TOM RAWSTORNE: Magda Lesicka met Peter Chilvers nine years ago at the Ryanair Christmas party in Germany. The pair soon became a couple and when pilot Chilvers transferred back to England, Lesicka followed. On February 29, 2012, Lesicka proposed to Chilvers and in 2015 they celebrated the birth of their son James. Behind Chilvers's clean-cut appearance and successful career lay a fearful temper and a propensity for volcanic rages and extreme jealousy. Over the years, a court heard, the 'selfish, entitled bully' subjected his fiancée to a relentless campaign of mental and physical torment that began almost as soon as they met.
Donald Trump demands 'immediate' impeachment trial as Mitch McConnell declares 'impasse' with Chuck Schumer - and Harvard Law professor says president isn't impeached yet because Nancy Pelosi won't send articles to the Senate
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he and Sen. Charles Schumer are 'at an impasse' over the terms for a Senate impeachment trial of articles against Donald Trump. Schumer is pushing for witness subpoenas that Republicans don't want to agree to. The two men met Thursday amid angry counter charges. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called McConnell a 'rogue leader.'
First French Bond Girl dies aged 78: Claudine Auger starred as Domino opposite Sean Connery's 007 in Thunderball
Born in April 1941 in Paris, Claudine Auger (inset in 2009) began her career as a model and represented France at the 1958 Miss World competition, where she was first runner-up (pictured to the left of the left photo). On the side she was taking acting lessons, winning small cinema parts to gradually earn a reputation as an actress in France, including the 1962 Three Musketeers film 'The Iron Mask'. But it was Thunderball that made her name as the first French Bond Girl, playing the character Domino alongside Sean Connery (pictured together right).
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- Donald Trump demands 'immediate' impeachment trial as Mitch McConnell declares 'impasse' with Chuck Schumer -- and Harvard Law professor says president isn't impeached yet because Nancy Pelosi won't send articles to the Senate
- Ousted Tory MP (and Carrie Symonds' best friend) Zac Goldsmith will KEEP his role as Environment Minister as Boris Johnson makes him a life peer
- Another night in lawless London: Two men are stabbed to death in unrelated killings just an HOUR apart, taking the capital's murder toll to 140 this year
- Motorists with poor vision are routinely breaking the law by refusing to wear glasses at the wheel, sparking fears up to ONE MILLION could be driving illegally, experts warn
- How a video game for Christmas can turn your child into a gambling addict: Experts warn that popular games have 'normalised' betting among teenagers as players can buy extra features for their characters
- First French Bond Girl dies aged 78: Claudine Auger starred as Domino opposite Sean Connery's 007 in Thunderball
- Inequality Street! Why are the chocolates we like the MOST amongst the RAREST in the tin?
- Travellers' caravans may be seized by police in law and order blitz to clamp down on families who occupy land and set up home without permission
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- Christmas getaway begins early with 4.7million drivers facing hour-long delays on the roads today as 5million prepare to take overseas break over festive period
- Historic building used in a Monty Python sketch, First World War practice trenches and British telephone kiosk are among the 21 unusual new sites to be given protected status by Heritage England
- Boris Johnson hints he DOES want to build a BRIDGE between Northern Ireland and the UK mainland as he tells MPs: 'Watch this space'
- YouTube star with 10 million followers Deji pleads guilty to having an out-of-control dog after his Alsatian Tank savaged next-door-neighbour's grandmother who went to his gated mansion to collect a parcel
- Teenager who fashioned her hair into a Christmas tree complete with fairy lights 'is told to take it down or go home from school'
- Flipping 'eck! Lazy sea lions try to cadge a lift on a passing boat... but they're so heavy it almost SINKS
- Mitch McConnell threatens to CANCEL Donald Trump's Senate trial if 'scared' Nancy Pelosi does not hand over 'slapdash' articles of impeachment - as Speaker slams him as a 'ROGUE leader' and president gloats he will be cleared by 'default'
- 'He's not a healthy guy': Obama's former physician says Joe Biden is at risk of a stroke after 77-year-old released doctor's letter claiming he is 'fit to be president'
- PIERS MORGAN: It's a Merry Impeachmas alright - but for President Trump, not the deluded Democrats, dumb liberal celebrities and shockingly-biased media who don't understand that this will get him re-elected
