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Live-in housekeeper Robin Pyke sues multi-millionaire couple for unfair dismissal

Jane Gottschalk and her financier husband Maximilian (pictured left), who have five children, are said to have 'overworked' Robin Pyke (right) at their luxury seven-bedroom mansion (inset) in Henley-on-Thames. He claims he was so stressed out by the demands of the jet setting couple, who have five homes around the world and 17 dogs, he was forced to seek professional help - and was sacked when he received a text message telling him to 'f*** off out of our house.' The globe-trotting pair and their children split their time between Notting Hill in London, where they bought a home from singer Robbie Williams, and other homes in Hong Kong, Ibiza, Switzerland and Henley. Highly successful Mrs Gottschalk founded the international Jax coconut water company, which is beloved by celebrities, and has also worked as a creative director for ski and surf wear company Perfect Moment. Her German-Swiss banker husband is the only son of Joachim Gottschalk, who floated family firm Gottex for £1.5billion in 2007.

Stephanie Griffin finds son Ciaran, 8, dying in Glasgow cemetery

Stephanie Griffin (left), 25, from Glasgow, told a fatal accident inquiry that Ciaran Williamson (right) had only been allowed out to play for 10 minutes. He gave his mother a kiss, told him he loved her and she watched him walk down the street to meet his friends. Minutes later there was a chap at their door, yards from the cemetery at Moss Heights, by a friend to say Ciaran was hurt. His step-father Thomas McGee (right in left image), 26, raced to the scene to find the schoolboy under a headstone in the cemetery. He told the inquiry Ciaran was 'lifeless' when he came across him. Ciaran was playing with friends in Craigton Cemetery (inset) on May 26, last year, when the stone fell on him.

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An article on August 8 about expenses claimed by top police officers said that Chief Constable Phil Gormley was living rent-free at Tulliallan Castle.

Prince Harry condemns abuse of girlfriend Meghan Markle

Prince Harry (centre) has today finally confirmed he has been dating Suits actress Meghan Markle (left and right) for 'a few months'. In an extraordinary statement on his love life (inset), Harry, 32, said he is 'worried about Ms Markle's safety' following the 'wave of abuse and harassment' she has faced since rumours of their relationship first surfaced nine days ago. He lashed out at media intrusion and the 'sexism and racism of social media trolls' in a statement which said 'this is not a game - it is her life and his' and that he is 'deeply disappointed that he has not been able to protect her'. The royal's secret love affair with the 35-year-old actress was revealed less than a fortnight ago on Sunday, October 30 after they were given away by matching friendship bracelets they have both worn for months.

Steven Knox, 30, from Sunderland, admitted posting messages on Facebook identifying the girl, who was just 15 when she was sexually touched by Johnson in his Range Rover.

Dr William Arnett (pictured) allegedly began texting the woman after her husband, who was a patient at his Sunderland surgery, said working away from home was impacting family life.

Lawrence Klein, of Reading, Berkshire, was suspected of having corticobasal deterioration, known as CBD, a rare and incurable neurological condition which becomes progressively worse.

Kaylea Reid , 26, targeted Robert Page after they 'sexted' and she then lost her job after less than a year, Ipswich Magistrates' Court heard.

He smashed computers, toilets, windows and walls after breaking into the site near London Victoria railway station. British Transport Police have launched an appeal to find the man.

Immunotherapy teaches the body to attack tumours, but fails when patients develop a condition called cancer cachexia, researchers from Cambridge University found.

David Walliams arrives at High Court for cash battle with ex-wife Lara Stone

The pair's five-year marriage was drawn to a close by a family court judge more than a year ago. Now a judge in London is analysing arguments about the division of assets. Mr Justice MacDonald began considering evidence at a private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court this week.

Rosaria Birrane said David Buchler, 64, 'destroyed her husband's life' in the incident in Harrods at London last New Year's Eve but was accused of being a racist in court.

Aaron Cawley, 25, was spotted at Leeds United's match at Norwich on Saturday after his six-year ban from football for attacking ex-England keeper Chris Kirkland was lifted by magistrates.

Joe Backhouse, 24, of Billericay, Essex, admitted riding a stolen Suzuki motorbike at a police officer when he appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday.

Cheryl Prudham, 34, from Warrington, pleaded guilt to handling cash allegedly stolen by her ex-partner Robert Prudham (pictured) and another man Jacob Underdown.

