary Committee generally does not move forward with federal district court nominees unless the senators who represent the judicial district sign off — preventing Colom from being confirmed to a lifetime judicial appointment. About two and a half years later, Colom launched his campaign for Senate.
Colom told CNN that “not having a federal judgeship is not a motivating factor for me at all” in his Senate campaign, saying he forgives Hyde-Smith.
The Mississippi contest is one of two still-unresolved Senate races. Alaska’s Senate race between GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola is also outstanding, leaving the size of Democrats’ majority up in the air.
To have to pull out of an Olympics on the eve of being set to compete is not a nice thing to have to do, but I’m back and setting my sights on the future.
I took a holiday and am beginning to move on after my hamstring injury denied me the chance to run in Paris and go for a first Olympic medal. It’s not been an easy time, for sure.
My girlfriend and I went to Sardinia for a break after I had to admit defeat and pull out of the 800metres but the Olympics was inescapable. It was on in all the bars and naturally you get invested in the sport you’re watching.
It is not an easy thing to avoid! But both of us really got into it. It looked like a class Games and I wanted to know how people were getting on and watched the 800m. What an event. The final looked tough.
In the 1500m, I was surprised by Cole Hocker’s victory but the American always had a chance of gold as he is a quick finisher.
On form, it looked like Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s to lose at the bell and that was also true until 100m to go. But you can never underestimate the quality of the athletes behind. It was insane to see four people sprinting in a race that was so quick and in which Josh Kerr ran a British record.
I’m really pleased for Josh and what he achieved in Paris, and look forward to sharing the track with him again soon.
Not being able to compete was sad for me, the cruellest of ways for my journey to Paris to end. I’d been through a lot over the past couple of years and the calf injury I’d had before the British trials had to be handled carefully.
What I decided to do was a three-week crash course of training in St Moritz. I still felt competing could be a risk but it was one I was prepared to take.
Training for the 800 is really hard on the body but I’d just had one of the best sessions I’ve ever had, only for my glute to tighten in the last 200m.
I had a scan the next day and my doctor asked me to do a Zoom call with him at 6pm the same day. I knew it could be the worst news. There were no pleasantries, no small talk like usual, just straight down to business. It became pretty clear I wouldn’t be racing at the Olympics.
Jake Wightman beats Jakob Ingebrigtsen to the 1500m world title in 2022 and hopes to be challenging for top honours again soon (Picture: PA)
I knew I was in shape for what I wanted to do so that part doesn’t hurt, I just struggled to keep my body together. When it lets you down it’s easier to process in some ways. I didn’t miss the Games because I wasn’t good enough.
So what next? I’ve now had time to re-evaluate and at 30 my priority has to be medical support so I am relocating to Manchester in a bid to squeeze as much as I can out of my remaining years in the sport.
I feel I need to be closer to my physio there because I can’t have a third straight year like this in 2025 with a world championships in a year’s time.
I’ve decided I will aim to be at the LA Olympics in 2028 but I will take it year by year. I know it would be very difficult to come back if I had another big injury.
Now it’s about proving I can still do it and I want to do another Olympic cycle.
Now it’s about proving I can still do it and I want to do another Olympic cycle. Our only athletics gold in Paris came from Keely Hodgkinson, who is based in Manchester, and every physio I’ve ever had is up there so something has been telling me it’s time for a change.
I’ll still be coached by my Dad Geoff despite the move and I know we’ll make it work.
I fully intend to return to the level I know I can compete at over the coming months and be competitive and give myself a shot at Los Angeles. It’s time to move on.
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