The 54-year-old actor and his 37-year-old lawyer wife are adapting their nine-bedroom home in Berkshire in a multi-million pound renovation. And new photographs show the pretty wooden hut in which the power couple who married in Venice last year will no doubt soon be relaxing. The couple will eventually be moving into what they hope will be an immaculate family home, complete with a home cinema and 360-degree security. The Clooneys are also installing a new 60ft swimming pool, surrounded in reclaimed York stone, a pool house and a tennis court. And the villagers will be happy when it is finished, following complaints that dozens of construction vehicles on local roads are ruining their quiet lifestyle.
'Police call handler could have saved my son from sex killer': Mother claims 101 operator ignored her pleas for help when her teenage son was being groomed online by predator who went on to murder him
Lorin LaFave called Surrey Police 'begging' them to help protect her 14-year-old son Breck Bednar who was being groomed online. But an 'incompetent and uncaring' non-emergency call operator fobbed her off with a reference number after just 12 minutes on the line. Within an hour the case had been 'closed' by junior civilian staff who failed to undertake even the most basic checks. If they had looked up killer Lewis Daynes on national police systems they would have found he was accused of raping a 15-year-old boy three years earlier.
- George and Amal Clooney create their very own love nest with a swing chair and wood burner in grounds of their new UK home
- 'Police call handler could have saved my son from sex killer': Mother claims 101 operator ignored her pleas for help when her teenage son was being groomed online by predator who went on to murder him
- Race row over Oxford University balls with 1920s and New Orleans themes amid claims it shows 'a nostalgia to an era of history steeped in racism'
- Working mothers who skip boozy dinners to see family don't get top jobs because they can't network to get ahead, says CBI chief
- The phone you only have to charge once a WEEK: British scientists create material for the screen that uses no power
- Stop the meddling, BBC boss tells MPs: Director-general says politicians have weakened the corporation by making it fund things not related to broadcasting
- Landlord arrested after lending his flat to the Paris massacre jihadis is convicted killer and 'violent gangland kingpin' who stabbed teenager to death
- Belgian police open fire on motorist who tried to ram them during terror raids as 16 people are arrested across Brussels - BUT world’s most wanted is still on the loose and ‘on his way to Germany in a BMW’
- Third Stade de France suicide bomber 'snuck into Europe via Greece after posing as asylum seeker with fellow Paris jihadi'
- Two Abdeslam brothers in Paris attacks 'stopped drinking and started praying' six months before atrocity, reveals their sibling
- Son of a Labour councillor who was suspected of being an extremist after being arrested on the Syrian border is back in Britain and walking the streets of Rochdale
- PM's 10,000-strong strike force: David Cameron pledges new units as MPs are told to act like Churchill not Chamberlain
- Muslim scholar who posted YouTube speech condemning Paris atrocities reveals he has received death threats from British-born children who support ISIS
- 'There was no one that didn't have blood on them': Australian survivor, 19, of Bataclan massacre recounts the terrifying moment she was shot during the Paris terror attacks
- Former babysitter, 21, charged with abducting two-year-old girl from her bed in the middle of the night was a private-school educated college-dropout who got engaged just weeks ago
- Eagles of Death Metal describe horror of Bataclan massacre for the first time: Musicians say fans hidden in band's dressing room were slaughtered - except for a 'kid' hiding under the lead singer's jacket
- Trump supporters throw Black Lives Matter protester to the ground and kick him at rally as The Donald yells: 'Get the hell out of here!'
- University's free yoga class is shut down over 'cultural appropriation' fears after complaints from 'social justice warriors'
- Video shows the moment Dallas high school teacher is attacked by 16-year-old female student she corrected during presentation
- Donald Trump's Instagram-loving 'mystery' daughter finally breaks her silence on her father's presidential campaign
- Belgian police open fire on motorist who tried to ram them during terror raids as 16 people are arrested across Brussels - BUT world’s most wanted is still on the loose and ‘on his way to Germany in a BMW’
- Two Abdeslam brothers in Paris attacks 'stopped drinking and started praying' six months before atrocity, reveals their sibling
- Former babysitter, 21, charged with abducting two-year-old girl from her bed in the middle of the night before dumping her on the roadside naked and covered in cigarette burns with a shaved head
- Forget the battering Ronda Rousey took to the face - what happened to her FEET? Photos of humiliated UFC champ's purple and yellow toes take over the internet
- George and Amal Clooney create their very own love nest with a swing chair and wood burner in grounds of their new UK home
- 'There was no one that didn't have blood on them': Australian survivor, 19, of Bataclan massacre recounts the terrifying moment she was shot during the Paris terror attacks
- 'Welcome to the world sweet baby James!' Lauren Bush posts adorable picture of newborn son after giving birth to her first child
- Woman jogger speaks out to praise the LITTLE BOY who stepped up to yell at man who was catcalling her in the street
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Landlord arrested after lending his flat to the Paris massacre jihadis is convicted killer and 'violent gangland kingpin' who stabbed teenager to death
The landlord who allowed ISIS killers responsible for the Paris attacks to hide in his flat is a convicted killer and notorious gangland leader, it has emerged. News of Jawad Bendaoud's conviction for stabbing a teenage victim to death came as he was remanded in custody for a fourth night in a row. He has admitted lending his rundown apartment in the northern suburb of St-Denis to the ringleader of the massacres that left 130 people dead on November 13.