Veterans and serving soldiers alike turned out for the funeral of John Kearns, 95, who served in the Army for more than 30 years but died in Derbyshire with no known relatives.

Goldsmiths University has been accused of racism after adopting the Palestinian flag for its kit in a move the students' union has described as 'progressive' but has been branded 'pathetic' online.

Rurik Jutting found guilty of Hong Jong prostitute murders

British banker Rurik Jutting (top) was today found guilty of the sadistic murder of two prostitutes at his Hong Kong flat. The 31-year-old Cambridge University graduate faces a life sentence after being convicted at a trial that featured horrific video evidence of rape and torture. Twisted Jutting said he was 'sorry beyond words' and 'haunted' by the double murder of Indonesian women Sumarti Ningsih (inset left) and Seneng Mujiasih (inset right). But trial judge Mr Justice Stuart Moore ripped into the 'sadistic' murderer saying descriptions of 'evil' and a 'monster' were not adequate for the horror he had inflicted on his victims. Jurors had watched as one of the women begged for her life as she was forced to lick a toilet bowl before Jutting savagely slit her throat. He also made a video showing off his 'torture kit' that included a blowtorch and sex toy wrapped in sandpaper which he intended to use on his second victim. As police left Hong Kong's High Court today, a bloodied knife (bottom) could be seen in a box of evidence used to convict the murderer.

America votes: Now a nation decides between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

Americans go to the polls today in the bitterest presidential contest in living memory. Candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump conducted whistle-stop tours across battleground states last night in an effort to secure every possible vote. Clinton was joined on stage by two former presidents and rock legends Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi. Trump had several of his children. The Republican candidate made a final visit to Michigan, in a last-ditch effort to turn the Democratic state red, by enticing disillusioned rust belt workers. The polls opened in some eastern states at 6am EST, while the final polls close at 1am tomorrow in Alaska.

'I will not consider it great if I don't win,' he admitted on Fox & Friends. The Republican said he thinks he'll be the victor tonight, though, winning the states of Iowa, Ohio and New Hampshire.

Clinton and her staff took part in the latest viral internet challenge in a bid to remind people to get out and vote on Election Day, finishing the clip with: 'Don't stand still. Vote today.'

New York was already on high alert after federal officials warned about possible attacks by the al Qaeda militant group around Election Day.

Louis Tafuto from New York claims Donald Trump has incited violence and intimidation and is clearly not fit to become US President according to a 25-page lawsuit filed in Federal court.

Berrydown girl suffered horrific burns after a rogue firework caught in SCARF as it

Maisie Roe, of Berrydown, Devon, was standing with her older brother and sister about 30ft from where the rockets were being lit by her soldier father Jake. But one shot off course and became lodged in her scarf before exploding - leaving her with full-thickness burns to her head and shoulder. Maisie also suffered injuries to her face and hand, and she is now recovering in hospital where surgeons have said she will probably need skin grafts. Her parents have released photos of her injuries to persuade other families to stick to organised firework displays instead of doing their own at home. Maisie (pictured left, with her mother Stephanie; and right, in hospital) was 30ft away - twice the recommended 'buffer zone' - with her brother Dylan, nine, and sister Scarlett, six, when the Bonfire Night accident happened.

Alan Peters, 78, was driving a team of university cheerleaders on the double decker coach when he crashed into the Audi at 61mph on the M1 near Flitwick, Bedfordshire.

Chief executive Steve Rowe (pictured) - who took over from Dutchman Marc Bolland in April - has been forced to announce its biggest shake-up for years.

A family from Lancashire spent their £4,000 five-star holiday in Turkey - booked through Thomas Cook - holed up in a hotel room after they were all struck down with a debilitating stomach bug.

In the Secret Life of 4 and 5 Year olds, 40 British children of different social backgrounds from around the country are invited to spend time playing and learning at a school rigged with secret cameras.

The Department for Transport believes that offering workshops to educate motorists about the dangers of making a call while driving is not a tough enough measure to deter people.

Married bus driver Alex Hopkinson, 36, (pictured) a former cadet instructor of New Addington, south London, was charged with possessing and making indecent images of a boy.

British diver survives 17 HOURS in shark-infested waters off of Australia

Les Brierley, 68, from Bury but who now lives on the Sunshine Coast, survived 17 hours in shark-infested waters off the Queensland coast after strong currents pulled him 15 miles away from his yacht. He was saved by his flippers and oxygen tank which he clung onto as he swept away from his boat 'The Moonlight Dancer'. Recalling his ordeal he said: 'I was debating in my mind which would be the preferable way to go...drowning or getting eaten by a shark.'

