for 10 timeer sidenJill Biden’s ex-husband charged with murder of his wife
Linda Stevenson found unresponsive on 28 December after police responded to domestic dispute The ex-husband of former US first lady Jill Biden has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, officials said Tuesday. William Stevenson, 77, was taken into custody on Monday and is facing a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Linda Stevenson, according to a grand jury indictment filed in Delaware. Continue reading...
for 11 timeer sidenUS private investigator did ‘unlawful stuff’ for the Daily Mail, court hears
In case brought by Prince Harry and others, Daniel Portley-Hanks says he received about $1m for work for Associated Newspapers Ltd A US-based private detective bought a large house in California and had $150,000 in savings “almost entirely” from work he did for the publisher of the Daily Mail, the high court has heard. Daniel Portley-Hanks, also known as “Detective Danno”, said he received about $1m for work carried out for the Mail on Sunday, another title published by Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL). Continue reading...
for 18 timeer sidenSon of Norway’s crown princess denies four counts of rape as trial begins
Marius Borg Høiby, 29, pleads not guilty to most serious charges in trial that has embarrassed the royal family The son of Norway’s crown princess has pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape on the first day of his trial for multiple offences, a legal saga that has embarrassed the royal family and raised questions over domestic abuse in Norway. Appearing in front of a packed courtroom at Oslo district court on Tuesday morning, Marius Borg Høiby also denied charges including abuse in close relationships and filming women’s genitals without their knowledge. Continue reading...
for 23 timeer sidenDirekte fra rettssaken mot Marius Borg Høiby tirsdag 3. februar
Her kan du følge rettssaken mot Marius Borg Høiby. Aftenpostens direktestudio gir løpende oppdateringer fra retten og…
for 1 dag sidenNeil Gaiman claims sexual assault allegations are result of ‘smear campaign’
Author says accusations ‘spread and amplified’ by people more interested in ‘outrage and getting clicks’ Neil Gaiman has said that multiple sexual assault allegations against him are “simply untrue” and claimed to be the victim of a “smear campaign”, in the first post addressing the accusations for almost a year. Gaiman, 65, author of novels including American Gods and the Ocean at the End of the Lane, has faced allegations of sexual abuse and coercive behaviour, which were outlined in a podcast by the Tortoise Media team in July 2024. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenSecond woman alleging Epstein sent her to UK for Andrew encounter wants apology from king’s lawyers
Lawyers of woman said to be in her 20s at the time said she spent night with former prince at Royal Lodge in 2010 Lawyers for a second woman who alleges she was sent to the UK by Jeffrey Epstein for a sexual encounter with the then Prince Andrew have urged King Charles’s lawyers to issue a “real apology”. Brad Edwards, from the US firm Edwards Henderson, previously told the BBC his client, said not to be British and in her 20s at the time, had spent the night with Andrew at Royal Lodge in 2010 and been given a tour of Buckingham Palace. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenDoreen Lawrence says she felt ‘taken for a fool’ by Daily Mail publisher
Lady Lawrence tells high court she is ‘a victim all over again’ owing to alleged unlawful information gathering The mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has said she felt she had been “taken for a fool” by the publisher of the Daily Mail, after she was told about allegations it had targeted her with unlawful information gathering techniques. Appearing at the high court in London, Doreen Lawrence said she felt angry because of the trust she had placed in the Daily Mail, owing to its coverage of her son’s case. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenSon of Norway’s crown princess arrested on new charges before start of rape trial
Marius Borg Høiby arrested on suspicion of assault, making threats with knife and violating restraining order, police say The son of Norway’s crown princess, Marius Borg Høiby, has been arrested on new charges just days before the start of his rape trial. The Oslo police district said Høiby had been arrested on Sunday evening on suspicion of assault, making threats with a knife and violating a restraining order. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenTV 2: Krisemøte i Røde Kors etter avsløringene om Mette-Marits kontakt med Epstein
Røde Kors opplyser at de mandag formiddag er i møte for å diskutere situasjonen rundt Mette-Marits kontakt med Epstein.
