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He announced the closure of his chain of Jamie's Italian on Tuesday, with 1,300 workers set to lose their jobs after 22 stores closed.  And it must be a blow to Jamie Oliver [left], who has netted £240 million during 20 years in the public eye, and his wife Jools, who have previously shown off their wealthy lifestyle with a glimpse into their £8.9 million Grade II-listed mansion [right, and inset]. In snaps shared on Instagram prior to news of Jamie's restaurant chain going into administration, the couple shared a look at their home in Hampstead Heath which is complete with seven bedrooms, an open-plan kitchen and a huge garden.  

Sarah Jane Chisholm Rogers faced a sentencing hearing at Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to disclosing to Mr Quaedvlieg (together left) she'd been summoned to appear at a federal law enforcement integrity commissioner inquiry, and then misleading that inquiry. The inquiry was investigating claims Mr Quaedvlieg had abused his power as Border Force boss (right) to help her get a job with the force at Sydney Airport - a matter over which he was sacked in April 2018.

Samantha Armytage is Weight Watchers' newest ambassador in a deal reportedly worth $250,000. And on Thursday, the Sunrise host showed off her 10 kilogram weight loss while attending a luncheon for the brand, with her Channel Seven colleagues in Sydney. The 42-year-old sported an elegant black wrap dress, that revealed her lean arms and slender waist (above).

Alison Brahe has revealed she was too in love with husband Cameron Daddo (pictured together left) to leave him, after he cheated on her during the early years of their marriage. The couple, who got hitched in 1991 (right) and relocated to the U.S. shortly afterwards, opened up about their past troubles during an interview on Studio 10 on Thursday (centre). 'It felt harder to walk away than stay,' said the 49-year-old model after Cameron, 54, publicly admitted to his infidelity for the first time in a blog post in March.  

Horrific footage shows the moment a man began beating his ex-partner and her friend after their break-up. Ryan Alexander Ball, 24, has pleaded guilty to nine charges relating to the attack on a Perth driveway in March. Rhiannon Risdon (left), 21, has suffered every day since the brutal attack and was shocked that he r attacker was released on bail.

Scott Morrison has been spotted knocking back a beer during his first trip since returning as prime minister. Morrison has flown to Queensland's north-west to inspect properties swamped by the February floodwaters, which are thought to have killed half-a-million head of livestock. A relaxed-looking Morrison appeared to be channeling the late Bob Hawke as he chatted with locals at the Cloncurry bowls club on Thursday. Hawke was known as the lager-loving leader who has often pictured with a beer in hand.

Arron Piekarski was fishing with his father off of Cape Elizabeth Point on the Yorke Peninsula in Adelaide on Tuesday when the giant shark made a beeline towards them. 'I was out fishing for whiting and squid with my dad and really out of nowhere it come up from the back of the boat,' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'It hung around for probably five minutes or so doing laps of the boat.'

Geoffrey Rush has been awarded a $2.9million defamation payout - the biggest in Australian history. The Daily Telegraph will pay almost $2million for lost earnings, on top of the $850,000 for damage to his reputation after a series of reports alleging 'inappropriate behaviour' towards a female actor Eryn-Jean Norvill (inset).

Byron Bay house prices are skyrocketing due to the influx of Hollywood stars and musicians to the NSW coastal town. And in what must be an increasingly familiar sight to locals, Chris Hemsworth, his brother Liam and fellow actor Isabel Lucas were spotted chatting at a trendy café on Wednesday. Chris and Isabel, who previously dated between 2005 and 2008 while co-stars on Home and Away, looked relaxed during a morning coffee run.

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Hemsworth's British-born stunt double and trainer Bobby Holland Hanton, who has also doubled for Chris Evans and Ryan Reynolds, has revealed the best ways to get into shape. He recommends steak or avocado and eggs for breakfasts, a 30-minute session in the gym and a power nap afterwards. Right: Bobby on set with Chris Hemsworth.

