Thứ Bảy, 8 tháng 8, 2015

Vogue’s still in life of Brian

GUE Williams has lifted the lid on her split from husband Brian McFadden, revealing she still lives with the Westlife star.
The Irish model, 29, admits that people think her living arrangements are odd, but says it is convenient for now.
Together... Brian and Vogue in 2013
Together... Brian and Vogue in 2013 News Newspaper Group Ltd

She said: “My family find it strange but we’ve only just broken up and I haven’t found somewhere else to live.
“I’m sure there will be a time when we’re not in contact as much as we are now, but until I find somewhere else we’re going to be in each other’s lives.”
How could Brian let stunning Vogue go?
How could Brian let stunning Vogue go? MGM Media Ltd

Vogue insists there is no sinister reason behind the break-up, saying: “It just didn’t work out.
“He wasn’t with anyone else, I wasn’t with anyone else, it was nothing to do with that. That’s why we find it easier to be friends maybe.”
Vogue admits many find her living arrangements confusing
Vogue admits many find her living arrangements confusing MGM Media Ltd

She admits the split has been stressful, but said she “tries to take the positive out of life”.
Vogue with underwear guru Michelle Mone
Vogue with underwear guru Michelle Mone MGM Media Ltd

That will include the big-money deal with bra boss Michelle Mone to promote award-winning fake tanning range UTan, which is available fromUTanshop.com and boots.com.



Grabba granny

The woman was attacked while walking her dog
The woman was attacked while walking her dog Getty
AN ELDERLY woman fended off an attacker - by squeezing his testicles.
The feisty pensioner was walking her dog along a track outside a village when the man suddenly appeared from a wood.
He shouted “get off my land” and hit her in the mouth, but the woman fought back by grabbing his privates.
The attacker fell to the ground in shock before calmly walking away in the opposite direction without looking back.
The woman was left with bruising and a small cut after last Monday’s incident in Stoke Orchard near Cheltenham, Gloucs.
Police are still hunting the man, who was suntanned and spoke “with a young voice”.
A Gloucestershire Police spokesman said: “Clearly this was an unusual method of self-defence and the attacker got more than he bargained for.
“We need information about this incident.
“It would have been a terrible experience for a person of any age and we would urge anyone who can help to come forward and call 101, quoting incident 143 of August 4.”

The man is described as white, 25-35 years old, 5ft 8ins tall, of slim build, with dark hair and wearing blue jeans, a black/navy jacket, brown working boots and a navy baseball cap.

Law and border

NEARLY 800 foreigners arrested in Britain since 2012 were killers, rapists or child abusers in their homeland, police revealed.
Experts fear many more have settled in the UK due to rules on free movement in Europe.
In addition, police checked the homeland backgrounds of fewer than half the 190,000 foreign criminals arrested in Britain last year.
According to figures, 250 people convicted of murder and manslaughter at home have been arrested since 2012 — 92 from Romania, 41 from Poland and 35 from Lithuania.
Alice Gross, from Hanwell, West London, was last year killed by Latvian builder Arnis Zalkalns, who moved to the UK after serving a jail sentence for killing his wife.
There were 381 rapists — 141 from Romania, and 120 from Poland — and 147 child sex offenders, 58 of them Poles and 36 Lithuanians.
The figures emerged from a Freedom of Information Act request to ACRO, the Criminal Records Office.
Criminal justice expert Harry Fletcher, of the Digital Trust, said some EU member states lacked the “will” to check their own criminals — “perhaps as they think it is easier to export the problem”. He said: “We need a system where there is a duty to disclose convictions on entry.”
He said Britain should improve monitoring and checking of serious criminals. Ukip MEP Diane James said keeping free movement in the EU was “perpetuating the problem”.

Case study 1

George-Josif Blaj throttled his victim
George-Josif Blaj throttled his victim SWNS

ROMANIAN sex attacker George-Josif Blaj raped a woman at knifepoint weeks after arriving in Britain.
Blaj, 22, throttled his victim, 24, after breaking into her home in Northampton. He battered her with a spade when she screamed.
The drug abuser was admitted to the UK despite serving four years in Romania for rape and robbery. He was caged for 15 years.

