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Jeremy Clarkson farm choir gets golden buzzer on BGT
The ITV talent show returned tonight (March 21) after a break last week.
And it was Amanda Holden who was brought to tears and pressed her gold buzzer after a farming choir took to the stage and impressed the audience.
Jeremy Clarkson farm choir gets golden buzzer on BGT
The 34-person choir is made up entirely of real British farmers and was created as a promotional and campaigning project linked to Jeremy Clarkson’s Hawkstone beer and cider brand.
The group of farmers took to the stage, with one of them saying: “Jeremy Clarkson did a thing, and that thing is the Hawkstone Farmers Choir.
“Jeremy brought us together to sing, and it’s really been amazing for us all.”
The choir performed Elbow’s One Day Like This, which brought judge Amanda and some of the audience to tears.
She pressed the golden buzzer after the act, and said: “As soon as you started, I completely welled up.
“I felt so much power.
“I love the whole community, I love how you’ve all got together.
“You work so hard every single day, you absolutely smashed it and I can’t wait to see what you’re going to do in the semi-finals.”
Fans took to social media to also praise the act.
One said: “Yayyy gold buzzer for the farming choir, they were fun, uplifting, I loved it and great song choice.”
Another wrote: “Genuinely deserved that gold.”
Who else has got a golden buzzer so far in BGT 2026?
Amanda Holden’s golden buzzer was the fourth of the series, with Simon Cowell, KSI and Alesha Dixon already pressing theirs.
Simon was the first to press the gold in the opening episode, to Australian para athlete Paul Nunnari, who blew away the judging panel with his incredible wheelchair stunts.
KSI awarded the second golden buzzer of the series to 16-year-old magician Rafferty Coope, whose trick involved making a coin pass through solid glass and a card trick that led to him playing the song Don’t Stop Believing on the piano.
The third golden buzzer was awarded to entertainment act Antigravity.
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Their audition followed one of the actors as they floated around on a screen, following routes and paths as if they were in a video game.
The judges said it was one of the best performances in the show’s 19-year history, and the first of its kind.
Which of the golden buzzer acts has impressed you the most so far? Let us know in the comments.
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Dubai based Uma Ali Sheikh avoided paying HMRC £260,000 tax
Uma Ali Sheikh has been named and shamed by the government in a new list published by the government department.
Information is published by the agency when a person or business has made at least one deliberate default on more than £25,000, according to HMRC.
The list is updated every three months before the information is removed after a year.
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Uma Ali Sheikh was investigated by HMRC and charged a penalty for either deliberate errors in his tax returns or a deliberate failure to notify a liability to tax.
The 50-year-old is listed as being a landlord based at Apt 4604, The Torch Tower, Al Sharta Street, Dubai Marina in Dubai.
HMRC says that between April 6, 2014 and April 5, 2019, he did not pay £261,252 worth of tax.
He subsequently paid a penalty worth £137,333.77.
His nationality is listed on Companies House as being British, meaning he is an expat.
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Oxford alleyway indecent exposure case shelved by police
Thames Valley Police had been investigating a report that a man committed indecent exposure at around 3pm on August 29 in Headington.
The incident happened in Cox’s Aly near the junction of Gladstone Road.
The offender was last seen walking towards Gladstone Road and is described by police as white, slim and around 5ft 10ins tall.
He had a baggy royal blue tracksuit on – with white stripes running up the sides – and has fair hair, police said in an earlier appeal.
(Image: Newsquest)
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Police had issued an appeal at the time of the offence looking for witnesses or people with information.
However, seven months later, not enough evidence has been provided to find the culprit.
A police spokeswoman said on Monday morning (March 30): “This case has been filed, pending further information coming to light.”
Indecent exposure, a sexual offence, can see a punishment of up to six months in prison or a fine imposed by the court.
Offenders can also be put on the sex offenders register list, but in most cases this is if the victim is under 18 years of age.
Depending on its seriousness, cases can go to trial in crown court.
Police constable Edward O’Reilly previously said: “If anyone has any further information and witnessed this incident, we would also ask them to get in touch.
“If you have information, please call 101 quoting the reference 43250442508 or you can provide information on the online reporting pages.”
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Customers buy food at town’s local excellence market
Food, beer and flower stalls attracted lots of shoppers to the Market Place on Saturday.
The local excellence market is held about six times a year, running alongside the regular Monday market.
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Among traders selling to shoppers were Abingdon Distillery, food and drink supplier Barbury Hill from Steventon, Natural Bread Company in Oxford, and Authentic Desi Food from Oxford.
Dan Smith, who runs Barbury Hill, selling cheese (Image: Andy Ffrench)
The town council said in a statement: “Local excellence is a market at which local food producers, craft workers and retailers sell their goods in Abingdon Market Place.
“The market gives Abingdon shoppers the chance to sample foods, beers and crafts from Oxfordshire and nearby.
“The market starts at 9am and finishes at 2pm, sometimes later.
Rachel from Abingdon Distillery selling gin (Image: Andy Ffrench)
“Held on occasional Saturdays through the year, it is very popular with people who are at work all week and miss out on our weekly markets on Monday, or the local farmers’ market on the third Friday in the month.”
Nawaz Hussain from Oxford selling samosas (Image: Andy Ffrench)
Rachel, who works at Abingdon Distillery, said it was a big year for the company as it looks forward to its Single Malt Oxfordshire Whisky going on sale in the autumn.
The next local excellent market is expected to take place on Saturday, May 30.
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