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Gangs Of London is one of the most violent shows on television and has gripped audiences since its release in 2020.

Definitely not for the faint-hearted, it follows undercover police officer Elliott Carter, played by Sope Dirisu, working in the heart of a top-level criminal organisation after infiltrating the infamous and powerful Wallace family.

Now in its third season, familiar faces return, and new villains emerge as the battle to lead the criminal underworld rages on.

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“Every year we’re trying to go a bit further,” Dirisu told Sky News.

The London-born actor is the cop-turned-criminal whose life was turned upside down when his family were killed in a car accident.

Season three delves into those events as Elliott takes on a new role among the gangs.

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“It’s a great testament to the response that we’re getting from our audiences that they want more of it. People are still engaged. There are some shows that don’t get to make a season three, so we don’t take that for granted at all,” he said.

Set in a fictionalised version of London, akin to Gotham in the Batman universe, season three sees some new faces joining the fold.

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Richard Dormer plays Cornelius Quinn. Pic: Sky

“It does feel like Batman is going to fly in at any minute,” laughs Richard Dormer.

The Game Of Thrones actor plays Cornelius Quinn in the series, the brother of Michelle Fairley’s Marian Wallace and the uncle of Peaky Blinders actor Joe Cole’s character Sean Wallace.

Dormer said: “I watched episode two of season one, when they raid the Travellers camp, and I just really sat up with wow. I just thought it was brilliantly done, technically, it was just amazing to watch.”

For the actor, as much as he enjoys being part of the cast, the violence depicted is not his cup of tea as a viewer.

He said: “I’m not a big fan of it but I think technically, when it’s done right, it’s breathtaking. There’s this kind of a thrill in it because it’s safe and so over the top that you know it’s not real so you can kind of wallow in it and enjoy it, you know.”

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Andrew Koji takes on the mysterious assassin role, hidden by a hood and a glorious side fringe, in the upcoming episodes.

“I didn’t realise the fringe was that prominent,” he told Sky News after watching the new episodes, adding “it’s gone now, hopefully never to return”.

After working on Bullet Train, Warrior, Snake Eyes and most recently the Netflix show Black Doves, Koji said getting to use his background in mixed martial arts is always something he wants to lean towards.

“This unique mix of his raid-esque style action with gripping family drama in this kind of heightened, stylised London is interesting, nuanced and different. I jumped at the opportunity.”

All eight episodes of Gangs Of London 3 will launch as a box set on Sky Atlantic and the streaming service NOW from 20 March.

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Paul Gallagher, older brother of Oasis stars Liam and Noel, appears in court charged with rape

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Paul Gallagher, older brother of Oasis stars Liam and Noel, appears in court charged with rape

Paul Gallagher, the older brother of Oasis stars Noel and Liam, has appeared in court charged with rape, sexual assault and other offences.

Gallagher, of East Finchley, north London, is accused of rape, coercive and controlling behaviour, three counts of sexual assault, three counts of intentional strangulation, two counts of making a threat to kill, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The alleged offences are claimed to have taken place between 2022 and 2024, the charge sheet showed.

During a five-minute hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, Gallagher spoke to confirm his name, age and address, but entered no pleas.

He has been bailed for a further appearance at Harrow Crown Court on 24 September.

Gallagher, who is a year older than Noel and seven years older than Liam, has never been involved in Oasis.

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Strictly Come Dancing star arrested on suspicion of rape

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A Strictly Come Dancing star has been arrested on suspicion of rape.

The unnamed man, who is in his 30s, was also detained over a separate allegation of “non-consensual intimate image abuse”.

The Met Police said an arrest was made in east London on Friday in a joint investigation with Hertfordshire Constabulary, following a “third-party allegation of sexual and drug-related offences”.

It is understood the arrest is not related to the upcoming production of Strictly Come Dancing – the 23rd series, which is in the rehearsal stage and is due to launch in September.

“On Friday 22 August, officers arrested a man in his 30s in east London on suspicion of rape and non-consensual intimate image abuse,” a spokesperson for the Met said in a statement.

The investigation is in its early stages and inquiries are ongoing, the spokesperson added.

The man was released on bail on Saturday until a date in November, the force said, according to BBC News.

Hertfordshire Constabulary did not add anything further.

A spokesperson for the BBC said: “It would not be appropriate to comment on an ongoing police investigation.”

Earlier this month, it was reported the broadcaster had called in lawyers to investigate following claims two of its stars had used cocaine.

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Taylor Swift announces engagement to boyfriend Travis Kelce

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Taylor Swift has announced she is getting married to her NFL star boyfriend Travis Kelce.

The pop star and Kansas City Chiefs tight end shared the news in a joint post on Instagram, with the caption: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.”

The announcement was liked more than 1.7 million times just over 30 minutes after it was posted.

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Swift and Kelce started their relationship in July 2023, after the three-time Super Bowl winner said on his podcast New Heights that he tried and failed to meet the singer at her Eras Tour concert in Kansas City.

Rumours grew that the couple were dating after Swift was spotted at a number of Chiefs games. On her seventh time in the stands, she brought her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, along.

Kelce told the Wall Street Journal in November 2023: “There were definitely people she knew that knew who I was, in her corner [who said]: ‘Yo! Did you know he was coming [to the Eras Tour]?’

I had somebody playing Cupid… She told me exactly what was going on and how I got lucky enough to get her to reach out.”

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Earlier this month, Swift appeared on Kelce’s podcast, New Heights, and announced her 12th album, titled The Life Of A Showgirl.

Speaking to her now-fiance and his brother Jason Kelce, Swift said it was inspired by the Eras Tour – and also talked about Travis’s attempt at meeting her two years ago.

While she said his plan to give her his number on a friendship bracelet was a “wild, romantic gesture,” she joked he “didn’t do any proper logistical planning” and thought he would be allowed backstage.

“Because he knows the elevator lady, he thought he could talk to her about just getting down to my dressing room,” she added. “That’s how it works in 1973.”

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The new album, which will be released on 3 October, marks her first release since she took back control over her entire back catalogue from private equity firm Shamrock Capital.

Sky News culture and entertainment reporter Gemma Peplow said after her globe-trotting tour and a swathe of re-releases over recent years, the new album cemented Swift’s reputation “as the hardest-working star in pop”.

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Despite rumours he would retire after losing this year’s Super Bowl, Kelce will play for the Kansas City Chiefs again this season.

He told GQ magazine his on-field performances “slipped a little bit” as he started acting, and added: “I’m just saying that my work ethic is such that I have so much pride in how I do things that I never want the product to tail off, and I feel like these past two years haven’t been to my standard.”

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