Motorists were forced to slow down and bus drivers had to change lanes so they could safely pass the Porsche 918 Spyder while it was meticulously detailed on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge. For around an hour, the detailing firm washed the Porsche and vacuumed it before polishing the 210mph car, which is over here for the supercar season. The car was parked up in an on-street parking space, but passing vehicles were moving into other lanes in order to clear both the Porsche and the two men washing it safely. It is believed the car belongs to a nephew of Saudi Arabian rally driver, Yazeed Al-Rajhi, 33.
Brit who married US billionaire's daughter and tried to extort £2m from her family by posting nude pictures of her online is jailed for 12 years
James Casbolt, 37 (pictured with his wife), from St Ives, Cornwall, demanded the money in exchange for removing nude pictures of his estranged wife Haley Meijer - who is the heiress to a £5.5bin fortune - from the internet. He told her family that, if his demands were not met, he could 'tickle the public interest for years'. As part of his vile campaign, Casbolt also posted ramblings about his wife being a prostitute and even threatened to send suicide bombers to her parents' home. The pair met in 2009 but her father Hank - who is CEO of huge supermarket chain Meijer - never approved of him. Today he was been jailed for 12 years after being branded 'extremely dangerous' by the judge at Truro Crown Court.
- Saudi millionaire blocks traffic on one of London's busiest roads to get his £1m Porsche washed and polished for supercar season
- Brit who married US billionaire's daughter and tried to extort £2million from her family by posting nude pictures of her online is jailed for 12 years
- Mother who claimed to have been assaulted by security staff while breastfeeding in Primark is charged with perverting the course of justice
- Disgraced Lord Sewel FINALLY stands down from the House of Lords and apologises for 'embarrassment' he caused after being filmed taking cocaine with call girls
- Economic growth jumps to 0.7% as wealth per person finally returns to pre-crash levels
- British police investigating Madeleine McCann disappearance contact Australian detectives over body of fair-haired girl found in suitcase
- Divorced man, 63, sues Airbnb for cancelling his membership after complaint from woman visitor who gave him a 'long massage'
- 'Devious' neo-nazi paedophile who murdered Paige Chivers, 15, to stop her going to the police after he abused her is jailed for life
- Army veteran who survived two tours of duty in Iraq killed after crashing into a tree while mountain biking
- Racist thug who was caught on CCTV slashing a Turkish shopkeeper’s neck with a kitchen knife is jailed for life
- Liverpool FC manager Brendan Rodgers in court divorce battle with estranged wife over buy-to-let property empire of '102 homes' and millions of his future earnings
- Fresh rage at police over mother left dying at crash scene: Constable left voicemail on her phone TEN DAYS after she died
- The end of the 'iceberg': Mega-basement extensions favoured by the rich and famous face being banned as their disgruntled neighbours force limits to be set
- 350 British pilots grounded in the past five years because of mental illness, figures released after Germanwings crash show
- EXCLUSIVE: Video shows Hillary Clinton boarding private jet just hours after launching global-warming push -- and she's using a FRENCH aircraft that burns 347 gallons of fuel every hour!
- Voyeur uses drone to spy on nudists: Furious naked sunbathers say they were buzzed by radio-controlled aircraft that had camera attached
- PICTURED: The American dentist who killed Cecil, Africa's most famous lion, with a bow and arrow on $55,000 hunting trip
- Horror injuries suffered by two brothers who had to be airlifted to hospital after daycare 'ran out of sunscreen' on water park trip
- Mother is killed after falling into an escalator that collapsed at a Chinese department store…but heroically saves her son, 2, by throwing him to safety
- The intricate web of lies daughter of Vietnamese immigrants fed her parents - from high school to college graduation - before she hired hit men to kill them
- 'I am completely numb': Bobby Brown breaks his silence on Bobbi Kristina's passing as family reveal she died to chants of Hallelujah from a close group while Whitney pulled her to the other side
- Man who told police that his girlfriend's missing toddler son had been abducted when his car was stolen is ARRESTED after cops discover he was lying
- Ivana once claimed Donald Trump 'violated' her in violent sex attack amid argument over bald patch treatments
- EXCLUSIVE: 'I have four children who are Hollywood stars - but they are dead mentally to me, it's like they don't exist.' Father of Walking Dead and That '70s Show stars how Scientology brainwashed his family and froze him out
- French women furious after 'Muslim girl-gang' attacks 'immoral' sunbather for wearing a bikini in a public park
- EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Swift's outrage over 'harassment' by clothing firm boss who is demanding to see photos of her BOOBS and BUM in bitter lawsuit over her 'Lucky 13' brand
- Team USA Olympic hero hockey player TJ Oshie marries his stunning girlfriend after being walked down the aisle by their toddler daughter
- Have Swedish shipwreck hunters found a lost Russian submarine? Craft covered in Cyrillic letters is discovered less than a year after underwater intruder 'alert'
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Liverpool FC manager Brendan Rodgers in High Court divorce battle with estranged wife over buy-to-let property empire of '102 homes' and millions of his future earnings
The dispute - said to be over an estimated £10million fortune - came before a judge at London's High Court, who could be called on to decide how their assets are divided. Rodgers left his wife of 14 years, Susan (left), last year and has since been seen out with former-Liverpool worker Charlotte Hind (right). It is understood Rodgers has already agreed to pay monthly maintenance to Susan running into 'several thousand pounds'.
