Paula Abdul settles lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by Nigel Lythgoe
Paula Abdul, the Grammy and Emmy award-winning singer and dancer, has settled her sexual assault lawsuit against British television producer Nigel Lythgoe. In the legal action filed one year ago, Ms Abdul, 62, accused Mr Lythgoe of twice sexually assaulting her, the first time allegedly when they worked together on the talent show American Idol. […]
Size of fishing fleet cut as Isle of Man king scallop season opens
BBC Boat numbers have dropped from 250 in 2012 to 60 at the start of the 2022 fishery Fewer boats will take to Manx waters for the start of the Isle of Man king scallop season as part of efforts to protect the fishery’s future. Sixty vessels have been authorised to fish by the Department […]
Olympics football: Women’s football an Olympic triumph
“There were some really fantastic matches and it has been a great advert for the women’s game,” said US winger Megan Rapinoe, who scored a stunning free-kick against Canada. The knock-out stages were particularly gripping. There was a thrilling final, a dramatic bronze medal match and two classic semi-finals as the Japanese held off a […]
China denounces US-UK-Australia pact as irresponsible
Watch: Australia’s ‘risky bet’ to side with US over China China has criticised a historic security pact between the US, UK and Australia, describing it as “extremely irresponsible” and “narrow-minded”. The deal will see the US and UK give Australia the technology to build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time. It is being widely viewed […]
Olympics 2012: Team GB athletes at London Games Day 12
Great Britain failed to add to their medal tally on Day 12 of the London Games. It was the first time since Day One that Team GB were unable to win a medal in what has been an otherwise successful Olympics. They finished the previous day with a total of 48 medals – the best […]
Dola Posh: ‘I wasn’t me anymore’
Dola Posh Dola Posh has multiple identities: Photographer; woman; Nigerian; mother; Briton. Yet after giving birth, she no longer felt sure who she was. Six days after her daughter was born, she was lying in a bed in an English hospital, in the midst of a covid lockdown. She worried about how her life had […]
‘Royal race row’ and Covid jabs warning
PA Media Ngozi Fulani and Lady Susan Hussey Many front pages lead with Lady Susan Hussey’s resignation as a royal aide. The Daily Mail describes the incident as “a new Palace race storm”. It says the black British charity boss, Ngozi Fulani, felt “violated” after being “interrogated” by Prince William’s godmother about where she came […]
‘I fear online influencer radicalised my son’
Alamy Andrew Tate was a contestant in TV show Big Brother in 2016 and later removed from the house Will is like many 15-year-old boys. He likes sport, hanging out with mates and spending time on social media, but his mum fears he has been “radicalised”. Jane took a call from her son’s school to […]
London 2012: World stars to watch at the Olympic Games
As a young girl “magnificent Mary” watched Jackie Chan’s stunts on the big screen before becoming India’s most prolific female boxer. The 28-year-old, who has won five consecutive world titles, took up the sport to ease the financial pressures on her farmer parents. But Kom cites celebrated Indian boxer Dingko Singh, from her home city […]
North Korean missile and Grenfell ‘frustration’
KCNA/REUTERS Hello. Here’s your morning briefing: But it is not thought that North Korea – which says it is now a “fully fledged nuclear power” – has long-range nuclear weapon capabilities yet, as it has not miniaturised the necessary warheads to the extent they can be carried via missile over the required distances. The US […]