Firing squad execution to go ahead as deal rejected
Indonesia rejected an 11th hour prisoner swap deal with Australia, saying it is determined to execute the 'Bali 9' ringleaders. Legal appeals failed »
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David Walliams And Lara Stone Split Because Of Actor's 'TV Cross-Dressing'?
Reports are claiming that Lara Stone ended her marriage with her Britain's Got Talent judge husband David Walliams because she didn't like the 'constant talk about David being camp'. The couple's split was reported yesterday, although it's said that they are on a 'trial separation' for now. Neither David nor Lara have officially addressed the speculation on their social media sites.
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Kim Kardashian Shows Off Her New Platinum Blonde Hair In Paris
Well, we certainly didn't have to wait long to see what was really going on underneath Kim Kardashian's massive knitted hat, with the star causing a scene as she stepped out of her fancy Paris hotel and debuted her platinum blonde locks earlier today. The 34-year-old had her new 'do slicked back, showing off her gorge face and looked super chic in an all-black outfit as she made her way to Fashion Week with husband, Kanye West. The reality star has dabbled in lighter colours before, previously going golden in 2013, although this is the lightest that any of the Armenian Kardashian girls have braved.
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Male Katie Price Fan Who Spent £40,000 To Look Like His Idol Causes Twitter Meltdown
On today's episode of This Morning, they featured a rather aspirational young man who had spent a whopping £40,000 to look like Katie Price. Twenty-year-old Nathan Thursfield explained that he was left inspired by the mum-of-five when he met her for the first time aged thirteen at a book signing.
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Football - King warns of tough times ahead
The former oldco director is poised to sweep out the last elements of the current Rangers board at a general meeting at Ibrox on Friday morning. After flying in from Johannesburg ahead of the shareholder vote, King told Sky Sports News: "The Rangers fans have had a very difficult time. "For Rangers to become the second top club in Scotland should be achieved at fairly short notice.
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Mexico president wraps up UK visit with $1bn oil deal
Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto ended his three-day state visit to Britain on Thursday by overseeing the signing of deals that boost ties between the two countries in energy, including a $1 billion oil agreement. Under the deal, Britain will provide Mexican energy firms with a $1 billion credit line (908 million euros) for buying British technology. Pena Nieto was joined by Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael in the city of Aberdeen, the hub of Britain's North Sea oil industry.
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Brooklyn Beckham’s Birthday: His Best Beckham Instagram Pics
He’s a member of one of the most famous families in the world. And Brooklyn Beckham gives us a glimpse into family life Chez Beckham via Instagram, whether he’s hanging with his brothers at Fashion Week or celebrating New Year with Mum and Dad. As Brooklyn
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Katie Hopkins Slams Kelly Clarkson's Weight AGAIN: She Looks Like She’s Eaten Her Backup Singers
Katie Hopkins has made further cruel jibes about Kelly Clarkson’s weight, describing her as to looking like she has ‘eaten her backup singers’. “Kelly Clarkson is now a chunky monkey, if we're putting it kindly," she told the program. "She does look like she's eaten her backup singers.
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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Will voters ever get a say on migration?
This is the man whose party presided over the most momentous demographic upheaval in our history, changing Britain beyond recognition as a deliberate act to expand Labour’s voter base. Indeed, just how radical that revolution was emerges today, as a devastating audit by the Migration Watch think-tank finds an astonishing 7.23million migrants were allowed into the UK under Labour. Discounting those who left, net foreign immigration was 3.6million, or the combined populations of the five largest cities outside London.
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Stepbrother Of Becky Watts Appears In Court
The stepbrother of Bristol teenager Becky Watts has been remanded in custody charged with her murder. Nathan Matthews, appearing at Bristol Magistrates' Court, spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth. The 28-year-old will appear before Bristol Crown Court via video link on Friday.
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'Jilted John' has amazing honeymoon
A man who sold raffle tickets for his ex-fiancée's honeymoon place after she dumped him, says he had an "amazing holiday" with another woman. John Whitbread jetted out to the Dominican Republic with Kelly Wood after she was the lucky winner in the "Jilted John" charity raffle. Mr Whitbread, from Donisthorpe, in Leicestershire, said everyone had asked if they had become a couple.
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ECB to raise funding for Greek banks, QE to kick off 9 March
The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised emergency liquidity assistance for Greece by €500m and announced that it has removed the waiver on purchases of the nation's debt. Speaking at a press conference after the ECB unsurprisingly announced it would keep its main refinancing rate at 0.05% and deposit facility at -0.20%, President Mario Draghi said the monetary authority stands ready to reinstate the waiver as soon as successful review is completed. Draghi also revealed that the ECB's €1.1trn quantitative easing programme would begin on 9 March and carry through at €60bn a month through September 2016 and thereafter if needed.