Sam Moorhouse, 27, suffered 'some of the most extreme injuries ever seen' after he lost control of his Mini Coupe on the A61 north of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and was impaled on a fence.

GCSE pupil Will Cornick, 15, walked up to Mrs Maguire, 61, during class and stabbed her seven times in the back and neck with a knife he had brought to school in 2014.

Nothing of relevance to the suspected abduction and murder of Ms Payne (pictured) has been found during several weeks of inquiries at Coventry's Coombe Country Park, West Midlands Police said.

The Scottish ace, 29, donned the two-petalled English poppy on his Under Armour shirt as he beat John Isner to win the Paris Masters on Saturday. The ATP had no issue with the emblem.

The man appears to use only his left hand to cling on to the outside of a second floor flat while painting the windows with his other hand in the street in Glasgow, Scotland.

The trespasser jumped onto the tracks at Norwood Junction, south London, at around 6pm. He then took off his shirt and begun blurting out expletive-laden lyrics while station staff urged him to move.

Coral Hay reduces abusive ex-boyfriend to tears with letter detailing how he 'destroyed'

Coral Hay (left and right), 22, of Oldham, Greater Manchester, was beaten up by boyfriend Scott Hughes (inset), 28, in jealous rages after he wrongly accused her of being unfaithful to him. In one attack Hughes tied up Miss Hay in his flat and threatened to dump her on the former killing fields of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady at Saddleworth Moor. In another he stamped on her head and bit her before stabbing her in the side of her torso with a kitchen knife. Miss Hay was treated for six days in hospital for a wound below her rib cage and doctors discovered she had a fractured rib from a previous incident. Police who arrested Hughes discovered he had a string of previous convictions - including domestic violence upon a former partner. Hughes was jailed for four years after pleading guilty to false imprisonment, common assault and causing grievous bodily harm.

There is speculation the move is designed to protect the brand from breaking EU rules after the Brexit vote. There are concerns that when the UK leaves the EU, other countries will block sales.

The UK privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), said Facebook has agreed to suspend using data collected from UK WhatsApp users.

Toblerone increase the gaps between the bar's iconic peaks to make them lighter

Chocolate fans have vented their fury after Toblerone increased the gaps between the bar's iconic triangular chunks as a cost-cutting measure to reduce the weight. The controversial change to the Swiss chocolate bar was made because of the 'higher costs for numerous ingredients' in the wake of Brexit. Mondelez International, which owns Toblerone, denied the change was made 'as a direct result of Brexit', but it pointed out the exchange rate was 'not favourable'. The move has resulted in the weight of the 400g bars being reduced to 360g and the 170g bars to 150g, while the price remains the same. Hundreds have taken to social media to voice their 'disgust' that there will be bigger spaces between the peaks, although the packaging will remain the same size.

Anna Turley, MP for Redcar, tweeted a photo (shown) of the sandwiches as well as the alleged recording device that was left behind in a room MPs had gathered in for a secret chat.

Met chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe offered to see Diana Brittan shortly before Tuesday's long-awaited publication of a damning report into the investigation.

The bank will today admit that mistakes were made by its global restructuring group - an operation which was meant to be a crack rescue unit for struggling companies during the recession.

Mrs May wore traditional Indian clothing as she visited the Sri Someshwara Hindu temple in Bangalore, the southern city which has become the IT sector hub of the sub-continent.

Through much of David Davis's (pictured) speech Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry - London lawyer - maintained a low murmur of heckles, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

Dame Lowell Goddard quit the vast probe in August and has since faced allegations about her behaviour and conduct in the lucrative post.

Jeremy Clarkson's childhood home goes on sale for £1.2m

Jeremy Clarkson grew up at the Grade II-listed Rowland Bridge House in the town of Tickhill near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in the early 1970s. The luxury property is located near the prestigious Hill House and Repton schools which he attended as a child. His mother Shirley, who ran a small manufacturing business called Gabrielle Designs with his father Edward at the time, created the first Paddington Bear soft toy there in a last-ditch bid to afford school fees for son Jeremy. This meant Clarkson, who was 12 at the time, became the first child in the UK to own a Paddington Bear toy as a result, alongside sister Joanna.