for 1 dag sidenRøde Kors diskuterer avsløringene om Mette-Marits kontakt med Epstein
Røde Kors opplyser at de mandag formiddag diskuterer situasjonen rundt deres høye beskytter Mette-Marits kontakt med…
for 2 dager sidenNorway’s crown princess had years of contact with Epstein, files suggest
Mette-Marit apologises for ‘poor judgment’ as documents reportedly include scores of email exchanges with child sex offender Norway’s crown princess has become embroiled in another scandal after newly unsealed files appeared to show her years of extensive contact with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The latest tranche of Epstein files, released on Friday by the US justice department, appear to include nearly 1,000 mentions of the crown princess, Mette-Marit. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenDemond Wilson, who played Lamont on Sanford and Son, dies aged 79
Wilson found fame in the seminal 1970s sitcom and then went on to become a minister in the 1980s Demond Wilson, who found fame in the 1970s playing Lamont on Sanford and Son and went on to become a minister, has died. He was 79. Mark Goldman, a publicist for Wilson, confirmed to the Associated Press that he died following complications from cancer on Friday. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenLucy Letby’s parents criticise Netflix documentary over ‘invasion of privacy’
Susan and John Letby question use of arrest footage filmed at their house in programme about daughter’s crimes The parents of Lucy Letby have criticised the use of footage due to be aired in a new Netflix documentary about their daughter’s crimes as a “complete invasion of privacy” and said watching it would “likely kill us”. Susan and John Letby questioned why police had released video of Letby’s arrest, which took place in the couple’s house, and said they were worried it would make their home a “tourist attraction”. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenSecond woman alleges Epstein sent her to UK to have sex with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Woman claims she spent night at Royal Lodge and had tour of Buckingham Palace, says lawyer A second woman has alleged that Jeffrey Epstein sent her to the UK to have a sexual encounter with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, according to her lawyer. The woman has claimed she spent the night at the former prince’s residence Royal Lodge in 2010, her US lawyer, Brad Edwards, told the BBC. The woman, who is not British, was in her 20s at the time, it was reported. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenMichael Jackson detailed his thoughts on children in previously unheard audio
Late singer said kids loved his personality and wanted to touch and hug him, and ‘sometimes it got me into trouble’ As Michael Jackson saw it, children would become enamored with his personality as well as want to touch and hug him – and “sometimes it [got] me into trouble,” the late US pop superstar says in previously unheard audio recordings contained in a new documentary. The UK’s Wonderhood Studios included the recordings of Jackson voicing those thoughts for a new four-episode documentary series beginning on Wednesday that explores his acquittal on child sexual abuse charges after a 14-week criminal trial near Los Angeles in 2005. Continue reading...
for 3 dager sidenLA Olympics chief says he ‘deeply regrets’ emails with Ghislaine Maxwell
Latest Epstein file release shows 2003 emails between Casey Wasserman and the convicted sex trafficker Casey Wasserman, the head of the Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, said on Saturday that he “deeply regrets” emails from 2003 between him and Ghislaine Maxwell that appeared in the latest collection of government files released Friday on Jeffrey Epstein. Among the exchanges included one from Wasserman telling Maxwell “I think of you all the time. So, what do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit?” Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenVictoria Beckham tops UK singles sales chart as fans show support over Brooklyn feud
Not Such an Innocent Girl makes No 1 for single sales and downloads, after revelations about family rift • ‘My mum went so far as to call me evil’: nine things you need to know about the Beckham family feud There is a light at the end of the Beckhams’ hebdomadis horribilis: Victoria Beckham has the UK’s highest-selling single of the week with Not Such an Innocent Girl, originally released in 2001. After her eldest son Brooklyn’s bombshell revelations about the rift with his parents, including his horrified account of his mother dancing “on” him at his wedding to Nicola Peltz in 2022, fans taking mater and pater Beckham’s side in the celeb gossip of the year showed their support by buying MP3s of Beckham’s debut solo single. (Her first effort without the Spice Girls, 2000’s Out of Your Mind, was a collaboration with Dane Bowers of Another Level.) Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenLiz Hurley accuses Daily Mail publisher of bugging windowsill
Actor gives emotional evidence against Associated Newspapers saying articles about her were ‘deeply hurtful’ Elizabeth Hurley has accused the publisher of the Daily Mail of bugging her windowsill as well as using information obtained from tapping her landline as she gave emotional evidence at the high court. Hurley had to stop several times to compose herself as she recounted how she had been targeted by “deeply hurtful and damaging” articles. Continue reading...