- 'There's a real slob! Get her out of here!' Trump rips heckler who flipped him off while holding a 'you're fired' banner during raucous Michigan rally - then slams security guards for letting her in
- Ilhan Omar is called an adulteress in court as her Democratic aide lover and his wife formally divorce - and he leaves the hearing grinning and clapping in glee
- Brad Pitt villa's crumbling wall, Michael Douglas's rubbish-strewn gardens and Boris Becker's squatters: Inside the megastars' unsellable Majorcan mansions
- Mom whose three kids were killed while crossing the street to board their school bus LUNGES at 25-year-old driver in court after motorist is sentenced to four years in prison
- Resident at senior care facility, 66, kills female staff member, 47, and injures two others before taking his own life, sparking huge police response
- 'What a time to be alive!' Lizzo, Elizabeth Banks, Padma Lakshmi and Cher lead liberal celebrities rejoicing on social media at Trump's impeachment - while Jon Voight hits out at 'evil Democrats'
- EXCLUSIVE: RHOA star Phaedra Parks opens the doors to her $3.7M Atlanta mansion - which boasts four bars - to show off her holiday decorations and reveal she's giving her two sons a vacation to China as part of their Christmas present
- EXCLUSIVE: Billionaire pharma couple found 'murdered' on the railings round their indoor swimming pool discussed giving their fortune AWAY by backing Bill Gates' 'giving pledge' days before their deaths
- Satellite footage captures a dozen mystery 'vehicles' jutting out of hangars on the runway of clandestine Tonopah Test Range Airport near Area 51 in Nevada
- Man has a seven-inch-long glass bottle stuck in his rectum after 'using it to scratch his itchy backside'
- US vegan parents who eat only raw fruit and vegetables are charged with MURDER for the starvation death of their 18-month-old son who was found weighing only 17lbs
- Nancy Pelosi SILENCES cheering Democrats after ordering them not to celebrate Trump's impeachment - but grinning Squad member Rashida Tliab can't hide her delight
- Friend reveals Heidi Broussard went through a 'rocky break-up' with her fiancé earlier this year as search for the missing mom and her three-week-old daughter enters day seven
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Christmas getaway begins early with 4.7million drivers facing hour-long delays on the roads today as 5million prepare to take overseas break over festive period
Photographs taken on late Thursday afternoon show mile-long traffic jams on the M25 as commuters escape to warmer climes with Canary Islands, Cape Verde and Morocco among the most popular destinations, a study suggests. An estimated five million UK holidaymakers are embarking on an overseas break during the festive period, according to a travel trade association. It reported strong booking numbers for short-haul winter sun destinations such as the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Morocco, Turkey and Egypt, while the long-haul market has seen high demand for Dubai and Goa.
Teenager who fashioned her hair into a Christmas tree complete with fairy lights 'is told to take it down or go home from school'
Poppy Leigh (left and right), 13, wrapped her hair around a Volvic water bottle to achieve the unusual look and added fairy lights for an extra festive feel before heading to school. But when she arrived at Manchester Health Academy, her mother Christie Leigh claims she was told to put her hair down or go home. Kevin Green, the principal of Manchester Health Academy (inset), denied the school had sent a student home, but insisted the hairstyle was 'inappropriate'.
Talent agency sues Louise Redknapp over £92,000 'unpaid fees' after landing her the lead part in Dolly Parton musical '9 To 5' and advert roles
InterTalent, based in Fitzrovia, central London, says it was not fully paid for helping her secure a part in the Dolly Parton musical 9 to 5. It also claims it did not receive fees from her role as an 'ambassador' for Specsavers and to advertise Harveys, the furniture retailer. The agency is bringing the claim at Central London County Court, and claims it had a verbal agreement to represent Redknapp for almost two years, from April 2017. The Evening Standard reports that that it is claimed a contract was drawn up but never signed and Ms Redknapp insists she does not have to pay commission on money she received after she left the agency in January this year. But InterTalent, run by celebrity agent Jonathan Shalit OBE, says the three deals were struck when Ms Redknapp was a client and it would be 'commercially absurd and unreasonable' for fees to be withheld because the money was received later. InterTalent is suing for £91,870.67 of alleged unpaid fees and expenses for its staff, the paper reports.
