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TERRIFIED TV star Sam Thompson confronted Michael McIntyre with a knife when he mistook the comedian’s late-night prank for a burglary.

It came as Michael filmed his Big Show’s ­Midnight Gameshow segment in which a celebrity is surprised at home in bed.

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Sam Thompson confronted Michael McIntyre with a knife when he mistook the comedian’s late-night prank for a burglary[/caption]

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The segment was filmed before Sam and Zara split in December[/caption]

Sam, 32, was asleep with then-girlfriend Zara McDermott when they heard a noise.

A source said: “A family member was in on the    joke and passed house    keys to production. But   when crew arrived they   found the bedroom locked.

“Sam then came out with a knife. It was shocking. He and Zara had heard a commotion and mistook it for burglars.”

Sources said I’m A Celeb winner Sam grabbed a small knife used from an earlier meal and did not usually keep any blades in his bedroom.

The segment was filmed before Sam and Zara, 28, split in December.

The Big Show aired on January 18 with the knife drama edited out.

Instead BBC screened a version where Sam lay in bed while Zara answered the door.

Michael, 48, hinted at the drama on The One Show, saying he had heard Sam and Zara “freaking out” behind their locked bedroom door.

He added, joking: “It’s not in the show and I probably shouldn’t be saying it but — you know, he had a weapon — I could have died that night at the hands of Sam Thompson.”

Sam has said of the segment: “Best experience ever mate, the coolest thing ever.”

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TWO elderly sisters have been found dead in a Belfast house today.

Police discovered the bodies of the two women at a property in the Finaghy Road area of south Belfast.

Locals in the area have been left “very sad” by the shock discovery this morning.

Emergency services and PSNI officers rushed to the house at about 1.30pm after the alarm was raised.

A PSNI spokesperson said: “Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden deaths of two people at a residential property in the Finaghy area of south Belfast.

“The deaths were discovered this morning, Friday 31 January.

“At this stage of our enquiries, it is not believed that the deaths are suspicious.”

Neighbours told The Belfast Telegraph how the community was left in shock.

One resident recalled how he assisted one of the sisters getting to the door.  

He said: “The woman we helped was caring for her sister, who I think was aged in her 90s, but she probably needed care herself. It’s awful.”

He added: “Everyone gets on and you always have someone to take the bins in for you if you’re ever away. This is very sad.”

Another neighbour told how there have been “a lot of deaths” in the area.

He said: “One man died shortly before Christmas, and another man right beside him died on the same morning I think.

“They were both very elderly, but it’s still so sad.

“Everyone gets on well around here, there’s never any trouble.”

Separately, an elderly man was shot five times by a group of masked men who broke into his home last night.

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Detectives are urging people to come forward with information following reports of a shooting in the Coleraine area of Derry.

Reports were made shortly after 7.50pm that a number of masked men had broken into the home of a man in his 70s.

The man, whose property was located in the Ballygallin Park area of the town, was assaulted during the incident.

ARM AND LEG WOUNDS

He has since been taken to hospital for treatment.

It was discovered there that he had been shot five times in the arm and legs.

The man also sustained injuries to his head and torso.

PSNI officers confirmed that his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

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RACING’S s*** stirrer-in-chief has been at it again.

The question is, why do so many trainers still listen to the one-time BHA (or BHB, as it was back in the day) chief Peter Savill?

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His track record is littered with high-profile duds, and this week’s failed media boycott is one of the most embarrassing yet.

To recap, news broke last weekend that 170 trainers, members of Savill’s new ‘pressure group’ the Professional Racing Association (PRA), were going to refuse to take TV interviews, at Sandown and for the foreseeable, unless racecourses coughed up half a million quid.

When the rancid rebellion came to light, it was not clear what Savill and his pals actually wanted to do with the money.

I think it’s a short price some of the supposed 170 PRA members — only a handful of whom have actually been identified — thought they’d end up making some cash on the side.

For all the optics of Nick Luck slipping Hendo a score after a post-race chinwag would in truth be quite amusing, it has since been clarified the cash would have gone towards paying for the PRA’s admin costs, as well as a trainer’s benevolent fund.