for 1 uke sidenLiz Hurley testifies in Daily Mail case: my home landline was tapped – latest updates
The actor is the latest to testify in court over a claim that the newspaper misused their private information The claim over the tapping of lines and bugging comes from a now “disavowed” witness statement from the private investigator Gavin Burrows. Breaking down again, she says she feels bad that her son will learn about some of the things reported today because of the trial. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenBirmingham revellers turn out for non-existent fireworks – for second new year in a row
Hundreds of people gather in Centenary Square to see in 2026 after false claims online promise ‘dazzling’ display The new year got off to an anticlimactic start for hundreds of people in Birmingham who were tricked into attending a New Year’s Eve fireworks display that didn’t exist. Crowds of revellers gathered in the city’s Centenary Square, hoping to catch a glimpse of a pyrotechnics display to welcome in 2026. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenTrump rings in 2026 at Mar-a-Lago with $2.75m auction of Jesus painting
President auctioned off portrait painted live onstage and said his new year’s resolution was ‘peace on Earth’ Donald Trump welcomed 2026 with a glitzy bash at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach where he auctioned off a freshly painted portrait of Jesus Christ for $2.75m and said his new year’s resolution was a wish for “peace on Earth”. The portrait of Jesus had been painted onstage by artist Vanessa Horabuena who, the president said, was “one of the greatest artists anywhere in the world”. Continue reading...
for 1 måned sidenNewJeans member Danielle sued for millions after bitter feud with K-pop record label
Ador terminated the Australian-born singer’s contract on Monday and is now suing her, a family member and the band’s former producer The K-pop record label Ador is suing a former member of megaband NewJeans for millions in damages, it has announced, a day after removing her from the group following a year-long dispute that saw the band allege mistreatment and attempt to leave their contract. The compensation suit against Danielle Marsh, a 20-year-old Australian-born singer, comes months after a Seoul district court ruled that NewJeans’ five members must honour their contracts with Ador, whose parent company Hybe is also behind the K-pop sensation BTS. The band’s contact runs until 2029. Continue reading...
for 2 måneder sidenThe Wiggles don’t condone drugs, spokesperson says after controversial TikTok video set to Ecstasy song
Blue Wiggle Anthony Field and ‘Tree of Wisdom’ appeared in now-deleted video from singer Keli Holiday The Wiggles want to make one thing very clear: they do not condone the use of MDMA. After two of its members appeared in a controversial TikTok video, the group – who has entertained children around the world for decades – issued a statement on the weekend to deny any suggestion they support the use of drugs. Continue reading...
for 2 måneder sidenA rats to riches story: Larry the Downing Street cat finds place in TV spotlight
Popularity of Britain’s top mouser – ‘the guy to meet in No 10’ – to feature in documentary series He’s seen six prime ministers come and go, watched presidents and princes walk through the black door of No 10, and will soon become the longest continuous resident of Downing Street since Pitt the Younger. The landscape of British politics has changed a lot in the past 15 years, but Larry the cat has remained a reassuring constant. Now his enduring popularity – the like of which some of his temporary owners would kill for – is to feature in a new Channel 4 documentary series exploring Britain’s love of cats. For his fans, the spotlight has been a long time coming. Continue reading...
for 2 måneder sidenWoman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann found guilty of harassing family
Julia Wandelt made calls, left messages and visited home of McCann family during extensive campaign A woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann has been found guilty of harassing the girl’s family – but has been cleared of stalking. Julia Wandelt, 24, a Polish national, waged an extensive campaign, including making calls, leaving messages and turning up at the home of the family of Madeleine, who disappeared in the Portuguese holiday resort of Praia da Luz in 2007, Leicester crown court heard. Continue reading...