Case study 2

Pawel Honc ruthlessly beat-up Paul Kohler
Pawel Honc ruthlessly beat-up Paul Kohler PA: Press Association

FOUR Polish burglars who left lecturer Paul Kohler “unrecognisable” in a savage beating had convictions for violence at home.
Mr Kohler, 55, suffered multiple facial injuries at Wimbledon, South West London. His wife was also threatened.
Pawel Honc, 23, and Mariusz Tomaszewski, 32, got 19 years. Dawid Tychon, 29, and Oskar Pawlowichz, 29, got 13 years.

Gassed Jenson blood tested

Samples ... Jenson and Jessica
Samples ... Jenson and Jessica Getty
FORMULA One star Jenson Button has given a blood sample to help cops hunt the “gas gang” behind the raid on his villa.
Analysis of fumes breathed into his system could provide a crucial breakthrough in narrowing down suspects.
Cops believe the £300,000 raid bears the hallmarks of Russian Mafia gangs who have already targeted other rich residents in billionaires’ playground Saint-Tropez.
Cops believe two gang members watched the villa for days before launching the raid.
It is claimed they set off a canister of anaesthetic gas into an air-conditioning vent to put the pair into a deep sleep.
Sources in France said the raid was “strikingly similar” to previous robberies by Russian gangs on the wealthy.
Both Jenson and Jessica have had blood samples taken. Philippe Guemas, deputy prosecutor in Draguignan, confirmed: “We have taken samples which will be analysed.”
The former world champion, who is tipped to join Chris Evans as a new co-host on TV’s Top Gear, drives for McLaren Honda.

He wed model Jessica in Hawaii in December.

Top 10 all-time record earners

POP hit Walking On Sunshine, by Katrina And The Waves in 1985, rakes in £600,000 a year in royalties, we told you this week.
Here, we reveal the top ten biggest-earning songs of all.

10

Singer Mel Torme
Singer Mel Torme Reuters

The Christmas Song – Mel Torme (1944) £12m: Penned in 45 minutes on a hot day in Chicago, US. Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra are among the big names to have sung it.

9

Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison and Bill Dees (1964) £12.5m: More proof that the best way to get rich from a song is to have it played in a movie – this made a mint after it featured in Pretty Woman.

8

Brit singer Sting
Brit singer Sting Getty Images

Every Breath You Take – Sting (1983) £13m: Puff Daddy’s I’ll Be Missing You samples the track and generates a quarter of Sting’s lifetime royalties.

7

Santa Claus is Coming To Town – Haven Gillespie and John Frederick Coots (1934)£16m: The Jackson 5, Justin Bieber and Mariah Carey are just some of the stars who have reworked the song.

6

Singer Ben E King
Singer Ben E King Getty Images

Stand By Me – Ben E King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (1961) £17m: A hit in the 60s and 20 years later when it was used in the film of the same name.

5

Unchained Melody – Alex North and Hy Zaret (1955) £17.5m: The Righteous Brothers hit featured in the film Ghost but 650 artists have covered this song.

4

Paul McCartney and John Lennon
Paul McCartney and John Lennon BBC

Yesterday – John Lennon and Paul McCartney (1965) £19m: The most covered song in history.

3

You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector (1964) £20m: Righteous Brothers had a No1 then it became more popular in 1986 when it appeared in Top Gun.

2

Songwriter Irving Berlin
Songwriter Irving Berlin Getty Images

White Christmas – Irving Berlin (1940) £23m: Countless covers, but Bing Crosby’s is best-selling, single ever with 100million sales.

1

Happy Birthday – Hill Sisters (1893) £32m: Dubbed the “world’s most popular song”, Warner Bros claims to own the rights to it and says royalties are due if it is used on TV and in movies or sung in a public setting.