Liat Malka, 41, from southern Israel, helped to fulfill a stranger's dying wish in 2015. Baruch Pozniansky (right) died in 2008, but detailed in his will that he wished for his sperm to be used posthumously, so he could have children. Liat discovered his parents Vlad and Julia Pozniansky online (inset), and went on to use their son's sperm to have her daughter. Shira (left).

Tributes have been paid to beloved children's author Judith Kerr (shown left) after she died at the age of 95 following a short illness. The celebrated writer, who died at home yesterday, wrote several enduring childhood classics including The Tiger Who Came To Tea and the Mog the Cat series. She lived an extraordinary life (pictured as a young girl in 1931, right), fleeing Germany and the rise of Nazism in 1933 and settling in England, where she forged a successful writing career spanning 50 years. Among those to pay their respects today was children's writer David Walliams, who said 'Judith is gone but her books will live on forever', while fellow author Tony Parsons (inset) simply added: 'Some books light up the world'. Kerr spoke openly about drawing inspiration from her own eventful childhood and felt compelled not to 'waste her life' having escaped the horrors of the Holocaust.

A baseball fan took a photo of John Cusack (pictured) sitting as a military salute began during a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field. After facing criticism online, the Con Air star hit back in a foul-mouthed rant by saying that he stood, but that it was not 'fast enough' for 'some maga f***'. He also criticised aircraft company Boeing, who produce defense weapons technology, for their sponsorship deal with the Cubs.

Royal observers have noticed that plasters are often a staple in the Duchess of Cambridge's wardrobe. Small ones were spotted on her thumb at the Chelsea Flower Show this week. But it's far from the first time Kate, 37, has been seen sporting the nude-coloured accessory. Everyone's favourite green- fingered Duchess might be better known as Calamity Kate.

Channel Nine has been left red-faced after the network suffered a gaffe and viewers were left to watch a reporter wipe sweat off their face for almost half a minute. Brown Cardigan uploaded footage of the television blunder to its Instagram page on Thursday, showing the stuff-up that lasted more than 20 seconds. The Nine presenter crossed live to Jakarta in Indonesia, where the south-east Asia correspondent Renae Henry was reporting on the continuing riots in the city.

A savvy Australian mum has revealed her tricks for reducing her family's weekly shop (main image). She says even with only spending $100 a week for her family of four, she has enough to make 10 dinners and lunches. Her methods for saving include emptying out the freezer, proper meal planning and buying extra items at the supermarket when her budget allows.

Andrew O'Keefe is on a break from hosting The Chase in order to 'come to terms with his marriage breakdown among a range of other issues'.  The 47-year-old quietly separated from his wife Eleanor in late 2017, and later went on a partying spree that resulted in some rather embarrassing headlines.  But it seems the Channel Seven star is ready to settle down after a few 'emotionally exhausting' months, as he was spotted enjoying a leisurely stroll in Bondi Beach, Sydney with his rumoured new girlfriend last Monday.

A new special will set to air later this year will show viewers never-before-seen footage from the wedding of John F Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette. The special was first announced back in 2018 and was recently acquired by Cineflix. It features footage shot by Kennedy's friend Steven Gillion, who will release a book about Kennedy later this year. 'On an island off of Georgia we came together on this 18th century plantation. In this dirty, dilapidated, shuttered church next to a pig sty,' says a friend of the couple in the preview. 'No air conditioning, very little power on the island. It was the best place for them to host a secret ceremony.' He later notes: 'Nobody would have expected that three years later we'd be at another church for another reason.'

A shocking photo shows a smiling, Clarisa Figueroa, 46, (left) posing with a baby she allegedly ripped from the womb of his pregnant mother, Marlen Ochoa (right). Figueroa is seen in the photo leaning over Yavani Yadiel Lopez at the Advocate Christ Medical Center after the baby boy, shortly after his 19-year-old mother was murdered. It's unclear when exactly the photo was taken and it is the first known photo of Figueroa in the hospital with Yavani. Last week, Chicago police arrested Figueroa and two other people in connection with the April 23 murder of Ochoa whose unborn baby was taken from her womb after her death.