for 2 måneder sidenEn omkom og seks er innesperret etter at kjøletårn kollapset i Sør-Korea
En arbeider mistet livet da et kjøletårn raste sammen på et nedlagt kraftverk i Sør-Korea.
for 3 måneder sidenDisturbing dash-cam footage shows LA police fatally striking skateboarder
Gerardo ‘Jerry’ Estrada, 30, was hit head-on by weaving car with sirens on that had drifted from correct side of street The Los Angeles police department has released disturbing dash-cam footage of its officers weaving in and out of traffic before fatally striking a skateboarder. The video of the 19 September collision shows an LAPD cruiser, with its sirens on at around 7.15pm, at times driving on the wrong side of the road to get past cars. While the driver and another officer appeared to be engaged in a casual conversation, they drifted from the correct side of the street into a center lane, at which point the skateboarder appeared in view. Continue reading...
for 3 måneder sidenThe Sun publisher agrees to pay Christopher Jefferies ‘substantial damages’
Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers apologises for invading privacy of man wrongly arrested for high-profile murder Rupert Murdoch’s news publisher in the UK agreed to pay “substantial damages” to a man wrongly arrested for a high-profile murder, after apologising for the invasion of his privacy. Christopher Jefferies, a retired schoolteacher and landlord from Bristol, was wrongfully arrested in 2010 for the murder of Joanna Yeates, a landscape architect. Continue reading...
for 3 måneder sidenJeremy Vine tells court Joey Barton’s ‘paedophile’ claims put him in physical danger
Broadcaster says he varied his movements after the former footballer accused him of being a ‘nonce’ on social media The broadcaster Jeremy Vine has told a court that social media posts made by Joey Barton alleging that he was a paedophile put him in “physical danger”. Vine, 60, was accused of being a “nonce” by Barton on X in 2024, something he said was a “despicable thing to say” and made him feel “wickedly torn down for no reason”. Continue reading...
for 3 måneder sidenLucy Ward tells court Joey Barton social media posts scared her
Former footballer on trial over ‘offensive’ social media posts about broadcasters Broadcaster and former footballer Lucy Ward was left “intimidated” and “physically scared” by social media posts made by Joey Barton, a jury has heard. Ward, 51, was giving evidence to Liverpool crown court on Tuesday in a case against former footballer and manager Barton, 43, who is accused of 12 counts of sending a grossly offensive electronic communication with intent to cause distress or anxiety. Continue reading...
for 3 måneder sidenPennsylvania artist apologizes for replicating Nazi camp arch for school parade float
‘I made a mistake’ says artist who included cloned archway on Halloween float for a Catholic school A Pennsylvania artist’s efforts to create a Halloween float for a local Catholic school went awry when he inadvertently included a replica of the gateway arch from a Nazi concentration camp, prompting a hasty apology from the diocese of Harrisburg. In apologizing for the fiasco, Galen Shelly told PennLive that a lighted archway and lanterns he ordered to decorate a parade float he was building for Hanover’s St Joseph’s school did not arrive in time – so he searched the internet for images of cemetery gates to represent the idea that “none of us get out of this life alive”. Continue reading...