'Everyone had blood on them': Australian survivor, 19, of Bataclan massacre recounts the moment she was shot in Paris terror attacks - and how one man's quick thinking saved her life
The only Australian known to have been injured in the terrorist attacks across Paris last week has spoken of the moment she was shot and her incredible survival story. Emma Parkinson, 19, from Hobart was enjoying the Eagles of Death Metal gig at Bataclan when Islamic State gunmen stormed the concert hall and slaughtered 89. The young woman credits a stranger's quick thinking for so many people's escape from the horror. 'At one moment, one person yelled that we should run and I don't know if we would have if that person hadn't said that,' Ms Parkinson explained. It was then that the thousand-odd music lovers in the concert hall began running.
Tatler Tory gets away from it all... in Barbados - as Grant Shapps tells friends he knew nothing of sex and drugs claims after being made the fall guy in Mark Clarke affair
The man at the centre of the scandal engulfing the Conservative Party - 'Tatler Tory' Mark Clarke - is getting away from it all in Barbados (left), with his wife Sarah and their two children. They are staying at a £1,000-a-night villa at the elegant Coral Reef Club (inset bottom) - a favourite of former prime minister Tony Blair, with stylish villas and suites spread over 12 acres of gardens. But Clarke stands accused of bullying an activist to the point of suicide, blackmail and sexual misconduct on the campaign trail. A 25-year-old Tory aide, India Brummitt (right), quit her position after allegations of a long-term affair with Clarke. Meanwhile Grant Shapps (inset top) expressed fury over being singled out for blame in the scandal by the Conservative high command.
HOW THE WORLD LOOKS FROM WESTMINSTER
WESTMINSTER TODAY
- Business secretary Sajid Javid breaks ranks from cabinet by declaring the costs of staying in the EU outweigh its benefits
- Workers to get three days off on full pay in Volunteering Leave as Cameron revives the Big Society
- 'Benefits system is bleeding money': Taxpayer loses more in fraud and error than Osborne's £4billion cuts to tax credits
Would you go on a first date with millions watching? These women all did and the result's one of the most heart-warming (and occasionally cringe-making) TV hits of the moment
There are few experiences more nerve-racking than a blind date. It can be the trigger for a new romance - or the most excruciating evening of your life. Now the hope and heartbreak are being captured on a reality TV show, Channel 4's First Dates, that's become an unexpected hit. Set in a swish real London restaurant, each episode focuses on five pairs of singletons - from lonely 80-year-olds to lovelorn estate agents - trying to find that elusive 'spark'.
Odeon boss who boasts of lavish lifestyle: The tycoons behind Britain's three biggest cinema chains who have banned Lord's Prayer ad
As cinemas ban an advert encouraging the Lord's Prayer (right) while letting children see commercials selling alcohol and ultraviolent video games, the Mail looks at the bosses behind Britain's three top cinema chains. Odeon is part of a vast portfolio owned by multimillionaire tax exile Guy Hands's investment company Terra Firma. The Guernsey-based tycoon (left, with singer Katy Perry in 2008), whose family is worth an estimated £250million, bragged in a speech in Amsterdam last week about eating gourmet food in 'ludicrously expensive' restaurants, drinking fine wines and staying in five-star hotels. He said in February he would try to sell Odeon following poor results. But a series of Hollywood blockbusters saw profits rise by £14.5million in the first half of 2015.
It's enough to make you green with envy! Chris Evans and Jenson Button test a 200mph McLaren in first glimpse of new Top Gear show
The 49-year-old presenter (top centre) was seen laughing with Button (top left and bottom centre) in a bright green McLaren 650S Spider on the BBC motoring show's test track at the Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey. And fans of the long-running programme will be delighted to see that the show's legendary driver The Stig (right) was also spotted on set in full costume during filming last Wednesday. The Radio 2 DJ has signed a three-year contract for the new series of Top Gear, and there will be two series of the show, each consisting of eight episodes, with the first airing in May 2016.
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Mother-of-two horrified to discover cat covered in concrete from top to tail huddled outside her front door
Mother-of-two Faye Richards, from Bristol, discovered the ginger tom huddled on her front step, so covered in concrete (right) that it couldn't even open its eyes. Faye (inset) rushed it to the vet, where it was shaved (left) and had the concrete combed out of its coat. The cat, which has no microchip to identify him, has now been completely shaved and is said to be well on the road to recovery. It is currently staying with the vet who cared for it.
THE WORLD AT A GLANCE
Fitting farewell to a rugby giant: Hundreds gather for public memorial remembering New Zealand legend Jonah Lomu
Hundreds of mourners filled a church for the emotional public memorial for rugby great Jonah Lomu on Sunday evening. Tongan leaders, community members and friends and family - including his mother Hepi Lomu (inset) - gathered at the Lotofalei'a Tongan Methodist Church in Auckland, New Zealand, to celebrate the life of the All Black hero, who died overnight on Tuesday after a cardiac arrest.
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WORLD NEWS
- Pictured: Helicopter pilot who died along with four British tourists on New Zealand glacier
- Belgium on terror lockdown: Brussels metro closed and people warned to avoid public areas after 'serious and imminent threat' alert over Paris-style ISIS attack
- Rasputin as you've never seen him before! Chilling pictures show notorious monk who brought down the Tsar in COLOUR
- 'There were white, black, red and orange wires': Video shows the incredible moment Paris nurse fought to resuscitate injured man on cafe floor - before realising he was a suicide bomber
- German football match was cancelled after French spies warned of 'five bomb plot' by five jihadists including a woman to carry out Paris-style attack on stadium
- Jihadi suspect arrested in Sweden after crossing Arctic Circle on a BICYCLE to sneak into Europe via the backdoor