A woman who plunged to her death from a lookout in Mt Keira, south of Sydney, has been viciously trolled for taking her daughter's life too.  Tanja Ludwig, 33, and her daughter Tilly, fell about 100m down a sheer cliff face at Robertson Lookout on Tuesday afternoon. Police had been called moments earlier by onlookers concerned for her welfare, and launched a painstaking rescue mission to recover the bodies of the mother and daughter. 

WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC VIDEOS AND IMAGES Yifei Wang and her husband Gordon have shared what they claim to be video from the Jilin women's labor camp in China where Yifei's sister Kefei died after alleged persecution for practicing Falun Gong. Christianity Today has characterised the practice of Falun Gong as a 'peaceful exercise movement,' yet Chinese state media has listed its followers among the top 11 cults in the country. Ming Yu, a family friend of Yifei, who also escaped a labor camp where he was taken as a Falun Gong worshipper, risked his life to go back in and record his own undercover video. The footage shows people emaciated with every bone showing, a man who recently died in a vegetative state while shackled to a bed with his widow sobbing over his body, and people with legions all over their faces and bodies. Now, a media company called Swoop Films is working to bring the persecution of Falun Gong worshippers in China to light in a documentary titled, 'Finding Courage' (above).

Shocking footage has emerged of a car seeming to lose control at a roundabout before billowing blue smoke in a gender reveal stunt (left, right). The car was spotted in Strathpine, south-east Queensland, on Tuesday when it pulled the elaborate maneuver, appearing to spin out of control. The Ford Falcon spun in the opposite direction when crossing a roundabout and then drove off leaving a cloud of smoke, the driver revealing he was having a baby boy.

This is the man who brutally bashed a girl, 18, in the women's toilet of a nightclub after she asked for toilet paper from the next cubicle over. A Gold Coast court has heard how tradesman Alex Rowe (left and right), 23, was inside a cubicle with his girlfriend, allegedly comforting her, when the victim asked for some tissue paper. The court heard Rowe's girlfriend responded 'get f*****', prompting the victim to storm out and demand she 'say it to her face'. The built and angry tradesman flung open the door and began to bash the girl.

A man who was fat shamed and forced to move seats on board a Qantas flight says he often doesn't leave his Geelong home for fear of being abused about his weight.   Over the years, Darren Beales, 36, has been tormented by people in passing cars, had his weight pointed out by children as their parents snickered, and been stared at as he walks down the street.  He has been big all of his life. 

An Australian mother has revealed how she accidentally married her husband in a registry office in Bangkok while they were wearing pink jeans, thongs and a fedora. The duo (left and right) were originally going to get married on a beautiful island off of Thailand surrounded by their closest family and friends but without realising they said their 'I do's' in a tacky office.

A surrogate mother who playfully advertised her 'womb for rent' has given birth to a baby boy after she made the gracious decision to help two complete strangers become parents. Michelle Griffin (left pregnant with baby Jack, and bottom right after his birth), from Perth, turned to social media to find the perfect couple who were desperate to fulfil their dream of being a family. The 27-year-old - who already has two children - daughter Leilani, 5, and son Issac, 3 - met Kate Ranger (top right holding her son Jack) and her partner Kris Barlow at a surrogacy seminar in 2017. The couple had struggled with fertility because Kate was told she could never fall pregnant after she discovered at the age of 16 she didn't have a uterus. And on March 21, the mother-of-two - who kindly offered to carry their baby - gave the pair the ultimate gift after she gave birth to their son Jack naturally.

A $59 red animal print dress (left) from Target Australia is swiftly becoming this season's must-have piece. The versatile garment, which can be paired with boots for work or heels for evening events or weddings, has been seen on the likes of fashion stars Tash Sefton (left).

Cameron Clark, 19, from Montrose in Melbourne launched his plane into the air where it stayed for 13.33 seconds, a full second longer than his nearest rival. Cameron said the design of his championship-winning paper plane wasn't much different to the ones every other competitor was using but he modified it so it would gain more airtime