for 3 måneder sidenStephen Colbert on cancellation of the Late Show: ‘So surprising and so shocking’
In a new interview, the late-night host opened up about the end of his late-night series calling it ‘the first number one show to ever get cancelled’ Stephen Colbert has opened up about the shock cancellation of The Late Show in a new interview, calling it ‘“the first number one show to ever get cancelled”. In a GQ interview, the 61-year-old host and comedian said that the decision came as a surprise to him and one that didn’t have any preamble. Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenNirvana again defeats alleged child sexual abuse image lawsuit over Nevermind cover
Spencer Elden, who was photographed as a baby and put on the cover of the 1991 album, has attempted to sue the band twice, claiming it constituted child sexual abuse A federal judge again threw out a lawsuit by a man who accused grunge rock band Nirvana of distributing child sexual abuse images by using a photograph of him as a naked, swimming baby on the cover of its breakthrough 1991 album Nevermind. US District Judge Fernando Olguin tossed out the lawsuit filed by plaintiff Spencer Elden for a second time after finding that no reasonable jury would consider the picture pornographic. Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenOktoberfest reopens after fatal house fire and bomb threat
World-famous beer festival closed temporarily after man goes on deadly gun, explosives and arson rampage against his family A German man went on a deadly gun, explosives and arson rampage against his family and then killed himself on Wednesday, sparking security fears in Munich that closed the world-famous Oktoberfest for seven hours. Authorities decided to close the event temporarily after finding a note the man had dropped in a nearby letterbox that included a vague threat to the Bavarian city’s beer festival. Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenMyleene Klass felt ‘terror’ after being sent air gun by alleged stalker, trial told
Handcuffs and police uniform also among items Peter Windsor is accused of sending to Classic FM studios The TV and radio presenter and former pop star Myleene Klass has told a jury of the “sheer terror” and sense of violation she felt by being sent in the post items including an air pistol, handcuffs and a police uniform by an alleged stalker. Klass was giving evidence against Peter Windsor, 61, of Stechford, Birmingham. Windsor is accused of stalking Klass and her fellow Classic FM presenter Katie Breathwick between 2020 and 2024 by sending items to the radio station’s studios in central London. He denies the charges. Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenHunter S Thompson’s death to be reviewed more than 20 years later
The journalist and author’s wife requested ‘fresh look’ from Colorado FBI, after his death was ruled a suicide in 2005 The death of Hunter S Thompson is set to be reviewed, more than 20 years after it was ruled a suicide. The journalist and author was believed to have killed himself on 20 February 2005 at the age of 67 and while there isn’t any new evidence to suggest otherwise, his widow Anita Thompson has requested that the Colorado Bureau of Investigation conduct a review. Thompson died at his home in Woody Creek, Colorado. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenCheryl Tweedy stalker jailed for a year after again breaching restraining order
Convicted killer Daniel Bannister showed up at singer’s home for fourth time, leaving her ‘stunned’ A convicted killer who stalked Cheryl Tweedy has been jailed after turning up at the singer’s home for a fourth time. Daniel Bannister, 50, who breached a restraining order after showing up at Tweedy’s rural home in June, had already spent time in prison for the same offence. At Reading crown court on Tuesday, a judge sentenced him to 12 months in jail after he admitted a single charge of breaching a restraining order. He was also handed a fresh restraining order not to contact Tweedy. Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenMissouri woman sentenced to prison over scheme to sell Elvis Presley’s Graceland
Lisa Jeanine Findley gets more than four years for trying to auction off singer’s property before judge halted brazen sale A Missouri woman was sentenced on Tuesday to more than four years in federal prison for scheming to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland home and property before a judge halted the brazen foreclosure sale. US district judge John T Fowlkes Jr sentenced Lisa Jeanine Findley in federal court in Memphis to four years and nine months behind bars, plus an additional three years of probation. Findley, 54, declined to speak on her own behalf during the hearing. Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenJeffrey Epstein ‘threatened to destroy’ Sarah Ferguson before her apology
Duchess’s then spokesperson recalls disgraced financier’s ‘Hannibal Lecter-style’ phone call after she disowned him The Duchess of York allegedly sent an email apologising to disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein after he threatened to “destroy her” in a “Hannibal Lecter-style” phone call, according to reports. Sarah Ferguson sent the message in April 2011, describing Epstein as a “supreme friend”, after she had publicly disowned him in the media. Continue reading...
