Author: Laura Robinson
The glory days of The X Factor may seem long distant but I can reveal that Simon Cowell still has considerable ambitions in the music world.Cowell, whose show uncovered talents including One Direction, Little Mix and (in the U.S.) Fifth Harmony, is actively planning to form a new band.At 63, he hopes that he can be the beneficiary of another lightning strike of good luck in the music business – and he’s talking to talent scouts with a view to finding the Next Big Things.A source close to Cowell said, mysteriously: ‘Something has been in the works that’s imminent and…
Parents of babies murdered by Lucy Letby last night demanded a law change to stop ‘cowardly’ offenders from ‘hiding’ when they are sentenced.The nurse, 33, is expected to refuse to appear in the dock when the judge imposes her punishment later today but the Government has today vowed to force the child killer to attend.If Letby does not attend, she will get to avoid listening to victim impact statements, prepared by the families of those she murdered and harmed, explaining how she devastated their lives. MPs and parents of the infants last night demanded new legislation be fast-tracked to force serious offenders…
Killer nurse Lucy Letby should be dragged into court to hear the full horrors of her crimes, the victims’ families said today. Letby, the most prolific child serial killer in modern British history, is expected to face the rest of her life behind bars when she is sentenced on Monday, but is refusing to come to the dock for the hearing. Today, former justice secretary Robert Buckland said she should be forced to listen to families give their victim impact statements from her cell if she cannot be dragged into court. ‘She needs to hear the victim’s personal statements, as impact statements that will really bring home…
FBI ‘didn’t investigate Prince Andrew’s links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein because he’s a royal’, lawyer for billionaire sex offender’s victims claims in new US documentaryFBI didn’t investigate Prince Andrew as he was royal, Epstein victims’ lawyer saysBy Oliver Price Published: 17:19 EDT, 20 August 2023 | Updated: 17:21 EDT, 20 August 2023 US security services did not investigate Prince Andrew’s links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein because he was a member of the royal family, a lawyer representing the billionaire sex offender’s victims has claimed.Lawyer Lisa Bloom told the upcoming US documentary Secrets of Prince Andrew that the FBI did not…
Three months ago, the Moss family had a gathering at a pub in Notting Hill, West London.Organised by Nick, Kate Moss’s younger brother, it offered a rare chance for Kate to come together with her wayward half-sister Lottie — along with Peter, their father, and his second wife Inger.It was hoped model Kate, 49, who has been on the cover of Vogue more than 40 times, might quietly forgive 25-year old Lottie, who makes money by stripping off for racy snaps on tawdry website OnlyFans.You might wonder what tattooed Lottie must be forgiven for. Those in Kate’s camp say the…
Actress Lysette Anthony – hailed as the ‘face of the 1980s’ by photographer David Bailey – has found love with a handsome former co-star who she first kissed on screen 33 years ago.In a romantic twist which could have come straight from one of the romances in which she made her name, twice-divorced Lysette has fallen ‘head over heels’ for actor Marcus Gilbert, most famous for playing the swoonsome Rupert Campbell-Black in a 1993 TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Riders.A friend of the actress, 59, whose last divorce was back in 2003, tells me: ‘It’s a serious romance and has…
A former Nationalist MSP was ridiculed last night after he claimed that British spies had ‘captured and controlled’ the Scottish Government after infiltrating the SNP.Campbell Martin alleged that security service ‘assets’ have risen through the party ranks to positions where they can influence policy.The 63-year-old claimed the SNP’s focus on gender policies is being pushed by agents of the British state in a bid to make the party unelectable and discredit the idea of breaking up the Union.Other senior SNP figures have also stated they believe MI5 has used secret agents to monitor the party.But the wild conspiracy theory was…
The legal beef between WAGS Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy had the nation transfixed last summer. And it appears to be far from over as hostilities are brewing over Mrs Rooney’s forthcoming three part big bucks tell all documentary about the affair.The issue is that the show, made by Dorothy Street pictures for Disney +, is understood to have the title Wagatha Christie: Coleen’s Story.However earlier this year Ms Vardy applied for a trademark on the phrase ‘Wagatha Christie’ which she was granted.The view of her side is that Coleen isn’t allowed to use it – and neither is Disney…
Are these the first rays of hope? Glimmerings that a turning point has at last been reached? I am speaking of yesterday’s encouraging inflation figures.I don’t know about you, but when I heard that inflation had fallen to 6.8 per cent, after dropping to 7.9 per cent last month, I suddenly felt quite a lot better about the world. And that was before England’s women won their semi-final game against Australia!Naturally I understand that the fall in inflation has little to do with the Government. It’s almost entirely the result of the Bank of England’s persistent raising of interest rates…
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: How can 2.5million be incapable of work?By Daily Mail Comment Published: 19:24 EDT, 15 August 2023 | Updated: 06:34 EDT, 16 August 2023 At first glance, the record 7.8 per cent rise in wages announced yesterday looks like a bonanza for British workers. But with inflation still at 7.9 per cent, the increase is swallowed up by soaring household costs.The surge in wages also presents a dilemma for the Bank of England. More money going into the system means there is a danger that rising consumer spending will fuel inflation.If that happens, the Bank may be tempted…