Married headteacher, 59, awarded an MBE for services to education is kicked out of the profession after pleasuring himself in front of a horrified schoolboy
Jonathan Ullmer (left), 59, preyed on the teenage boy during his time at the Cecil Jones High School (right) on Southend-on-Sea, Essex, from 1989 to 2002. Grooming the schoolboy, he suggested the two of them discuss sex and go out for boozy meals to become closer, a teaching tribunal heard. Ullmer even lured the 'vulnerable boy' to his Kent flat where the pair shared a bed and the sick teacher started masturbating.
PM sets out decade-long agenda to 'take Britain forward' in Queen's Speech with plans to enshrine £34bn NHS funding bonanza in law, boost police powers and tighten borders
Boris Johnson vowed to 'take Britain forward' today as the Queen's Speech unveiled his 10-year plan to seize the benefits of Brexit. Hitting the ground running after his bombshell election victory, the PM warned there is 'no time to waste' as he laid out a blizzard of legislation - from an NHS funding bonanza to a new immigration system. Police numbers will be bolstered by 20,000, stop and search powers beefed up to help tackle knife crime, and terrorists will lose rights to early release as ministers crack down on crime. There are also moves to drive house-building, and make the market fairer - a key demand for younger voters - including offering 30 per cent discounts for people buying properties in the area where they grew up. In a nod to the working-class voters in Leave-leaning seats whose support was critical to the defeat of Labour, Mr Johnson said the 'ambitious' package would 'spread opportunity to every corner of our United Kingdom'. Setting out his vision for two terms in power, Mr Johnson said his first priority would be getting Brexit secured by passing his divorce deal. But he made clear the Tory project would go much wider. 'This is a radical Queen's Speech - it will take us out of the EU, overhaul our immigration system, and will enshrine in law record investment for the NHS,' Mr Johnson said in a foreword. 'Just imagine where this country could be in 10 years' time.'
Britons have no right to ask whether a transgender person is male or female, rules employment judge in landmark ruling AGAINST tax expert who was sacked for tweeting 'men cannot become women'
A landmark ruling has found that there is no right to question whether a transgender person is a man or a woman. The employment tribunal case upheld the sacking of tax expert Maya Forstater (right, and, left, with fellow protesters), 45, over 'offensive' tweets questioning government plans to allow people to self-identify as another gender. Miss Forstater, who worked for the Centre for Global Development, was let go by the think tank after sharing her views on reforms to Gender Recognition Certificates. The case was viewed as a test of whether gender critical views - that there are only two biological sexes and it is not possible to change between them - could be protected philosophical beliefs under the 2010 Equality Act. Employment Judge James Tayler rejected that view in his landmark judgment, which said Miss Forstater's views are 'incompatible with human dignity and fundamental rights of others'.
Mother, 47, who was forced to wait nearly SIX hours on freezing pavement for an ambulance after slipping and breaking her foot dies of heart attack in hospital just hours later
Donna Gilby (inset) left her flat just after 8am on Tuesday morning for a doctor's appointment when she slipped and fractured her foot. And now the family of the 47-year-old, want the world to see the photograph of her on the freezing pavement - face down and unable to move - as her friends and neighbours rallied round, covering her with blankets and duvets to keep her warm (pictured main). They also called 999 for the mother-of-one, from Cwmaman, who suffered from an irregular heart beat and had two mini-strokes, and alerted her family who live nearby. Her father Gareth Gilby, a 74-year-old, former factory worker said: 'We then called the ambulance service and told them Donna was slipping in and out of consciousness - that must have been somewhere between eight and 8.30am.' He added that the ambulance finally arrived shortly before two o'clock and rushed his daughter to Prince Charles hospital in Merthyr Tydfil.