for 4 måneder siden‘Our late-nightmare is over’: TV hosts celebrate Jimmy Kimmel’s return to air
Late-night hosts give credit to people who boycotted Disney after corporation had indefinitely suspended Kimmel Late-night television hosts credited people who boycotted Disney for getting Jimmy Kimmel’s late night TV show back on the air after the corporation had indefinitely suspended Kimmel amid pressure from the Trump administration. “We got word that our long national late-nightmare is over,” Stephen Colbert said during his show on Monday night. Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenElon Musk’s father accused of sexually abusing his children and stepchildren
Errol Musk, rarely mentioned by his tech billionaire son, dismissed New York Times report as ‘nonsense’ and ‘false’ Errol Musk, the 79-year-old father of tech billionaire Elon Musk, has been accused of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren since 1993, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The outlet said those allegations could be why the entrepreneur, who temporarily served as an adviser to the second Trump administration, rarely mentions his father – and that family members of Elon Musk have reached out for help, prompting him to sometimes take action to intercede. Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenJimmy Kimmel will return to TV after highly criticized suspension
Late-night host reinstated after brief suspension related to comments on Maga and Charlie Kirk that Disney called ‘insensitive’ Jimmy Kimmel is headed back to air. Disney announced on Monday that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would return to broadcast this Tuesday, after a brief but highly criticized suspension that sparked a national debate on free speech and the muzzling tactics of the Trump administration. Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenCharity cuts ties with Sarah Ferguson over message to Jeffrey Epstein
Children’s hospice says it is ‘inappropriate’ for duchess to remain a patron after she called him a ‘supreme friend’ A charity has severed ties with the Duchess of York after it was disclosed she sent a message to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein describing him as a “supreme friend”. A spokesperson for Sarah Ferguson previously said she apologised to Epstein in April 2011 for associating him with paedophilia in the media because he threatened to sue her. Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenRobert Redford’s death renews search for suspect in murder of daughter’s boyfriend
FBI announces $10,000 reward to find suspect who disappeared after Sid Wells was fatally shot in 1983 The recent death of Robert Redford brought renewed interest to an unresolved search for a murder suspect – the one accused of killing the boyfriend of the acclaimed actor’s daughter in Colorado decades earlier. As local outlets recounted in the aftermath of Redford’s death, his daughter Shauna was attending the University of Colorado Boulder when her boyfriend and fellow student, Sid Wells, was fatally shot in his apartment. Redford was gearing up to film his classic The Natural at the time of the 1 August 1983 murder, yet he was at his daughter’s side in the wake of Wells’ death and was present for his funeral. Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenErika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, says she forgives man accused of murder
Wife of activist killed in Utah, allegedly by Tyler Robinson, 22, says ‘I forgive him because it was what Christ did’ During an emotional dress at his public memorial in Glendale, Arizona, the widow of rightwing youth organizer Charlie Kirk said she forgives the man charged with killing her husband. “My husband, he wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life,” Kirk said, before an at-capacity crowd. “That man, that young man – I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and it is what Charlie would do.” Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenBroadcaster John Stapleton dies aged 79
Tributes paid to ‘consummate pro’ and ‘rock solid’ presenter of Newsnight, Watchdog and GMTV’s News Hour Tributes have been made across the world of television to the “rock solid broadcaster and ultimate gentleman” John Stapleton, who has died at the age of 79 after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2024. Stapleton’s agent, Jackie Gill, said on Sunday: “John had Parkinson’s disease, which was complicated by pneumonia. His son Nick and daughter-in-law Lise have been constantly at his side and John died peacefully in hospital this morning.” Continue reading...
for 4 måneder sidenWho was Agnes Wanjiru, Kenyan woman killed near army base in 2012?
