Tuesday, 13th April 2021 at 7:00 am
Bridget Jones’s Diary – the iconic British film based on Helen Fielding’s novel of the same name – turns 20 today, with the rom-com starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant having made its cinematic debut back in 2001.
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With this year marking such a big anniversary, I dove into the Bridget Jones Cinematic Universe (the BJCU if you will) and revisited its many, many characters for a
RadioTimes.com official ranking of all your Daniel Cleavers, your Unas, your Mr Fitzherberts and your Shazzers.
24. ‘Uncle’ Geoffrey
Played by: James Faulkner
The lecherous, bum-pinching Geoffrey lands himself at the bottom of our ranking, which should come as no surprise to anyone considering he’s arguably the film franchise’s biggest creep. Married to Una, the best friend of Bridget’s mum Pam, Geoffrey is described by Bridget as “someone who insists I call him uncle when he gropes my a e” (ew) and generally exude
SPECIALIST senior police leading a statewide juvenile crime crackdown will visit Cairns and Townsville as their top priorities as delinquent repeat offenders run amok in the city. The Far North and Townsville have been earmarked for special attention by police Commissioner Katarina Carroll and the head of the new Youth Crime Taskforce Assistant Commissioner Cheryl Scanlon who are expected to visit both cities imminently. Cairns will also receive the first school-based police support officers revealed during the State Government s announcement on Tuesday morning. Â Far North police Acting Supt Mark Lingwood, Chief Supt Brian Huxley and Supt Chris Hodgman speak about juvenile crime.
Townsville airport closes, but Tropical Cyclone Kimi weakens, is unlikely to cross coast
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Tropical Cyclone Kimi has been downgraded to a tropical low.
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The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says it is now unlikely weakening Tropical Cyclone Kimi will significantly impact the north Queensland coast.
Key points:
The BOM says it has weakened, and is unlikely to cross the coast
There is still a possibility it could change track
The cyclone intensified to a category two on Monday, but as it continued to move south off the coast between Hinchinbrook Island and Townsville, the storm was downgraded to a category one system late in the evening.