Fury as it emerges Whirlpool bosses knew TWO MONTHS ago that 500,000 Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines could catch fire... but delayed warning customers until this week
The company issued a safety alert on Wednesday, claiming it only became aware of the issue in recent weeks. However there have been 79 fires and ten injuries dating as far back as November 2016. Tens of thousands of the machines may never be traced because of weaknesses in this country's product safety and recall system. Vicci Marshall from Doncaster (left) was horrified to see smoke coming out of her washing machine - despite it not being on the Whirlpool recall list. Pensioner John Batt, 77, (bottom right) was informed he had a faulty machine after it took 24 hours to get through to an employee on their hotline. And Becky Rooney from Warwick (top right) said she will 'never have a Hotpoint in the house again' after two of its washing machines had to be replaced for giving off smoke.
Ruth Wilson quit The Affair over 'toxic work environment and the number of gratuitous nude scenes she was made to do'
Golden Globe-winning actress Ruth Wilson allegedly refused to perform one scene where her character was involved in an aggressive sex scene and pushed up against a tree at a yoga retreat, causing a body-double to be called in. On set she would also ask why she had to be naked so often, over a perceived imbalance in nudity between genders, claims the Hollywood Reporter. (Pictured: Wilson, left, at the Women in Film London awards this year, and right and inset, performing in the show). The Affair's series showrunner Sarah Treem has also been accused of being 'tone deaf' to actors complaints. It has remained unclear why Wilson decided to quit the show.
Housing developers Persimmon build brand new 110-home estate precariously close to collapsing riverbank on site of old colliery
Andrea Lacey, who lives in Aberdare, took a picture of the new-build, on the Golwg Y Mynydd development in Mountain Ash, and reported it to Rhondda Cynon Taf Council on December 16. The new houses are being built on the left bank of the River Cynon. The photograph, taken from the opposite side of the river, shows the houses precariously close to the bank which is seemingly eroding with cracks visible in the stone walls. A spokesman for Persimmon Homes East Wales said they had carried out an inspection at the site on Tuesday.
The 'pocket rocket' set to make Lord Sugar millions: Apprentice winner Carina Lepore rescued her father's burned-down bakery by opening a trendy cafe for him to work at - while raising her model son as a single mum
London café owner Carina Lepore (right) tonight triumphed over Scarlett Allen-Horton to be crowned the winner of this year's Apprentice - and Lord Sugar's next business partner. She has spent the last two years working tirelessly to salvage her father Carlos' dream of owning a bakery after his first venture - a modest but much-loved lunch spot in south London - burnt down in 2016. She does all this while raising her seven-year-old son Lucas (inset). Pictured, Scarlett with her father Carlos and sister Rachelle at Dough Bakehouse (centre).
Is this the most extreme hoarding ever? New homeowner stunned to find EVERY ROOM crammed to the ceiling with junk
James Cole thought the previous owners would take most of their belongings with them when they moved out but they left virtually everything. Computer games, dozens of toy cars, old televisions, an untouched clothes dryer and scores of packing boxes were among the items left behind in the two-bedroom bungalow in Lowestoft. James Cole was forced to clamber over piles and piles of belongings - some untouched in their boxes - which lay stacked on top of bags of rubbish and broken goods. He told MailOnline: 'I was flabbergasted when I first stepped inside the place. It has got to be one of the most extreme ever cases of hoarding.'
Moment a gang of youths on motorbikes encircle a terrified woman and intimidate her as she takes six dogs for a walk
Shocking footage has revealed the moment a gang of youths encircled a terrified woman, 'churning up grass and skidding' as she walked six dogs (dogs pictured bottom right). The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon at a playing fields in Grimsby, Lincolnshire while the dog walker was out with the six pooches. As she continued walking, the group started riding around her (left), skidding their bikes towards the small dogs who became very distressed. She said she shouted for help while this was taking place and filmed the youths on her phone (top right) but claimed in response, they just laughed and continued their actions.
Anorexia sufferer who was close to death at 4st 7lbs reveals she was saved by an emotional letter from her 'tough builder' dad saying that seeing his 'little girl so fragile was killing him'
A woman whose anorexia was so severe that it left her close to death has revealed that an emotional letter from her father saved her life. Marketer Becky Pates, now 21, from St Neots, Cambridgeshire, became consumed by her weight after a school weigh-in aged 11 left her so anxious that her mother Terry, now 53, wrote in to ask her to be excused. But it was too late, and the worry led to Becky cutting down her food intake before she stopped eating altogether in her teens, her weight plumetting to 4 stone 7lbs aged 16 (seen inset) - leaving her perilously close to heart failure. But it was a letter from her builder dad Bruce, 59, that finally helped her see a life beyond the cruel disease, seen right, and she is now a healthy weight, seen left.