Relatives remember a dependable, kind and funny woman and remain traumatised by her death Perhaps the Kenyan market town of Nanyuki’s greatest claim to fame was that it straddles the equator. But now it has become synonymous with something darker. It was here where Agnes Wanjiru was born and lived and where she was brutally killed. Her family searched for her for months before her body was found stuffed into a septic tank at the same hotel where she had last been seen alive. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder sidenMan allegedly hijacks transport cart at Buffalo airport and destroys moving walkways
Kevin Simmons was charged criminal mischief and larceny after allegedly driving cart over walkways while drunk A man commandeered a transportation cart at New York’s Buffalo Niagara international airport and destroyed moving walkways with it at the facility, according to authorities investigating the unusual incident. Kevin J Sinning, 29, of Wyoming, faces charges of second-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, criminal nuisance, third-degree grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property worth more than $3,000 after his arrest at about 1am on 28 July, the Niagara frontier transportation authority police department said. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder sidenDizzy with glizzys: hotdog spill on Pennsylvania highway leaves motorists steamed
Crews worked to clean up as strewn links which led to morning traffic being snagged in chain reaction A highway outside of Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania, was dizzy with glizzys on Friday after a truckload of hotdogs spilled across the I-83, as local commuters learned that even the weakest hot dog link can cause a chain reaction. State police said the tractor trailer had an unspecified mechanical problem on Interstate-83 a few miles north of the Maryland line as morning rush hour was wrapping up, causing it to push into a passenger vehicle. When the truck scraped along a concrete divider, its trailer was ripped open and the contents scattered. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder sidenGary Busey pleads guilty to groping a woman at a New Jersey convention
Actor, 81, admitted he purposely touched a woman inappropriately at a horror film convention in 2022 The actor Gary Busey has pleaded guilty to criminal sexual misconduct after admitting that he purposely touched a woman inappropriately at a horror film convention in New Jersey in 2022. “It was not an accidental touching,” the 81-year-old Busey, who was once nominated for an Oscar, told a judge during a virtual court appearance Thursday. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder sidenTop Boy actor Micheal Ward charged with rape and sexual assault
Ward, 27, is accused of offences against one woman in January 2023, say Metropolitan police The Bafta-nominated actor Micheal Ward, who has appeared in Blue Story and Top Boy, has been charged with rape and sexual assault. The 27-year-old is accused of offences against one woman in January 2023, the Metropolitan police have said. The force said he was charged with two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder siden‘Come with me, Chuck E’: Florida police arrest mascot for credit card fraud as children look on
Police arrested employee of the chain after credit card stolen from customer was allegedly found in his possession Florida police have arrested a Chuck E Cheese mascot for credit card fraud, telling him “Chuck E, come with me” and leading him away in handcuffs while still in his gigantic mouse head costume as horrified children looked on. Police confirmed to the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper that they had arrested Jermell Jones, an employee of the chain of family entertainment centers, on three felonies. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder sidenAustralian actor Rebel Wilson sued by production company behind her own film
UK-based AI Film has accused the actor of deliberately sabotaging The Deb’s release by making alleged threats and defamatory claims The legal drama surrounding The Deb, Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut, has made landfall in Australia, with one of the production companies behind the venture filing a lawsuit against Wilson in the New South Wales supreme court this week. UK-based AI Film, represented by Australian legal firm Giles George and high-profile barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC, accused the Pitch Perfect Australian actor of deliberately sabotaging the film’s release, alleging threats and defamatory claims had caused the production company financial and reputational damage. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder sidenRapper GloRilla arrested on drug charges after police respond to burglary call
Police arrested rapper after finding a ‘significant amount of marijuana’ in her Atlanta home during investigation The American rapper GloRilla was arrested on felony drug charges the night before her performance at the WNBA all-star game, after police responded to a report of a burglary at her home in Atlanta on Saturday. The Forsyth county sheriff’s office confirmed to Atlanta’s WSB-TV that authorities responded to a call about a burglary at a home owned by the rapper, legal name Gloria Hallelujah Woods, around 1.30am on Saturday. Woods was in Indianapolis at the time to perform at the WNBA all-star game that evening. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder sidenPolice arrest shoplifter with help from the old Bill actor
Jeff Stewart, who played PC Reg Hollis in police drama, sits on suspect’s legs in Southampton as officers handcuff him The actor who played PC Reg Hollis in the TV series The Bill has helped real-life police officers arrest a shoplifter who was trying to escape on a bicycle. Jeff Stewart, who played Hollis for 24 years in the long-running ITV drama, sat on the suspect’s legs while officers handcuffed him after he had fallen off the bike in Southampton, Hampshire, on Wednesday. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder sidenPeta praises Ozzy Osbourne for ‘the gentle side he showed to animals’
