TWO men have been charged with murdering a talented male model who was knifed to death in the street. Harry Uzoka, 25, who modelled for brands including Zara and Mercedes, was found slumped on a pavement in Shepherd’s Bush, West London, on Thursday afternoon. Scotland Yard today charged George Koh, 24, of Camden, with murder […]
MARIA SHARAPOVA made a happy return to the Australian Open. The Russian star, banned from tennis for 15 months after testing positive for a banned substance on her last visit to Melbourne in 2016, beat Tatjana Maria 6-1 6-4 to cruise into the second round. Sharapova walked back straight into controversy Down Under last week […]
MARIA SHARAPOVA made a happy return to the Australian Open. The Russian star, banned from tennis for 15 months after testing positive for a banned substance on her last visit to Melbourne in 2016, beat Tatjana Maria 6-1 6-4 to cruise into the second round. Sharapova walked back straight into controversy Down Under last week […]
GRAMMY-winning gospel singer, Edwin Hawkins, as died aged 74. The American singer passed away at his home in California early this morning, his publicist said. Hawkins, a pioneer of urban gospel music, was best-known for the 1969 hit Oh Happy Day. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, his publicist said. The song has appeared in numerous […]
A FOUR-TIME Olympic champion claims she was sexually abused by Team USA doctor, Larry Nassar. Gymnastics ace Simone Biles, 20, is the latest sports star to make a claim against the team physician – who she says called the abuse ‘special treatment’. She was a key member of the US team that won gold at the […]
AN incredible new photography project is set to go on display showcasing the bizarre and wonderful array of characters found inside London’s pubs. The images, taken by Italian photographer Marco Sconnoccia, take the viewer inside the capital’s blue collar boozers. The moments captured by Marco include cheering fans watching a football match on a big […]
AN incredible new photography project is set to go on display showcasing the bizarre and wonderful array of characters found inside London’s pubs. The images, taken by Italian photographer Marco Sconnoccia, take the viewer inside the capital’s blue collar boozers. The moments captured by Marco include cheering fans watching a football match on a big […]
COPS seized six people in dawn raids yesterday amid claims fake charities are using modern-day slaves to collect bags of clothing. Twelve men forced to pick up the bags were found by police. The arrests took place in Newcastle and Gateshead after a tip-off that a Lithuanian gang were using trafficked slaves from eastern Europe […]
Giant disaster THE Carillion debacle is a catastrophic failure by its management and by civil servants and politicians who kept giving it work. We doubt a soul will ever be held to account. For years City experts feared for this overstretched, badly run giant working to very slim profit margins. Yet Transport Secretary Chris Grayling, […]
A BRIT Bond girl says actor Steven Seagal sexually assault her. Rachel Grant, 40, says the Hollywood star, 65, tugged her top down and exposed his genitals. The Die Another Day actress says he pounced as she auditioned in a Bulgarian hotel in 2002 for his film Out for a Kill. It went straight to […]
BORIS Johnson’s Brexit vow of clawing back £350million a week from the EU should have been £438million, he says. The Foreign Secretary claimed: “We grossly underestimated the sum over which we would be able to take back control.” He claimed the UK’s weekly gross contribution will continue to rise – and will stand at £438m […]
MINISTERS are reviewing No Deal Brexit plans every week, the head of the Civil Service has revealed. Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood said the Government was “completely on it” in terms of planning for leaving the EU with no deal. But he warned that quitting without striking an agreement on future trade relations would only […]
A TOP cop hurled a stress ball at a junior colleague and used the C-word to abuse another, a misconduct panel heard. Deputy Chief Constable Matthew Horne allegedly pushed the officer over a desk after a disagreement then launched the rubber ball at his throat. The panel heard Chief Superintendent Carl O’Malley failed to report […]
A QUARTER of poor households are struggling with problem debt, a think tank has warned. The Institute for Fiscal Studies estimated one in six households among the poorest ten per cent were in arrears on bills or repayments — more than double the rate for the population as a whole. Another ten per cent of […]
MPs erupted in fury last night after the French boasted they had forced Britain into coughing up more money and agreeing to take in more refugees in order to renew the Calais border agreement. Senior Tory MP Tim Loughton warned the UK had already spent a whopping £100m over the last three years that was […]
ICE queen Brianne Delcourt provides a sight for thaw eyes as she poses in strappy lingerie and stockings. The Canadian-born skater, 35, has been teamed up with Good Morning Britain weatherman Alex Beresford, 36, for ITV’s Dancing On Ice. And Brianne, who joined the original series eight years ago, made sure their forecast was bright […]
TEENAGERS who watch at least three hours of commercial telly a day are more likely to snack and get obese, a study says. They wolf 20 lots of pop, biscuits and crisps a week — double that of teens who see 30 minutes a day. Those watching most commercial TV or internet streaming were 2.7 […]
TWO more EU countries have backed calls for a trade deal with Britain. Luxembourg and Sweden have joined Spain and the Netherlands in wanting a post-Brexit agreement which includes both goods and services. Italy, Poland, Hungary and the Republic of Ireland have also spoken in favour of such a treaty. Germany and France face a […]
THIS squirrel must be out of her tree as she goes water-skiing. Daredevil Twiggy rode two tiny skis and wore a life jacket while a toy speedboat pulled her through an inflatable pool. The stunt amazed kids at the 2018 Toronto International Boat Show in Canada. She is trained by a US woman whose squirrels […]
ARIES March 21 to April 20 Jupiter, planet of gifts and good times, focuses on turning family life into a success story. There will be some unexpected twists . . . of the kind you enjoy. Set aside time to think about a relative’s offer of cash to speed up property plans. Even if a love question is a […]
A BUSINESSMAN beat his Thai bride with a Peppa Pig book in a row over her UK visa. Edward Linse, 46, went for wife Papapait as she bathed their daughter, two, at his parents’ £1.2million home. She claims he also hit her with a shoe and tried to choke her. Tension mounted after their Thai […]
ROMAN Abramovich has been given permission to live in Jersey as a “high-value resident”, it has been revealed. The 51-year-old Chelsea FC owner, who has an estimated fortune of £8.053 billion, already has business interests in the Island, but it is not known whether he intends to take up residency or whether he has been […]
BREXIT rebels denied undermining Theresa May last night as they pressed EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier on how to keep Britain in the single market. A group of Remainer MPs, including ex-Attorney General Dominic Grieve and arch europhile Anna Soubry, travelled to Brussels to meet the Frenchman. All of the five-strong gang, from the All-Party […]
THESE Hollywood kids aren’t spending their weekends playing round their mates, instead they’re walking the runways for designer brands. IT’S the new Brat Pack — the sons of four stars treading the catwalk. The youngsters appeared in the Dolce and Gabbana show at Milan’s Men’s Fashion Week. P. Diddy’s son Christian Combs, 19, Pamela Anderson’s […]
HUMAN Ken doll, Rodrigo Alves, puckered up to a plastic pal – a German reality girl with £70k boobs. Rodrigo, 34, was spotted out shopping with Sophia Vegas, who is also famed for her outrageous cosmetic surgery. Copyright © 2018 BACKGRID UK Last year, the TV girl, real name Sophia Wollersheim, made headlines by going under the […]