The Cookie Monster, a character from American television show Sesame Street, had the scarlet flower pinned to his bright blue fur as he was interviewed on the BBC programme last night.

Researchers, worried about the high fat content of Atkins-style diets, hope the key ingredient of protein could be made into a pill or supplement.

Apple bans Rich Kids app where obnoxious rich kids boast about their wealth

You've heard of the Rich Kids of Instagram: those spoiled twenty somethings who love nothing more than flaunting their wealth online. Then there is the Rich Kids app, an exclusive club where some of the 25,000 members pay £890 a month to post their self-obsessed pictures, in a bid to weed out fake heirs. It's just been banned by Apple for violating its terms - to its narcissistic stars' frustration. So just who are these obnoxious rich kids? Sarah Rainey holds her nose and takes a look.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Ben Fogle, pictured, is said to have been paid an eye-popping £25,000 to tell tales of his privileged upbringing at a charity event in Liverpool.

Joseph Foster, 6, from Bridport, Dorset, and his family have launched an appeal to raise £7,500 for a life-saving op for their beloved puppy Tess - who needs a human heart surgeon to operate.

Scott Diver disappeared from his home in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, on September 17, sparking large-scale efforts to trace him, but his body has now been found.

Pc Kevin Ellis (pictured) was found dead in the grounds of a secondary school in Wakefield after he was taken into custody and then bailed by officers over the alleged offence in April 2013.

Stacie Adamson, 22, was working in lost property at Asda in Leigh, Greater Manchester, when she found the 70-year-old letter addressed to LAC H Hughes, 13 MSU (Torps), Royal Air Force.

Joshua Gardner (pictured), was told he could either let the Leeds Bradford Airport staff carry him up the steps or miss out on his family holiday to Disneyland Paris.

Sister of Alcatraz fugitives says Pentonville inmates copied her brothers

The sister of the two inmates who escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 has said the men who fled from HMP Pentonville had copied her brothers' 'ingenious' prison break. John and Clarence Anglin, along with Frank Morris, left papier-mache heads in their beds before fleeing the island prison, off the coast of San Francisco, on a raft. Their audacious escape bears a striking resemblance to that of James Anthony Whitlock and Matthew Baker who left mannequins in their beds before going on the run from Pentonville over the weekend. It has now emerged that Whitlock, 31, previously broke out of HMP Edmunds Hill in June 2010 and was on the run for five months.

Jamie Leigh Twidale (centre), 24, was bathing her children Harley (right), four, and Skyelar (left), three, at their home in Hartlepool, County Durham.

Roberta Jackson, 34, from Halifax, West Yorkshire, took on the authorities to adopt pit bulls Mimi, three, and two-year-old Tia after they were seized by police as dangerous dogs and sentenced to death.

Kirstie Tancock, 27, from Honiton, Devon, has suffered from cystic fibrosis since she was born. But in a blog, she says she has suffered her second organ rejection and is now too ill to receive a third.

Alison Brindle, 38, from Bolton, wrote to Prime Minister Theresa May after working 50 hours in four days. Her message, which was posted on Facebook, has been shared more than 7,000 times.

Cycling protesters stage 'die in' outside London Mayor Sadiq Khan's office

Cycling protesters staged a 'die in' (bottom left and right) last night as they called for HGVs to be banned from London's roads. They gathered outside London Mayor Sadiq Khan's office after Filippo Corsini (top left) died in Knightsbridge last week. The Italian prince's bike was hit by a lorry and he became the tenth cyclist to die on the capital's roads this year. 'Stop Killing Cyclists' activists and safety campaigners staged the vigil outside City Hall near Tower Bridge. Mr Corsini's bike was dragged under the wheels of a lorry outside a Harvey Nichols store on Monday last week. The 21-year-old was the heir to a Florentine noble family and a student at Regent's University London. The lorry driver, a man aged 42, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by careless driving.

GP William Arnett, 41, allegedly began sending sexual texts to the woman before kissing her and fondling her breasts after her husband visited his surgery, Arnett's Roker Practice in Sunderland.

Manna Begum, 25, subjected both the 12-year-old and its seven-year-old sibling to four years of physical cruelty. Begum, from Spencer, Northampton, was arrested in April 2016.

David Davies, 25, from Clynnog, near Caernarfon, has admitted murdering Emma Baum, 22, but does not accept the full prosecution case.

