Posts Tagged ‘central London’

WHEN AMY WINEHOUSE SHOVED A FAN IN FACE FOR TAKING HER PICTURE

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:17

‘Rehab’ singer Amy Winehouse is said to have attacked a fan of hers as he was trying to take a picture of her. Winehouse, 26, was seen and photographed lashing out before grabbing the man’s iPhone and shoving it in his face on March 16 outside a supermarket with pals in ...

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CAMPBELL BAGS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION GONG AT ELLE STYLE AWARDS

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:00

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has bagged the Outstanding Contribution gong at the Elle Style awards. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s wife Sarah honoured the 39-year-old catwalk queen for her 25-year career and her work as global patron of The White Ribbon Alliance (WRA), which promotes safe pregnancy. Sarah introduced Campbell at the central ...

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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN DEATH CONFIRMED AS SUICIDE BY HANGING, CORONER SAYS

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 17:39

Fashion designer Alexander McQueen hanged himself in a closet his home in central London after leaving a note at the scene, an inquest into his death heard on Wednesday revealed. This morning, a British medical examiner confirmed to Westminister Coroner Court that the designer died of asphyxiation and hanging due ...

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MCQUEEN HAD BEEN JILTED BY LOVER

Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:33

Style icon Alexander McQueen was upset at being jilted by his lover weeks before his death, it emerged. The British designer was found hanged at his home in Mayfair, central London, on Thursday. An unpublished interview with the Australian edition of Harper’’s Bazaar magazine has been discovered which reveals details of his ...

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AFGHANISTAN SECURITY TRANSITION BY 2010-END

Thursday, January 28, 2010 19:00

LONDON (Agencies) – World powers welcomed Afghanistan’s plan Thursday to take responsibility for its security within five years and persuade moderate Taliban fighters to renounce violence with a promise of a new start through jobs, according to a final communique issued after a major ...

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RICHARD PARRY-JONES

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:40

I interviewed ex-Ford engineering supremo Richard Parry-Jones yesterday - the interview will first appear in the next edition of the Lotus Engineering publication proActive. If you know your Ford history, he was a key figure in the development of the 1998 Ford Focus and it was certainly interesting to hear ...

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JORDAN GOES ON WILD 10-HOUR BENDER AFTER PUBLIC REJECTION FROM ANDRE

Saturday, December 5, 2009 8:24

Glamour model Katie Price a.k.a. Jordan went on a 10-hour bender after ex-husband Peter Andre publicly rejected possible reunion, say reports. The 31-year-old busty beauty is said to have hit the town with a posse including male model Anthony Lowther, 28, and gay couple Gary Cockerill, 40, and Phil Turner, 46. She ...

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PETER ANDRE FULFILS DYING GIRL’S WISH TO MEET HIM

Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:38

Jessica Beresford’s dream of meeting singer Peter Andre came true when the five-year-old, who is battling against a life-threatening illness, met him on his new reality TV show, Peter Andre: The Next Chapter. The little Jessica from Dudley in the West Midlands suffers from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a cancer of the ...

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RONNIE, JO WOOD GRANTED “QUICKIE” DIVORCE

Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:45

Rolling Stones member Ronnie Wood and his estranged wife Jo were granted a “quickie” divorce on November 11, but the former model stayed away from the court proceedings. Jo, 54, had divorced Wood, 62, on the grounds of his admitted adultery, and they were both granted a decree nisi by a ...

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LEONA LEWIS ATTACKED: LEONA LEWIS SLAPPED DURING LONDON BOOK SIGNING

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 17:54

A man has been arrested for assaulting X Factor singer Leona Lewis at a book signing in central London this afternoon. The “Bleeding Love” songbird was slapped by an unidentified man during a signing session for her autobiography, Dreams — to be released next month — on Wednesday. Well, who knew ...

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POP PAEDOPHILE GARY GLITTER MAKES HOLIDAY BID

Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:49

Brit rock singer Gary Glitter, who is a convicted sex offender, made an appearance in Horseferry Road Magistrates Court in central London to get permission to go on holiday. Glitter, 65, real name Paul Francis Gadd, had been deported to Britain from Vietnam last year after serving 29 months in jail ...

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UK’S JAMES BOWTHORPE BECOMES THE FASTEST CYCLIST TO CIRCLE THE GLOBE

Saturday, September 19, 2009 7:07

Britisher James Bowthorpe has become the fastest man to pedal around the globe, while surviving an ambush in Iran, a collision with a wombat in Australia, food poisoning in India and tendonitis in both ankles. Bowthorpe cycles into Hyde Park, Central London on Friday afternoon, completing an 18,000-mile bike ride across ...

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AMY WINEHOUSE CLEARED OF ASSAULT CHARGES

Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:33

Popstar Amy Winehouse has been cleared of assaulting a fan. The Back to Black singer was accused of punching a fan, named Sherene Flash, at the summer ball in Berkeley Square, central London, last September. The 25-year-old star told the City of Westminster Magistrates Court that she pushed the woman trying to ...

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AMY WINEHOUSE APPEARS IN COURT OVER FAN ASSAULT

Friday, July 24, 2009 6:13

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse, who’s facing trial for allegedly assaulting a fan, told court that she pushed the woman trying to take her photograph, but did not punch her. The 25-year-old star has been accused of punching a fan named Sherene Flash at the summer ball in Berkeley Square, central London, ...

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AMY WINEHOUSE FAN ASSAULT TRIAL BEGINS

Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:34

Amy Winehouse arriveed at Westminster Magistrates Court in Central London on Thursday to face a charge of assaulting a woman after a charity ball last year. Reuters Prosecutor Lyall Thompson said the award-winning Back to Black singer seemed to be under the influence of alcohol or “some other substance” when she struck ...

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WINEHOUSE ACCUSED OF ‘UNJUSTIFIABLE VIOLENCE’

Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:33

Singer alleged to have punched dancer after performance at charity ballSinger Amy Winehouse reacted with "deliberate and unjustifiable violence" when a dancer politely asked her for a photograph at a charity ball, a court heard today.Prosecutor Lyall Thompson said the 25-year-old singer appeared to ...

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THE STEALTH OF STARBUCKS

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 22:55

Focusing exclusively on market excesses distracts us from the inbuilt flaws of corporate globalisationFirst, a confession. I'm writing this in a coffee shop. I spend a lot of time reading and writing in them. Worse, in Cambridge where I live, I frequent the Clone ...

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PIETERSEN TARGETED BY 80-MN POUNDS BRITISH STYLE PONZI SCHEME

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 7:37

England star all rounder Kevin Pietersen was targeted in an alleged 80 million pounds fraud by a British “Bernie Madoff-style” gang. Suspected tricksters tried to get England”’’s former captain, who played in yesterday”’’s historic win to invest in a “Ponzi” scheme, which has since collapsed. It is thought two men approached multi-millionaire ...

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EX-OLYMPIC SPRINT CHAMP LINFORD CHRISTIE’S NIECE BECOMES FIRST BLACK MISS ENGLAND

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:23

British sprinter Linford Christie’s niece, Rachel, has become the first black woman to be crowned Miss England. The 20-year-old won the title in the event hosted at Metropole Hilton Hotel in Central London, despite being injured in a car crash just few days before the event. She had ...

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NOW FOR A TEXAS TOMMY!

Monday, July 20, 2009 11:15

Britain is going crazy for a joyous dance from the 1920s called the lindy hop. So why can't our writer get the hang of it?In a cramped basement in central London, two dozen couples glide, bop and leap around a parquet floor. A few ...

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