A classic Cambridge Christmas: Kate Middleton and Prince William pose on a vintage motorbike with Louis as George and Charlotte perch on the sidecar for the family's 2019 festive card
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 's 2019 Christmas card featuring their children Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince Louis has been shared online (pictured). In the adorable snap, posted by Twitter account AComdtAC , Kate Middleton, 37, can be seen holding onto the handlebars of a vintage khaki-coloured motorbike, while husband Prince William , also 37, sits on the seat with a bemused Prince Louis , one, on his lap. Meanwhile, big sister Princess Charlotte, four, is photographed standing in the sidecar next to them, while Prince George, six, clad in a pair of red and blue checked shorts, appears to be rubbing his ear at the back of the shot. The social media post also shows the message inside the card, which reads: 'Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and New Year' - and is signed in black pen by 'Catherine' (inset).
Revealed: The two-year-old boy called Zack whose mother joked with Boris Johnson he was PM's 'love child' on BBC's Brexit documentary
EXCLUSIVE: When a Yorkshire business owner heard crowds gathering outside her store in Leeds she was curious as to what all the fuss could be about. That fuss and commotion was caused by a large amount of people who had turned up to see Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) who had been out on the campaign trail in the Morley area. When Claire Dexter (top centre speaking to Mr Johnson), who runs a health shop in the area realised it was him she decided to approach Mr Johnson, reciting a family joke that her son Zack (left) looked just like the 55-year-old Conservative leader. Speaking to MailOnline Claire, who is married with two sons (family pictured together bottom centre), said she was 'embarrassed' after seeing a clip of herself telling Mr Johnson that her two-year-old 'could be his love child'.
The epidemic of middle-aged men with NO friends: Marketing CEO, 52, admits he's lonely because he can't drink with younger colleagues and never went to university to build a social circle
A British man has gone viral after confessing that he is lonely due to his lack of friendships. Mark Gaisford, a CEO, from Kent, took to LinkedIn with a brave video confession which revealed how alone he really felt. The clip, seen, resonated with users across the platform, and quickly racked up 15,000 views and hundreds of comments with followers confessing they felt the same way.
Shocking moment a hulking road rage driver leaps from his truck to haul a terrified motorist out of his car and brutally attack him... because he 'gave a rude hand signal following near-miss at roundabout'
EXCLUSIVE: Video footage showed the shocking moment a hulking road rage driver was seen leaping from his truck before hauling himself at a terrified motorist who is claimed to have made a 'rude gesture' at him following a near-miss at a roundabout. Motorist Stephen Carr (pictured left and right in white t-shirt) was infuriated after he almost collided with another vehicle in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. But rather than letting it go, hothead Carr, 44, tailgated the victim until he finally forced him to pull over and then attacked him (victim on the ground being shouted at by Carr, right).
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Pictured: Security guard, 39, shot dead by police after he stormed Russian security service's Moscow headquarters killing three and injuring five
Yevgeny Manyurov (inset), 39, a security guard from the Moscow suburb of Podolsk, fired shots outside the FSB headquarters in Lubyanka Square just before 6pm local time on Thursday. The dramatic shootout left three people dead, five injured and passers-by running through the streets in terror (top right). One of the casualties was an FSB officer, the agency confirmed late yesterday. The horror unfolded shortly after President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual news conference and while he was speaking at a Kremlin event designed to celebrate the work of the security services. The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, suspected the attack may have been planned to coincide with Putin's speech, a source close to the agency told Reuters. Manyurov was later shot dead by police (left and bottom right).
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Shocking footage shows torrential floods carrying away CARS in northern Spain after fierce winds and torrential rain caused water levels to rise
The flooding hit the town of Reinosa in Cantabria and has been described by residents as the worst in history, with reports saying water levels rose because of heavy winds. Residents have been evacuated with powerful waves flowing through doors and garages. The flooding comes after the Hijar river, which passes through Reinosa, and its tributary, the Izarilla, rose significantly. At least 20 people are thought to be trapped in their homes, with emergency services being inundated with hundreds of calls.