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Mystery as 16ft python found in Lancashire canal
Following an autopsy, the reptile showed signs of respiratory disease - which could have contributed to its death. Lancashire Police are now investigating the circumstances surrounding how the python came to be in the canal and are appealing for anyone with any information to come forward. PC Carl Chew, a wildlife crime officer, said: "Experts believe that a python of this size could have been capable of attacking a person so it is fortunate that no one came to any serious harm. "There are specific offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act and Animal Welfare Act in relation to releasing a python and we would urge anyone with any information as to where the python came from to contact us.
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Scott Disick Has Apparently Proposed To Kendall Jenner Now, Obviously
Just when you thought rumours surrounding Scott Disick and Kendall Jenner supposedly having some sort affair and/or having a baby were the most ridiculously thing you'd ever read, new reports are claiming that Lord Disick has now proposed to his girlfriend's little sister. According to these ludicrous new rumours, Scott popped the question to Kendall when the two 'snuck off' to Europe. "And in the same breath he talked about running away with Kendall.
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Dragons Den reject has last laugh, making millions selling cut-price food
Approved Food ships out-of-date food to 600 households a day, cashing in on Britons' love of deals and discounts
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Galloway's 'Anti-Semitism' Legal Letters Could Be About To Backfire
A legal firm acting for Respect MP George Galloway will be reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), it has emerged. The development comes as a number of people reported receiving letters written by Chambers Solicitors acting on behalf of Galloway, demanding up to £5,000 libel costs + VAT and requesting public apologies for allegedly calling him anti-semitic. As the letters began to arrive, a Twitter account was set up to offer free legal advice for the recipients – which has since gained the backing of several high profile lawyers including solicitor and libel expert Mark Stephens and Mark Lewis. Lewis, who was a leading figure in the News of the World hacking scandal confirmed to the Huffington Post UK that he would be making a complaint to the SRA on behalf of three clients on Wednesday.
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Gareth Bale reveals the things he doesn't like about playing for Real Madrid - Telegraph
Real Madrid forward, who continues to be linked with return to Premier League, says there are draw backs of being a Galactico
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Canadians Asked To Stop 'Spocking' Bank Notes
Canadians have been asked to stop drawing Leonard Nimoy-inspired Mr Spock pictures on their $5 bank notes. For years, fans of the famous Star Trek character have been scribbling on the face of former PM Wilfrid Laurier - Canada's first Francophone prime minister - on $5 banknotes.
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Russian bombers disrupted planes in Irish airspace
"The routing of one en route aircraft was changed to ensure that its track was sufficiently separated from the track of the two Russian military aircraft," it added. The diverted and delayed planes were commercial jets "carrying hundreds of people", newspaper the Irish Examiner reported. However, the IAA sad there had been "no safety impact to civilian traffic in Irish controlled airspace". The aircraft did not enter Irish sovereign airspace, but flew in Irish controlled airspace within 25 nautical miles (46.3 km) of the Irish coast between 1500 GMT and 1900 GMT, according to the authority.
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Oscar Pistorius 'living on tinned food after prison poisoning threats'
Brian Webber, Pistorius’s lawyer, said he would have expected his client to tell him about any threats by fellow inmates but he had not. “He has lost weight, there’s no question about that, but he is in prison,” he said. Several days later, the athlete’s brother Carl tweeted about the dual celebration of his sister’s birthday and being able to hug his jailed sibling. In October, Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide over the death of Reeva Steenkamp on St Valentine’s Day 2013, after mistaking her for an intruder and firing four bullets through the locked lavatory door at his home.
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Going at top speed: UK luxury car makers leave rivals in their wake
Britain’s booming luxury car makers have stormed into the Geneva Motor Show to steal the limelight from under the noses of their foreign rivals. Show-stopping Aston Martin and Bentley set tongues wagging by taking the wraps off cars which had remained hidden before the show – but that point the way towards significant expansion of both brands, including into each others’ territory. Aston Martin’s boss Andy Palmer arrived at the Geneva Motor Show hot-foot from the Far East where he accompanying Prince William – complete with chauffeur-driven white Aston Martin – on a British export drive to Japan. In short, the prototype DBX is aimed at James Bond the family man, swapping his licence to kill for a marriage licence and children.
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