ITV slapped 1970s comedy George & Mildred with a woke warning — saying its classic humour may offend.

The broadcaster was last night ridiculed for the latest example of over-protecting sensitive viewers.

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In one 1978 episode hit with a notice on streaming platform ITVX, Mildred, played by Yootha Joyce, tries to get their dog Truffles to mate.

The long-suffering housewife wanted it to have “everything in life that I’ve never had”.

Later in a vet’s waiting room, her downtrodden husband George, played by Brian Murphy, discusses their dog’s lack of interest in sex.

To which his wife replies: “You don’t have to describe it to me.”

George then says they should have brought Truffles with them.

Mildred says it would have had to fight off the large Irish wolfhound on the floor next to them.

And much to her delight, its owner strokes the dog and says: “Oh no, he’s well past that, aren’t you George?”

ITVX’s warning that it contains “classic British humour from a bygone era” was met with disbelief.

Free Speech Union founder Toby Young fumed: “George and Mildred? Really? What’s next?

“The Magic Roundabout on the grounds that viewers with hyperactivity disorder may find the character of Zebedee triggering?”

George & Mildred, which ran from 1976 to 1979, was watched by up to 18million viewers.

Yootha died in 1980 aged 53 while Brian passed away last month at 92.

The same bygone era warning also appears on multiple episodes of Carry On star Sid James’ sitcom Bless This House.

ITV was previously criticised for warning that Midsomer Murders contained “witchcraft”.

ITVX was asked to comment.

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WANNABE cops were knocked back for a string of bad taste tattoos including one of “sex slave” and one of the word “stab”.

A total of 25 hopefuls were unsuccessful last year due to offensive ink which went against official policy.

The force – which is trying to rebrand itself as non-sexist – revealed full details of the crass images following a freedom of information request by the Scottish Sun.

Among the dodgy daubings were a tattoo of a “nun holding (a) firearm” while another had an image of a “decapitated geisha head gagged with a rope”.

Another piece of offending bodyart showed a “female with blood pouring from eyes and mouth”, while another aspiring officer was knocked back for a tatt depicting the “rear aspect of female in underwear”.

The ban list included further tattoos of “naked images of females”, “images of criminal violence and gun” as well as an “image of drugs”.

Another applicant had “four horsemen of the apocalypse trampling the downtrodden” while one had “images of skulls and grim reaper’ with scythe” inked.

Images of man being hanged and a person on fire also ended the dreams of applicants hoping to serve as bobbies on the beat.

Tattoos also showed “death and violence” as well as a range of weapons, including various guns and blades.

Police Scotland revealed a record number of 25 rejects last year, compared to 13 refusals in 2023 and 23 in 2022.

The force said it had pictures of the offensive images, but refused to disclose them because they might identify applicants.

David Kennedy of the Scottish Police Federation said: “I think they are very liberal with the cast majority of tattoos that they let in.

“But they’ve got a policy in place and certain types of tattoos aren’t allowed. They’ve obviously got standards.

“It might not be suitable for a police officer to be showing certain kinds of tattoos. Some might have to pay for a cover up to get into organisation.”

Rules around tattoos were relaxed in 2015 to attract new recruits.

But officers shouldn’t have any that could cause offence or be considered inflammatory, rude, lewd, crude, racist, sexist, sectarian, homophobic, violent or intimidating.

Uniform and appearance standards say they shouldn’t “undermine the dignity and authority of the office of constable” or indicate “unacceptable attitudes” or links to controversial groups.

Officers are also not permitted to have tattoos on their face.

Applicants have to submit photographs which are then reviewed by recruitment officers and top brass.

Candidates are also given the option to have images “altered” if they are successful in the remainder of the recruitment process.

Campaigner Rick Stevens, former president of the Tattoo and Piercing Industry Union, said: “It comes back to the whole thing of judging art.

“What someone might find offensive, someone else might just find funny.

“Things have changed. But it can be an issue if you’re going to be in public life or a public figure.”

Police Scotland was approached for comment.

INMATES at a run-down jail have been given a seven-minute time limit for the loo — and are struggling to beat the clock.

The rule aims to cut huge queues that build up as many of its cells have no toilets.

It was introduced as a temporary measure at HMP Isle of Wight but has since become permanent.

A source revealed many lags at the Category B jail struggled to do their business in the time allocated.

They said: “When prisoners are old, or have mobility issues, and they need to use the toilet and have a wash, brush their teeth or something else, that time goes by very quickly.”

The prison, also known as HMP Albany, opened in 1967.

Ex-inmates include Moors murderer Ian Brady.

It is now seen as a liability because of how derelict some wings have become.

Lags are allowed a maximum of five trips to the bathroom each night if they do not have an en-suite loo, like most other cells across the country.

They must use an electronic keypad to access the facilities, so guards know who is going and when.

Officers are said to consider exemptions on a case-by-case basis.

Muslim inmates are allowed 12 minutes in the bathroom to perform washing rituals during Ramadan.

Justice minister Sir Nic Dakin said: “It is correct the in-cell facilities at HMP Isle of Wight are not on a par with newer-built prisons.

