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How Russell Brand tried to silence his critics – using feminist Meghan’s favourite lawyer: For years the comedian has been intimidating accusers and threatening the media with the help of expensive attack dog lawyers Brand previously hired Jenny Afia, the lawyer who represented Meghan Markle Harvey Weinstein’s fall from grace, in October 2017, presented a serious […]
By Amanda Hooton Satu Vänskä at Bells Beach in 2008 with (from left) ACO artistic director (and now husband) Richard Tognetti and surfer Derek Hynd. Surfing was one of the first things she embraced in Australia, along with the sun: “It felt like it never stopped shining – every day, for years!”Credit: COURTESY OF SATU […]
Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When meeting The Powerbroker for lunch, it feels judicious to arrive early. But, of course, as I approach the corner cafe in suburban Balaclava, Mark Leibler (pre-eminent tax lawyer, corporate strategist, political activist and one of the world’s […]
Manager at VIP Cobden Club and his friend are cleared of raping woman in hotel room Billy Brannigan, 61was accused of assaulting the woman after she passed out Chris Agathocleous, 55, was also accused of the rape that happened in 1997 A VIP nightclub manager and his friend have been cleared of raping a woman […]
A MAN who hacked into US military computers to find proof of UFOs has slammed NASA's latest claims they have found no evidence of aliens – saying: "They will never tell us the truth." Gary McKinnon, 57, was accused of the "biggest military computer hack of all time" by US officials after he gained access to […]
Religious programmes could disappear from TV following overhaul of broadcasting laws, MPs warn Channels could potentially axe less commercially viable programmes Religious programmes could disappear from television screens if broadcasting laws are overhauled, MPs have warned today. During the Culture, Media and Sport Committee said new rules meant that broadcasters such as the ITV and […]
‘My terrified grandson was begging them not to shoot his grandparents’: Grandmother, 72, relives horror moment armed burglary gang burst into family home and put gun to head of poorly 11-year-old boy The grandmother said her grandson was terrified and trying to protect their dog The gang tried to steal a Mercedes and a Range […]
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Incest house of horror’ father accused of killing three babies in his basement ‘deliberately starved his St Bernard dog and had it permanently chained up’ animal charity claims Piotr Gierasik, 54, allegedly deliberately starved his elderly dog Bethowen Piotr and daughter Paulina face life in prison for incest and murder of babies The father who […]
Russian submarine commander is machine-gunned to death by Azerbaijan forces during peacekeeping mission Captain Ivan Kovgan was killed by machine gun fire in a wartorn Azerbaijan region He was part of a Russian peacekeeping force deployed in the area Kovgan was deputy commander of Russia’s Northern Fleet submarine force Vladimir Putin has lost one of his […]
Emma Raducanu tells girls they don’t need men to succeed as she reads revised fairy tales which write out Prince Charming in new HSBC ad The tennis star, 20, read from Fairer Tales by Emma Dodd for a HSBC advert In the stories Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Rapunzel are all businesswomen Emma Raducanu has told […]