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Man stopped by police on M62 for making a brew whilst driving

North West Motorway Police said they "couldn't believe" what they saw when they pulled over the driver for using his mobile phone.

Georgina Pellant Georgina Pellant - 27th April 2021

There’s multi-tasking, then there’s drinking a cuppa whilst you’re on the motorway. 

Most would agree that making a brew behind the wheel isn’t the smartest move. But for one man, it seems to have been standard procedure – until he was stopped by police yesterday that is. 

Spotted using a mobile phone whilst driving on the M62, a man was promptly pulled over by North West Motorway Police.

But, as he drove onto the hard shoulder, officers also discovered the culprit was in the process of making himself a brew on-the-go.

Sharing the surprising moment on Twitter, the force said: “We couldn’t believe this one!  #MC21 stopped a vehicle on M62 for the driver using their mobile phone whilst driving.

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“When he stopped the car, he noticed the driver was also in the process of making a cup of tea.

“Needless to say, a Traffic Offence Report was issued.” 

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The tweet has, unsurprisingly, generated some great responses on Twitter. 

One user said “that takes the biscuit,” whilst another joked: “Had he been arrested, you’d be able to take his mug shot.”

Another added: “Hope they didn’t put the milk in before taking the tea bag out.

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“That’s a crime in itself.”

Featured image: Twitter

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James Acaster reveals eerie song all Traitors contestants are forced to listen to before every roundtable

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James Acaster has revealed the eerie (and pretty surprising) song that all Traitors contestants are forced to listen to before every roundtable.

In case you’ve been living comfortably under a rock, you’ll probably be aware that comedian James Acaster is currently a contestant on this current season of BBC‘s smash-hit reality TV competition show, The Celebrity Traitors – a show that viewers in their millions are tuning into each week, with some big names on the cast.

Acaster is currently (spoiler alert… but it shouldn’t be at this point, we are several weeks in after all) one of three Traitors competing on the show, and he’s doing a pretty good job at it.

But we wonder how much of his success can be put down to the producers’ love of a certain song they like to play before every roundtable? Probably next to none, but it’s surprising to find out how much of an integral role the tune plays though.

The song we’re referring to here, it has been revealed, is ‘The Hanging Tree’ – a folk ballad made popular by The Hunger Games.

‘The Hanging Tree’, composed by James Newton Howard and Suzanne Collins, was famously sung by Jennifer Lawrence’s character Katniss Everdeen in the third instalment of the film franchise, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1.

The lyrics are as follows:

Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where they strung up a man
They say who murdered three?
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met at midnight
In the hanging tree

So, as you can see, the song does make reference to ‘murder’, which is a key part of The Traitors game (not real murder, of course), but even with that context, we’re still not sure why the producers are keen to play it out before every roundtable.

During a viral TikTok clip from an on-stage Q&A this week, Acaster revealed the song’s usage to the audience: “You all walk in silence down the corridor, and you all sit down, and they don’t announce it’s gonna happen.

“The first time this will completely blindside you, but they do it every single roundtable. They play that song from The Hunger Games, that ‘coming to the tree’ song. Like acapella, Jennifer Lawrence.”

He continued: “It was every f***ing time, it was the only song we heard the whole time we were in there, and all day I would have it in my head constantly, everyone would, I’d go ‘have you got coming to the tree in your head?’ and they’d go ‘yes, it’s in my head, again’.”

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Viewers who watch the show may have spotted the song being played in the background or transition between certain scenes, but now it’s been revealed that the contestants hear it too.

Who would’ve thought?

Featured Image – Euan Cherry / BBC / Studio Lambert

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Tickets officially go on sale for rare 70mm IMAX screenings of Dune: Part Three in Manchester

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Tickets have now officially gone on sale for rare 70mm IMAX screenings of Dune: Part Three in Manchester.

Arriving on screens from 18 December and gearing up to be one of the most anticipated films of the year, Dune: Part Three – which is the third and final instalment in director Denis Villeneuve’s Dune franchise – will be screening in IMAX 70mm at Vue Manchester Printworks, one of only three venues to show it in this format nationwide.

There are only 40 other venues across the globe showing the film in IMAX 70mm, and Manchester is the only city outside of London to screen the blockbuster this way too.

Based on the novels of Frank Herbert and set nearly two decades after the previous film, Dune: Part Three features an ensemble cast of all-star names led by Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya.

Alongside them will be Jason Momoa, Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rebecca Ferguson, Robert Pattinson, Charlotte Rampling, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin.

After seats for a special early screening of the film in IMAX sold out in less than 30 minutes last month, the IMAX 70mm showings – which officially went live today (20 October) – are expected to be snapped up fast by film fans in Manchester.

“A decade in the making, Denis Villeneuve’s epic Dune trilogy is reaching its dramatic conclusion this December,” explained Dean Cross, who is the Senior Screen Content Manager at Vue.

“As the only venue outside of London to be screening Dune: Part Three in IMAX 70mm, it’s a privilege for us to offer this unique way to experience the film.”

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Dune: Part Three is coming to Vue Manchester Printworks on 18 December, and you can book your tickets here.

Featured Image – Warner Bros.

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