“This does mean that some cells on the Albany site do not have any in-cell toiletry or washing facilities.

“However, alternative provisions are provided.

“Feedback from prisoners on these facilities is always welcomed.”

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ACTOR Stephen Graham has been accused of reducing a female go-kart worker to tears in another furious outburst.

It comes after The Sun revealed he launched a foul-mouth rant at a football ref.

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The latest incident saw Graham, 51, kick off a day after the airing of his new series, where he plays a hardman boxer.

He was watching his 18-year-old son and pals when he was accused of screaming at a marshal who ordered drivers off the track over safety concerns.

She was so shaken up that bosses logged an incident report last month at the TeamSport Go Karting ring in Leicester.

A source said: “Stephen should have enjoyed a nice day watching his son and his mates karting.

“But when they were told to get off the track, he started shouting at the young staff member.

“He got in her face screaming at her.”

When a senior female worker tried to calm the situation, witnesses say he shouted at her, too.

A source added: “He was just as horrific with her.”

The Peaky Blinders star earlier joked with an employee who said he looked like Stephen Graham.

It comes after we revealed he called a ref a “fat t***” and a “f****** Tellytubby” while watching his nephew play for non-league Barrow Town in Leicestershire last December.

The club were fined £190 and hit with seven penalty points.

Last night a spokeswoman for the actor said: “We deny his party was asked to leave the track or that Stephen made anyone cry.

“Instead his party and all other parties involved were refunded as staff had let too many on and it became dangerous.

“Stephen happily took photos with the public and staff.”

We approached TeamSport Go Karting for comment.

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MAURA Higgins and Danny Jones stayed at a hotel until 6am sharing wine after their Brits party kiss.

New video has emerged showing the pair gazing at each other at the exclusive establishment — which they visited soon after their 3am smooch.

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Only security guards appear to be nearby as they are seen chatting intimately, laughing and holding filled wine glasses.

They then disappeared into a darkened, curtained-off side room at the Nobu Hotel in Central London., which staff said was for use by guests only.

One security guard said: “You can only go through there if you are staying at the hotel.”

Earlier that night, at around 3am, Maura was heard shouting “Danny” as they stood on The Strand leaving a Universal Records party at 180 House where they were filmed kissing at 2.50am.

They travelled by car separately across London to a Sony party at Nobu Hotel in Marylebone.

An onlooker said: “Danny and Maura seemed to be enjoying their night of partying and had no plans to call it a night.

“They were knocking back wine at the Nobu from 4am and seemed keen to carry on.”

The onlooker added: “They weren’t seen leaving before 6am.”

The pair met when they appeared together in ITV1’s I’m A Celebrity last November and December.

After the Brits last Saturday Maura changed out of a see-through black outfit into a white mini-dress and a jacket with no top underneath, before going to an after-party where she was filmed kissing Danny.

It comes as we can reveal McFly pop star Danny, 38, who is married to model Georgia, previously compared “pretty” women to sweeties.

Writing in the 2012 autobiography McFly – Unsaid Things…Our Story he said: “Georgia’s amazing for me.

“Always there, and she keeps me sane.

“She’s beautiful inside and out, and when you meet someone like that, you’ve got to hang on to them.

“She’s the one. And I’ve grown up since meeting her.

“The old Danny, the kid in the sweetie shop every time pretty girls were around, is gone.

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“I don’t want anybody else but her.”

Danny also liked a racy pic of former Love Islander Maura on Instagram back in January, which showed her black bra popping out the top of her figure-hugging leopard print dress.

She had a beaming smile on her face in the glamorous shot which was taken beside a formal table at a posh dinner party.

Maura captioned it: “Ravenous.”

Meanwhile, Maura left a black love heart emoji under one of Danny’s posts.

Danny has been married to Georgia Horsley, 38, since 2014.

OASIS frontman Liam Gallagher is embroiled in a new legal battle with the mother of his love child.

Liza Ghorbani, 51, has lodged a claim in New York for “a silly amount” more in child support, sources say.  

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It comes amid reports Liam will net £50million from Oasis’ reunion.

The claim follows a previous legal fight over daughter Gemma, 12, who Liam says he has never met.

A source close to the dad of four said last night: “It seems Liza and her legal team are milking the fact Liam is set for a big Oasis payday on his new tour and they’re after more money.

“He’s always paid his child maintenance fees, which are generous.

“She is asking for a silly amount of money.

“It’s certainly added some extra stress ahead of the tour.”

Liam, 52, and brother Noel, 57, are reported to be getting around £50million each from their upcoming world tour.

The new case was filed in the New York Supreme Court on Wednesday, listed as Liza Ghorbani vs Liam Gallagher “child support”.

It is the first claim since a confidential deal in 2015, before which Liza was said to be getting £3,000 a month.

Music writer Liza said at the time: “I’m just really relieved this ordeal is over for the sake of my daughter.”

Liam is said to have had a fling with Liza soon after she interviewed him in 2010.