The musician once famously bit the head off of a bat but later worked with the animal-protection group on an ad campaign Perhaps the most notorious of Ozzy Osbourne’s outrageous on-stage antics was biting the head off of a bat on stage. So as tributes for the late rocker poured in from around the globe, one stuck out as particularly surprising – from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta). The 76-year-old Black Sabbath frontman’s death was announced Tuesday, with his family saying Osbourne – who suffered from various ailments, including a form of Parkinson’s disease – “was with his family and surrounded by love”. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder sidenFKA twigs and Shia LaBeouf reach settlement over sexual battery lawsuit
English musician and US actor reach private settlement after she accused him of assault and ‘relentless’ abuse FKA twigs has reached a settlement with Shia LaBeouf over her lawsuit for sexual battery. According to legal documents first obtained by Us Weekly, the English musician whose legal name is Tahliah Barnett, filed to end her lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend with prejudice, meaning she cannot refile the claims in the future. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder sidenAmerican Idol music supervisor and her husband found dead in their LA home
Police say suspect arrested in connection with the deaths after finding the couple’s bodies with gunshot wounds Los Angeles police discovered American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband, musician Thomas Deluca, dead in their Encino home on Monday, in what authorities are investigating as a double homicide. After responding to the neighborhood for a welfare check, officers told celebrity news site TMZ, which first reported the news, that they found blood outside the couple’s $4.5m home. Inside, police discovered Kaye and Deluca’s bodies, in separate rooms, with gunshot wounds, NBC Los Angeles reports, citing police statements. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder sidenJohn Torode to leave MasterChef after allegation of using racist language
BBC show’s producers Banijay UK say Torode’s contract will not be renewed after allegation, which he has denied John Torode will not return to MasterChef after its producers confirmed his contract would not be renewed after an allegation of using racist language. The Australian-born chef, 59, had confirmed on Monday evening he was the subject of an allegation that was upheld as part of an inquiry into the behaviour of his former co-presenter Gregg Wallace. Continue reading...
for 6 måneder sidenErin Patterson trial was Victoria supreme court’s largest media matter in recent history, court data reveals
More than 250 Australian and international journalists registered for court updates on triple murder trial, with spokesperson praising coverage as largely fair and accurate Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter here The Erin Patterson trial was the Victorian supreme court’s biggest case in terms of media interest in recent history, with more than 250 journalists registering for court updates on the trial. On Monday a jury found Patterson guilty of murdering three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth with a deadly beef wellington lunch laced with death cap mushrooms almost two years ago. The media coverage has been consistent and extensive during the two-and-a-half months of the trial and has dominated media outlets this week. Sign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletter Continue reading...
for 7 måneder sidenRecipeTin Eats cook upset her beef wellington recipe ‘entangled’ in Erin Patterson murder case
Convicted murderer told trial she made multiple changes to Nagi Maehashi’s recipe in preparing the fatal lunch two years ago Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Nagi Maehashi, the cook behind RecipeTin Eats, says it is “upsetting” to have become “entangled in a tragic situation” after Erin Patterson told her triple murder trial she used the beef wellington recipe for the fateful lunch. In a post to Instagram on Tuesday, Maehashi requested that journalists of Australia “please stop calling and emailing and texting and DM’ing me about the Erin Patterson case”. Continue reading...
for 7 måneder sidenGregg Wallace attacks BBC before publication of report on MasterChef allegations
Presenter admits inappropriate language but says report clears him of ‘the most serious and sensational accusations’ Gregg Wallace has admitted using inappropriate language but claimed to have been cleared of “the most serious and sensational accusations made against me”, as he spoke out before the publication of a report into a series of allegations into his behaviour. In a statement on social media, the former BBC presenter said he had now been diagnosed with autism. He said while his neurodiversity was discussed across “countless seasons of MasterChef”, he was given no protection. Continue reading...
for 7 måneder sidenATO commissioner sent AI meme mocking Collingwood AFL supporters to all 20,000 staff
Rob Heferen, himself a supporter of the club, included image in weekly email of ‘Collingwood Fan’ action figure who is overweight and missing teeth Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The commissioner of taxation sent an AI-generated action figurine meme depicting supporters of the Collingwood AFL football club as overweight, slovenly and with missing teeth to all 20,000 staff at the Australian Taxation Office, describing it as “not a bad likeness”. The commissioner of taxation, Rob Heferen, sent the meme as part of a weekly email to all staff, referred to as “Commish Connect”, according to emails released under freedom of information rules law to the transparency website Right to Know. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...