“The pop princess will make a short stop to perform at G-A-Y after jetting into the country for one night only to perform on The X Factor, the ‘Sun’ reported. The legendary London club night, now at Heaven in Charing Cross, is having a Britney-themed evening. The club has previously played host to popular singers like Kylie Minogue, Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey.” [Link]
“As the country grapples with a sharp economic slowdown, mounting job losses and souring consumer sentiment, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised to act decisively — and denied he was gambling with the public finances. ‘Doing nothing is not an option,’ Brown will tell delegates on Monday at the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the country’s biggest employers’ organisation.” [Link]
“Amy Taylor, 28, said she had caught husband David Pollard, 40, having sex with an animated woman. The couple, who met in an Internet chatroom in 2003, are now separated. ‘I went mad — I was so hurt. I just couldn’t believe what he’d done,’ Taylor told the Western Morning News. ‘It may have started online, but it existed entirely in the real world and it hurts just as much now it is over.’” [Link]
“Mills, 40, has spent £1million so far on renovations. They include an outdoor swimming pool that her lover Jamie Walker, 36, is building at her request, although he is recovering from a broken leg. In July Mills spent £2.5million on a flat in New York and she has invested nearly £6million in other homes. She also faced massive bills from her former publicist and divorce lawyers.” [Link]
“It’s the ‘home team’ New Orleans Saints vs. the visiting San Diego Chargers at London’s Wembley Stadium on Sunday, where two struggling teams with identical 3-4 records say they’re goal is to get to .500 and keep their playoff aspirations alive.” [Link]
“Harrods department store owner Mohamed Al Fayed has been questioned by police over allegations of a sexual assault on a girl under 16. Police are investigating claims the girl, reported to be 15, was assaulted at business premises in central London.” [Link]
“The British government will on Monday announce plans to take controlling shares in HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), two of the banks worst affected by the global financial crisis, media reports said. Government representatives could be installed on their boards in a move so unprecedented that trading in banks on the London stock market could be suspended to allow traders to digest the news, newspapers reported.” [Link]
“The Prime Minister’s close friends have revealed that he can only see extremely large print and has needed guidance at public events. There were suggestions that if Mr Brown falls or bumps into something his damaged retina could fail and he would go blind completely. ” [Link]
“A man was arrested at Heathrow airport in London today for going ballistic on Mel B, Stephen Belafonte and a group of photogs. At around 3 PM, Mel, Stephen and their baby arrived at Heathrow and were greeted by a few photogs. As they were exiting the airport a random man approached them and started talking to Belafonte. We don’t know what was said between the two, but the man suddenly went crazy, screaming things like ‘I’ll get a knife and stab you’ at Stephen. ” [Link]
“British women’s boobs have jumped a cup size in just five years — from an average 34C to 36D. Demand for G, H and even J cup bras has soared, sales figures show. And more than 63 per cent of bra sales at high street store Debenhams are now a D or more. ” [Link]
“New research has revealed that damage to feet caused by trendy shoes is costing taxpayers £29million a year. Soaring numbers of women are needing treatment for bunions or twisted toes. And with treatments costing up to £4,000 a time, it all adds up to a headache for the NHS.” [Link]
“Katie Price and her husband Peter Andre’s three-year marriage is reportedly near to collapse, after it was rocked by a series of increasingly bitter rows. The couple, who have only just returned from a trip to South Africa to renew their wedding vows, are said to have reached rock bottom. One friend told Closer magazine that Pete, 35, was sick of being put down by his wife.” [Link]
“Britain’s overseas security service, MI6, has turned to social networking website Facebook to help recruit new agents, it emerged Sunday. ‘The open recruitment campaign continues to target wide pools of talent representative of British society today,’ a Foreign Office spokeswoman said.” [Link]
“The star promised to ’sort myself out’ after he was arrested in a public toilet on Friday. He was taken to a police station and given the caution for possessing class A and class C drugs. ” [Link]
“The poll, conducted for the Web site PoliticsHome.com and reported by The Sunday Observer, was described as the largest ever taken looking at marginal parliamentary seats, with nearly 35,000 voters polled across 238 seats, the newspaper said. Its results suggested a defeat of historic proportions for Labor, almost as bad as the shellacking endured by the Conservative Party in 1997.” [Link]
Video of Oasis singer Noel Gallagher being attacked
“Oasis singer Noel Gallagher was attacked on stage in Canada during a concert by the British band on Sunday night, sending him to hospital with a suspected broken rib. Video on YouTube showed a man running hard from the back of the stage and knocking Gallagher from behind while the band was playing its hit song ‘Morning Glory’ for the 40,000-strong audience at Toronto’s V Festival.” [Link]
“Heather Mills’s former publicist has accused her of conducting a campaign of dirty tricks against Sir Paul McCartney during their bitter divorce. Hollywood PR Michele Elyzabeth has launched a scathing attack on Miss Mills, saying the former model duped her into lying for her in their public battle and leaked false stories to blacken Sir Paul’s name. During her explosive rant she refers to Miss Mills as a pathological liar, a witch, a bitch and a gold-digger who married the former Beatle for his money.” [Link]
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