Either way, it was the sort of PR disaster that would have made even Liz Truss wince and the trainers who backed it came across as entitled and out of touch.

At Cheltenham last Saturday trainers donned poker faces when quizzed on their views, though Alan King let slip it would ‘rev the sport up a bit’ before Dan Skelton came out of the trenches with all guns blazing saying it was a marvellous idea.

But it was condemned by pretty much every corner of the industry and they were quickly forced into a full retreat, with the cash-for-questions rebellion ending up like a terrible remix of Craig David’s 7 Days.

Sing it with me: “Demanded 500,000 smackers on Friday, doubled down on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, U-turned on Tuesday.”

Clearly, the real aim of the PRA is to put pressure on racecourses, who rake it in through media rights payments, to be more transparent and reinvest a fair share of their revenue into prize-money.

Nobody can quibble with that, but in reality you could threaten the most tight-fisted racecourse execs with a stint in Guantanamo Bay and they still wouldn’t cough up. This tinpot uprising was doomed to fail.

And it is quite rich of Savill to be leading this charge considering that, as pointed out on the AK Bets podcast this week, he had his foot in a very different camp when at the BHB helm.

At a BHB AGM in 2004 he said regarding prize-money: “Racecourses in future will be free to decide how much of their own money they want to contribute to the prize fund rather than being mandated to contribute a certain amount to it.”

Let’s not forget, around the same time he nearly destroyed racing’s relationship with the press when trying to charge newspapers £340,000 a year to print racecards, despite the fact it was free promotion for the sport.

Of course, he backed down when editors told him to eff off.

And after a period in the wilderness, he emerged a few years ago to foist the failed ‘premierisation’ project on the BHA. Another smashing idea, big Pete.

This sport never ceases to amaze in finding new ways to load a double barrel shotgun and blow its own feet to smithereens.

The only way we are ever going to get anywhere is through serious, strong leadership (easier said than done in this game, admittedly) and for all racing’s factions to compromise and find common ground, which shouldn’t be difficult.

I’m reliably informed the way the boycott fiasco was handled went down like a lead balloon with plenty of PRA members, and Skelton won’t have been pleased about the U-turn just a few days are sticking his head above the parapet.

A handful of high-profile members are already said to have quit, including Paul Nicholls, and with Savill funding it with his own cash, I can’t imagine the PRA will be ruffling feathers for much longer.

Savill has shown over the years he has done more harm than good, so it’s time for besotted trainers to give their master the Spanish archer so we can all move on with our lives.

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RTE star Maura Derrane made a super stylish return to Today wearing a ‘fantastic’ blazer.

The Galway native was back on screens alongside her usual co-host Daithi O’Se for another episode of fashion, lifestyle and cooking.

Maura is renowned for chopping and changing her aesthetic on the show with a floral dress one day and a two piece suit the next.

The 54-year-old opted for a chic yet casual look for today’s show as she donned a simple grey tartan jacket from Zara.

The trendy jacket totally dressed up her look and made for an edgy twist.

The printed jacket had a cropped silhouette and silver buttons down the front.

And fans looking to try out Maura’s fabulous outerwear don’t have to worry about breaking the bank.

The Short Round Neck Jacket is currently available on the Zara website for just €35.99.

The Irish host teamed the jacket with a simple black vest top underneath and blue denim skinny jeans on the bottom.

The TV star also added her favourite black suede knee high boots from Tony Burch – the perfect touch to the already fashionable look.

Maura had her brunette hair down and styled in her usual beach waves.

While her makeup was kept light with a shimmery pink lip gloss.

The mum-of-one captioned her post: “Happy St Bridget’s Day. Hope you all have a great bank holiday weekend. My #ootd is a bit of a mix.”

And fans all flocked to the comment section to swoon over Maura’s latest TV look.

Mary wrote: “Fabulous Maura. A look that never dates.”

Dolores said: “Well you look beautiful… I love it all.”

Marian added: “Fabulous outfit Maura.”

While Declan gushed: “Being completely honest, I have to say that you look absolutely stunning.”

And Robert remarked: “Looking fab Maura lovely outfit. Casual Friday, love it.”

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