In 2013, he was forced to come clean to then-wife, All Saints singer Nicole Appleton, about fathering the girl after Liza filed a £2million lawsuit for child support.

Liam was fined for not attending maintenance hearings, and he claimed he first needed to finalise his divorce from Nicole, 43.

He has since been in a relationship with his former PA, and now-fiancée, Debbie Gwyther, 40.

In 2018, Liam confessed he had never met Gemma, adding: “If they ever need anything, give us a shout.”

He fathered daughter Molly, now 26, during a fling with singer Lisa Moorish while he was married to Patsy Kensit.

He and Patsy had a son, Lennon, now 25.

In 2001, Liam had another son, Gene, 23, with Nicole.

Liam’s reps are aware of the new court claim but declined to comment.

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A MUM of three who spent a record eight days being treated in a hospital corridor has described her care at the hands of NHS bosses as “disgusting and inhumane”.

Traumatised Sarah Dodd spent just shy of 213 hours lying on a makeshift bed next to a disposal area for human waste as ­managers insisted there was no space in the main ward.

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Now home, she is still tormented by nightmares of being stuck in the cramped, 6ft-wide passageway beside Beech C ward at Worcestershire Royal Hospital from the early hours of February 1 till 9pm on February 9.

Former solicitor Sarah, 56, told The Sun on Sunday: “The way I was treated was disgusting and inhumane.

“The hospital was so overcrowded, there were other people sleeping next to me in the corridor — I had fully grown men sleeping 3ft from my head.

“It didn’t feel safe.

“I had no ­privacy, with doctors and nurses constantly rushing past my bed.

“One morning I woke up to find a patient with dementia, who was in her 80s, combing my hair.

“The worst thing was the relentless noise.

“I was between the sluice room, where they emptied the dirty bedpans, and the drugs room.

“Both had heavy doors with combination locks that made an absolute racket.

“I barely slept a wink.

“I struggled to eat as my meal tray kept getting in the way and would have to be moved.

“The doctors and nurses were brilliant, but the managers were a disgrace.”

Last year, 16 NHS trusts left patients in corridors for two days or more, while nearly 100,000 elderly patients waited more than 12 hours on trolleys in A&E — a 25-fold increase since 2019.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting called Sarah’s ordeal “absolutely appalling”.

He said: “This is a damning indictment of how our NHS has been left to deteriorate.

“Our Plan for Change is about fundamental reform to rebuild the health service.”

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Lib Dem Helen Morgan said: “It’s absolutely unacceptable that scenes like this are continuing to occur in Britain in the 21st century.”

A poll by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine found 78 per cent of physicians provided care in a “temporary environment” such as a corridor in January.

In 2017, one patient died from a cardiac arrest after a 35-hour wait at the Worcestershire Royal and a second from an aneurysm after being placed in a corridor.

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Last November, Care Quality Commission inspectors found that urgent and emergency services at the hospital required improvement.

They said staff were caring for people in ambulances or corridors while waiting for cubicles.

One disabled person spent 16 hours in a wheelchair as no bed was available.

The hospital said it was increasing the use of its same-day emergency care services to free up beds.

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Sarah’s ordeal began in November, when she developed a perforated and infected gallbladder, and had two spells in Worcestershire Royal.

Then on January 31, she developed severe stomach pain and her GP told her to return to A&E.

She arrived at 6.30pm and had to wait in a packed room.

After six hours — at 12.30am on February 1 — she was admitted to the general surgery unit.

She said: “They said they were at capacity so I’d have to sleep in a bed in the ­corridor but assured me it would be for one night.

“I agreed, but one day slipped into the next and every day I’d ask, ‘When are you going to get me a room?’ ”

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Sarah, who lives with Harvey, 56, also a solicitor, in Kidderminster, Worcs, is registered disabled and gave up work in 2011 owning to long-term musculoskeletal pain condition fibromyalgia.

She recalled of her wait for a spot on a ward: “The corridor was the width of two beds and people were constantly walking past me in the middle of a flu crisis.

“Visitors often said, ‘Are you still here?’.

“The staff seemed embarrassed.

“There were no screens to protect my ­privacy.

“I would have to lift my top up to be examined by doctors in full view of anyone passing.”

Day by day, doctors carried out tests to find the cause of Sarah’s pain.

In tears, she went on: “By day eight, I couldn’t take it any more.

“I told them, ‘This is beyond a joke. People keep leaving so why can’t you find me a bed?’.

“The nurses were very apologetic.

“They told me one sister had been raising my case at the staff meeting every day, but the bed managers said there was no space.”

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Thankfully, her corridor ordeal ended that night.

She added: “Three hours later, at 9pm on February 9, they found me a bed.

“There were two more spare beds in that room.

“I was allowed to go home on February 11 and since then I have suffered constant nightmares where I am back in the hospital corridor.

“I blame the NHS managers for what happened.”

Sarah Shingler, chief nursing officer at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “We apologise to Ms Dodd if any aspect of her care fell short of the high standards we set ourselves.

“We will look into the concerns she raised and will reply to her directly with a full response.”