A father trapped under a revoked indefinite prison sentence tried to make six attempts on his own life after serving 25 times his original sentence. Independent can reveal. James Lawrence was sentenced to a minimum of eight months in prison in 2006 for threatening someone with a gun. Then, aged 20, he told the court… Read More »
Plastic surgery has come to the fore again. After six facelifts, brow lifts, neck lifts and lip lifts, reality star Katie Price has new “butterfly lips” created with tape and filler that enlarges the lips and curves them upwards. Price may have had more plastic surgery than most, but she’s not the only one to… Read More »
In the sticky heat of a June day in Juba, South Sudan’s capital, groups of young men and women sang as they walked along the main road of Shariqat on the east bank of the White Nile. While the men shuttling in slow-moving traffic carried long sticks, the girls wore colorful beads, skirts and dresses.… Read More »
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made prepared speeches at the UN to condemn it for decades. He said in 2017 that Israel was the “epicentre of global antisemitism” and that “there is no limit to the UN’s nonsense when it comes to Israel”, but tensions between him and the institution he insulted had never… Read More »
A dad claimed his kneecaps popped into his thighs after he ruptured both tendons while competing in the Strongman final. Dan Jones was competing in a Strongman competition in Southport on September 1 and made it to the final, which involved carrying 80kg (20 metres) to the finish line. Horrifying footage shows Dan racing ahead… Read More »
Britain’s youngest knife killers, who killed a stranger in a brutal machete attack when he was just 12, have both been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of eight-and-a-half years. The killers, both from Wolverhampton, were convicted in June of murdering 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai, who was stabbed in the heart and suffered a skull… Read More »
When unknown 16-year-old actor Jason Hoganson got his big break with the movie Imperial State He could be forgiven for thinking his next step would be Hollywood. Cast as a “Geordie punk”, the Newcastle native found himself sharing credits with Hollywood heavyweight Martin Landau and legendary Irish actor Ray McAnally. Unfortunately, the 1987 movie Gangsters… Read More »
It was May 1991 and Mohamed Al Fayed was in a bad mood: “I told you, no sex with anyone else, no relationship with anyone else.” The target of the then 62-year-old billionaire’s ire was 20-year-old Jen, who had been working in his personal office at Harrods since she was 16. “I said: ‘What do… Read More »
Two pensioners are trying to take the Scottish and UK governments to court over cuts to their winter fuel payments. Peter and Florence Fanning, of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, brought proceedings against the Scottish Government and the UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions over the policy, with the help of the Govan Law Centre.… Read More »
In a cold, oak-paneled boardroom at Sotheby’s, deep in Mayfair, FKA twigs looks out of place. She’s wrapped in a “worn-out, Japanese blue” dancer’s body stocking and a matching knee-length zip-up hoodie; it’s the colour she’s been living in for months because “she doesn’t say anything” but “she always looks good”. The 36-year-old singer speaks… Read More »