Samiul Alom was left screaming in agony after acid was 'squirted in his face' while confronting a gang in east London. Ahmed Macow and Jason Brown, both 20, deny GBH with intent.

Atty Hussein, of Gillingham, Kent, travelled across Britain, camped out overnight and launched a Twitter campaign #GetGarytoAttys40th in a bid to meet the star.

Pregnant mother rushed to hospital after her dog Lola alerted her to having a miscarriage

Jade Ambrose, now 23, from Leeds, was 33 weeks pregnant and asleep when she was awoken by Lola (inset) who started barking. It was only then that she realised she was losing blood and her waters had broken - two common signs of a miscarriage. She was rushed to hospital where doctors fought to save her unborn child's life. And just eight weeks later, in August last year, she gave birth by Caeserean section to her little boy called Oliver (left), now 14 months. She believes her close relationship with the Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross (pictured right as a family with partner Paul Stacey, 29) is the only reason he is alive today.

Former helicopter pilot Peter Elliott, 49, transformed the £500,000 property in Appleby, Cumbria, into a fortress and surrounded it with barbed wire, tree branches and fitted CCTV cameras.

Fiona Simpson (pictured), from Alvaston, Derby, didn't feed four snakes for months on end and kept them in an unheated tank in one of the worst cases of neglect experts had ever seen.

Simon Buckden, 44, of Bramley, Leeds, received more than £8,000 in cash, goods and services after lying about his traumatic experiences in the Army and claiming he was battling cancer.

Gloucestershire Police are searching for three people caught on CCTV in Coleford town centre around the time of the theft of the ornamental poppies from a war memorial.

Cheshire boy writes heartbreaking letter to mother after her remains were found

Police discovered body parts believed to belong to missing 29-year-old Ellia Arathoon (left) close to the M53 in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, on Thursday. Officers investigating believe she was murdered and a man has since been charged. Her son Reece Dunne, wrote the heart wrenching letter (right) with his dad, John Dunne, 29, after talking to him about the 'fantastic memories' he had of his mother.

Dolmio pasta sauce sales have plummeted by 6million jars in one year, after the company warned many of its products should be consumed only once a week.

Those who had a baby after 35 had better verbal memory, and having two babies was found to be better than one for the brain, researchers from the University of Southern Carolina found.

Before London's landmark Grade II-listed building Battersea Power Station is transformed, stunning pictures by photographer Peter Dazeley have shown what it looks like today.

Asda was hit by the hefty fine after admitting breaching the Food Safety Act over the vermin infestation at its branch in Park Royal, west London, where mouse droppings were found in the bakery.

A study shows that three quarters of GPs are unaware of NHS guidelines telling them to offer tamoxifen to higher-risk patients and half to not know about its preventative quality.

Private tenants paid more for their accommodation in 57 per cent of districts during the third quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2015, Experian research found.

Scene of Mosul school execution where 100 civilians were beheaded by ISIS is revealed

A mass grave containing the remains of about 100 people has been discovered inside a school in a town close to Mosul. Iraqi forces found the chilling site in the School of Agriculture on the outskirts of Hammam al-Alil, a town recaptured from ISIS on Monday. One haunting picture showed a soldier pulling a child's stuffed toy from the scraps of clothing and rotting flesh, swarming with flies. The discovery was the latest instance of mass graves being uncovered in territory won back from the death cult.

French investigators have identified Oussama Atar - a cousin of the brothers who blew themselves in the March 22 attacks in Brussels - as the mastermind of last November's Paris attacks.

The arrests were made in a series of raids in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the northern state of Lower Saxony in Germany.

With only hours to go before Americans elect a new president, North Korea has already consigned Barack Obama's administration to the 'cesspool of history'.

Viktor Orban said a constitutional amendment was needed after a referendum saw 3 million Hungarians rejecting EU quotas stipulating how many migrants member states must accept.

The warning came after the German Chancellor was asked whether she expected Russia to target next year's election in the same way it is accused of interfering with the US process.

Ameneh Bahrami was blinded by a man who threw acid in her face ©Lluis Gene (AFP/File)

It was the second time this year that Iran had carried out the strict eye-for-eye punishment that can be imposed for such crimes in the Islamic republic.

Russian fighter jets - like the Sukhoi SU-27 Flanker (pictured) - are constantly probing Nato's defences over the Baltic states, with more than 600 'interceptions' so far this year.

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