The Cinderella model who is the new face of Dior: Extraordinary rags-to-riches story of the 14-year-old girl plucked from poverty in Tel Aviv to star on the catwalks of Paris
14-year-old Sofia Mechetner (pictured) has signed a lucrative $250k, two-year-deal with Dior but at one point, while living in an impoverished Israeli neighbourhood, her family could not afford Cornflakes. The oldest child to Russian immigrants, Sofia grew up in the run-down area of Holon where she was too embarrassed to invite her friends round to her home. But such was her talent - and natural beauty - that she was signed up on the spot by an Israeli modelling agency who introduced an exclusive boutique French modelling agency in Paris (bottom right). A chance meeting with Dior's chief designer Raf Simons (top right) in the French capital helped Sofia land the dream contract.
Motorist who pulled into the bus lane to let a speeding ambulance on an emergency pass her is shocked to be given a £60 fixed penalty notice
Lynne Plaxton (left) 50, was driving home when she noticed the emergency vehicle in her rear view mirror as she travelled on Anlaby Road flyover in west Hull, and quickly manoeuvred out of the way (right). So the 50-year-old was shocked when she received a £60 fixed penalty notice for encroaching into a bus lane as she manoeuvred to allow the ambulance to pass. Hull Council have stated the notice was only a warning rather than a fine as it was issued in their initial 14-day period of grace while the new bus lane rules are introduced. However, if the move had come after August 1, Ms Plaxton would have been landed with an automatic fine. The driver has now hit out the 'ludicrous' letter.
HOW THE WORLD LOOKS FROM WESTMINSTER
WESTMINSTER TODAY
- Another referendum on Scottish independence is 'inevitable' says Alex Salmond and the only question is when
- 'He's cool-headed, honest, considerate': Charlotte Church throws her support behind Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader
- Speaker John Bercow accused of 'obscene waste' after running up £172 bill being chauffeur-driven 0.7 miles from Parliament
Brollies at the ready! Racegoers brave the dismal weather and turn up dressed in their best as Glorious Goodwood gets underway
Racing has got underway at Glorious Goodwood with the Chichester racecourse welcoming hundreds of guests in summer dresses and elaborate cocktail hats. Among the winners so far today were horses belonging to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Makhtoum, the emir of Dubai, and Qatari royal Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani. High profile guests looking on included William, 4th Viscount Astor - Samantha Cameron's father-in-law.
PICTURED: The American dentist who killed Cecil, Africa's most famous lion, with a bow and arrow on $55,000 hunting trip
An American dentist has been identified as the hunter, who used a bow and arrow to kill one of Africa's most famous lions. Walter J Palmer, a dentist from the state of Minnesota, is thought to have travelled to Zimbabwe and allegedly paid £35,000 ($55,000) to kill Cecil the Lion. The much loved lion was wounded by arrow after he was lured out of the national park by the hunter's bait. After spending two days tracking the injured beast, Cecil was eventually found and shot dead. The corpse was then skinned and the head hacked off as a trophy. Professional Zimbabwean hunter Theo Bronkhorst and local landowner Honest Ndlovu will appear in court on poaching charges for allegedly killing Cecil.
Tragic Conley, 7, died when his clothing pushed up around his body and restricted his breathing as he struggled to climb out of pipe on building site
Conley Thompson (left) died when he got stuck in a plastic pipe at the construction site (main image) near his home in Worsbrough, Barnsley, and his clothing restricted his breathing. Builders found his body at 8.30am yesterday, when they arrived for work at the site - which has had no security guards for almost a fortnight and where panels have been removed from the perimeter fence. Neighbours said they had told police officers searching for Conley on Sunday night that the adventurous youngster had frequently played on the site, despite being warned not to. Today, members of the public continued to leave flowers, toys and messages for Conley at the building site (inset).
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Tower Bridge has had some spectacular ships pass underneath, and this £100million superyacht could certainly fit into that bracket. Now, the 240ft boat Grace E - which comes with a sauna, gym, hydrotherapy bath and pool - is available for hire for £410,000 a week. Built last year in Italy, it also has a beauty salon, meditation room, sunbathing area and massage room - and sleeps 12 guests in six suites. Grace E comes with an 'energetic' crew of 20, a cruising speed of 14.5 knots and various watersport options from powerboats to kayaks. And if that isn't enough to entertain you, there is also a film library, satellite TV, iPod docking stations and Wi-Fi internet access.
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He fled the bombs of Aleppo to sell tissue on the street in Turkey: The heartbreaking story of the Syrian refugee boy, 13, bloodied and beaten by a restaurant boss in pictures that sparked outrage
Turkish officials gifted Ahmet Hamdo's family a free three-day holiday to a Turkish hotel after images of his savage beating (left) went viral. The 13-year-old was selling tissues on the streets when a restaurant owner claimed he was disturbing his customers and began hitting the small boy. Ahmet and his four siblings have been pictured walking hand-in-hand on its lush gardens (right) and thrashing happily in the pool (inset) but soon, they will return to their poverty-stricken lives in Izmir, Turkey. They live in a tiny, two-room apartment which is shared by 12 people and has a vermin infestation. And yet their life here is better and safer than it was in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo which they escaped four months ago
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- Wildfires rage across Spain... as forest firefighters go on indefinite strike in row over working conditions and pay
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