Author: Tara Whitman

A previously unseen photograph showing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein seated together has surfaced in files released by the US Department of Justice, marking the first time the three men have been pictured together. The image, believed to have been taken at Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, shows the disgraced former prince and the current UK ambassador to the United States wearing bathrobes, while Epstein appears fully clothed. The three men are seated around a wooden table bearing mugs decorated with the US flag. As with all photographs contained within the Epstein files, no date or contextual information accompanies…

A 35-year-old Canadian mother of four has died in a Turkish hospital hours after undergoing routine cosmetic surgery, with investigators now examining whether substances used in the days before the operation may have contributed to her death. Jessika Chagnon Gailloux, from Saint-Lin–Laurentides in Quebec, travelled to Antalya on 2 March alongside her friend Stephanie Jobin specifically to undergo a tummy tuck and breast lift procedure at a private hospital in the city’s Kepez district. The operation concluded without reported complications, but Gailloux began feeling unwell shortly after being moved to her hospital room for post-operative monitoring. Despite efforts by the…

Almost 70 of the most popular dog breeds in Britain face the prospect of being banned from breeding under new government legislation that uses a ten-point checklist to identify dogs with extreme physical characteristics deemed harmful to their health. The assessment tool, revealed by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare, scores dogs against a range of physical traits including excessive skin folds, bulging or outward-turning eyes, drooping eyelids, mottled colouration, under or overbites and muzzle shapes that interfere with breathing. Only dogs that score eight out of ten or above would be permitted to breed under the proposed rules.…

A woman has been taken into custody by Los Angeles police after allegedly opening fire on Rihanna’s Beverly Hills home on Sunday afternoon, with the singer confirmed to be inside the property at the time of the shooting and unharmed. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed it responded to reports of gunfire at 1.15pm local time. Officers located a female suspect, described as being in her 30s, and took her into custody. Law enforcement sources indicated the woman had driven up to the property before firing multiple rounds at the home. The road outside the property was closed off by…

Britney Spears spent the night in custody after being arrested by highway patrol officers in California on Wednesday evening, with her representative describing the incident as “completely inexcusable” and calling for it to mark the beginning of a significant change in the pop star’s life. According to records from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, Spears was detained at 9.28pm and released at 6.07am the following morning. She has been scheduled to appear in court on 4 May. Various US media outlets reported the arrest was made on suspicion of driving under the influence. Ventura County, situated to the north of…

Actress Wunmi Mosaku has spoken out against the BBC’s decision to broadcast a racial slur that was involuntarily shouted at the Bafta awards last month, saying the corporation’s handling of the incident left her unable to sleep and moved her to tears. The Sinners star, speaking on the red carpet at the Actor Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, told Entertainment Tonight that while she holds no personal grievance toward Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson — the man who uttered the slur — she drew a firm distinction between his actions and those of the BBC. “I have no hard feelings…

Sarah Ferguson requested Jeffrey Epstein upgrade her business class flight to first class just hours before departure for a trip to visit him in New York days after his release from prison, newly revealed emails show. The former Duchess of York’s office contacted Epstein within hours of his July 2009 prison release asking him to “graciously” cover the cost of the trip, according to the Daily Mail which uncovered the emails in the latest tranche of Epstein files. Epstein had been released from prison in 2009 after serving 13 months of an 18-month sentence for soliciting prostitution and was placed…

Rail passengers face service disruptions between Stirling and Dunblane over two weekends starting this Saturday as Network Rail enters the next phase of £4m infrastructure improvements requiring line closures for safety reasons. The first closure runs from 28 February to 2 March, with a second planned for 14-16 March. Rail replacement buses will operate during both periods whilst engineers complete work that can only be carried out when trains are not running. Mark Ilderton, ScotRail service delivery director, stated: “This essential work will help build a more resilient railway and support dependable services for communities along the route long into…

Nadiya Hussain has claimed she will “definitely make less money” in future work whilst having to “work 10 times harder” because she cannot replicate Mary Berry’s television longevity, stating: “I would have loved to have seen that for myself, but that’s a dream that I can’t live up to because I’m not white.” The Great British Bake Off winner stated she would’ve loved to still be cooking on primetime TV into her eighties like 90-year-old Berry, who remains a stalwart on television screens and cookery programmes. However, Hussain claimed her faith and ethnicity mean she’ll never achieve the former Bake…

Piers Morgan has hit out at Jamie Foxx for claiming John Davidson’s involuntary racial slur at the BAFTAs was “unacceptable,” telling the Oscar winner he should have watched the film I Swear before making “shockingly ill-informed comments.” Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, Morgan shared an image of the I Swear poster and wrote: “I watched this movie last night. Incredibly powerful and inspiring… Might have been wise for all those gobbing off about the BAFTA N-word saga to have watched it too before making so many shockingly ill-informed comments. I’m looking at the likes of you, Jamie Foxx!” The BBC…