Conman ‘Lord’ Edward Davenport jailed over multimillion fraud
‘Businessman’ Edward Davenport, whose home was used in Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech and who has claimed associations with Simon Cowell, Keira Knightley and Victoria Beckham, has been jailed for a multi-million pound fraud. Self-styled ‘Lord’ Davenport – known as ‘Fast Eddie’ – masterminded an ‘advanced fee fraud’ scheme that ripped off scores of businesses. […]
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies at the age of 56 following a seven-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
Described as a ‘visionary’ by president Barack Obama and ‘brilliant passionate and energetic’ in a statement from his company itself, Jobs is widely credited with transforming the world of computer and smartphone technology. Apple’s iPod also revolutionised the music world by making digital music and music players ‘cool’ again. Microsoft boss Bill Gates also paid […]
‘It feels unjust… It feels wrong’: Scarlett Johansson speaks out for the first time since nude photo scandal
Scarlett Johansson has spoken out about breach of privacy for the first time since explicit pictures were leaked on the internet of the actress, earlier this month. The actress discussed the issue in an interview with CNN, nearly two weeks since nude self-portraits of the 26-year-old, who has never appeared fully nude in her movies, […]
‘Slaves’ freed from caravan site
It’s incredible in 2011 to hear that five people have been arrested under the Slavery and Servitude Act after twenty-four men believed to have been held against their will and forced to work were freed from a caravan site in Bedfordshire where they were made to work in to ‘filthy and cramped’ conditions Officers believe […]
Carterton holds it’s first repatriation ceremony for Royal Marine hero
Yesterday Carterton, in Oxfordshire took over from Wooton Bassett, the town that so poignantly marked the return of each and every fallen serviceman and woman from Afghanistan with a roadside vigil, held it’s first repatriation ceremony and they rose to the occasion magnificently. The family of Marine Sergeant Barry Weston of 42 Commando, the first […]
Devastated mother calls for return of the death penalty after 16-year-old who battered her daughter to death with a rock is jailed for 14 years
A mother whose daughter was battered to death by her ex-boyfriend has called for the return of capital punishment, saying the killer had ‘forfeited his human rights’. 16-year-old Josh Davies was today sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Rebecca Aylward, 15, and told he will serve at least 14 years in prison. Davies […]
Wootton Bassett marks the end of repatriations
The town of Wootton Bassett saw the end of military repatriations there today The bodies of 345 service personnel have passed through the Wiltshire town in the past four years. In recognition of its role in marking such flights, the town will be renamed Royal Wootton Bassett in the autumn. To the people of Wooton […]
We’re coming to get every single one the looters, vow raid police
After days of being pelted with bricks and petrol bombs, this was payback time. Armed with crowbars and battering rams, officers from Scotland Yard carried out more than 100 dawn raids on riot suspects yesterday. Those suspected of turning parts of London into a ‘war zone’ were woken up when riot officers broke down their […]
Heather Mills: Mirror journalist hacked my phone
More phone-hacking allegations have emerged, this time involving Mirror Group Newspapers and Heather Mills, the former wife of Sir Paul McCartney. She has claimed in a BBC interview that a senior journalist at the company admitted hacking into her phone. Not regarded as the most reliable witness in the world by many it would be […]
News of the World put to sword!
What an interesting 24 hours. News International announces it is to close the News of the World after 168 years of publishing. Hundreds of staff who have never hacked a phone lose their jobs. These innocent workers were sacrificed by Murdoch presumably as he attempted to distance his parent company from the escalating scandal fearing […]
