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Ricky Tomlinson leads licence fee protest outside BBC’s Salford office
Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson marched with pensioners on the BBC’s northern headquarters to protest against plans to axe free TV licences for the over-75s.The comedian and actor branded politicians a “blood shower of hypocrites” in a rallying cry to his fellow protesters, telling them of the “subsidised grub” for MPs and the £305 daily....