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Dwayne Johnson doesn’t love the idea of being the president. However, the U.S. public has an appetite for it, and who is Johnson to deny his fellow Americans?

independence and called for members to have the final say on a pact. “Be very, very wary,” he said.

Auchinleck.And cops insist there could have been "disastrous consequences" had the blaze took hold.The alarm was raised around 3am in the village's Beechwood Avenue which sits close to Auchinleck Talbot's Beechwood Park football ground.Police say the fire did not take hold and there was minimal damage to the property.Detective Constable Steven Grey from Kilmarnock CID said: “This was a deliberate attempt to set fire to a home, where there was a family asleep within, and there could have been disastrous consequences had it properly taken hold.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Boris Johnson’s former aide Dominic Cummings has published a WhatsApp exchange in which the Prime Minister appeared to describe UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s performance as “totally f***ing hopeless”.The former Downing Street adviser renewed his attacks on the UK Health Secretary on Wednesday in a blogpost detailing evidence of what he described as the "covid disaster" caused by Hancock.Cummings, who left his post as Boris Johnson’s most senior aide last year, made vicious comments about Hancock at to a joint Commons committee inquiry into lessons learned from the Covid outbreak last month.He he repeatedly said Hancock should have been sacked

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxDeontay Wilder has labelled Tyson Fury as a “coward” and warned him he will punish him for trying to get out of their third fight.The American will face the WBC heavyweight champion on July 24 in Las Vegas.But Wilder had to win a legal battle to force the trilogy clash after he suffered defeat when they met in February 2020.That was because Fury and his team were pressing ahead with plans for an undisputed showdown with WBA, IBF and WBO title holder Anthony Joshua despite having a contracted rematch with the Bronze Bomber.That angered Wilder but he won his arbitration case last month and snubbed a step-aside offer to leave the

Police in Essex have released CCTV images of men they would like to speak with after thugs from rival groups viciously attacked each other at a beach cafe.In total, cops have released 15 images after hooligans brought terror to the beach in Southend when they hurled chairs and projectiles at each other.A video of the shocking scenes was widely shared on social media and now Essex Police are appealing for the public's help to locate the men pictured.The District Commander for Southend said those in the video "behaved recklessly" and had "no care for the injuries" they may have caused families and children.In the footage topless men are shown breaking into a frantic melee of violence at the beach cafe with one group positioned in the outside

her apology issued on Medium on Monday, Teigen admitted that she "was a troll, full stop. " She also said that she is a changed woman and that she has been "on a path of self-improvement for the past decade and that path is going to continue.

Piers Morgan has accused Chrissy Teigen of attempting to “con the world into thinking she’s a nice person”. The formerGood Morning Britain presenter, who has been embroiled in several rows with Teigen over the years, was responding to the bullying scandal that has erupted around her in the past few weeks.

MAUREEN Nolan has stepped in to replace her sister Linda in a musical after she was forced to pull out due to her cancer battle. Linda's older sibling, 67, has bags of performing experience and will now lead the line up in Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.

Chrissy Teigen and accused fashion designer Michael Costello of humiliating her.US TV star and model Chrissy is embroiled in an online bullying scandal and issued a public apology promising to privately contact anyone who she has wronged.Amid the drama, designer Michael claimed that Chrissy tried to sabotage his career, but has now Leona has waded in and called him out for his bullying behaviour towards her at an event in 2014.The Bleeding Love chart-topper alleged his behaviour towards her at a charity fashion show left her with ‘years of insecurity’ after he refused to alter a dress from its sample size to fit her.After flying to New York to work with him, with Leona describing herself as ‘honoured’ to have been asked because she ‘adored

After entertaining on Saturday Night Live, Miley Cyrus and Elon Musk kept social media buzzing during the week with their banter. It all started when the Tesla founder was called out by a group named Anonymous - an international hacking collective, for influencing the crytocurrency market through his tweets.

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Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott's relationship appeared to be 'fully back on' as they attended Tuesday night's72nd Annual Parsons Benefit.The couple cozied up to one another, while posing onthe red carpet with theirthree-year-old daughter Stormi, which was located at the Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York City.Travis, who was one of the evening's high profile honorees, referred to Jenner, 23, as his 'wifey' while gushing over his family during his emotional acceptance speech.

court charged with breaking into a police car and stealing a satnav. Ross McFadyen is said to have targeted the Police Scotland vehicle on Monday, June 14, 2021.

"Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah asked a judge Monday to throw out the criminal charges she faces in an alleged telemarketing scheme — claiming her "dry" contact lenses led her to involuntarily waive her Miranda rights. In new court papers filed Monday in Manhattan federal court, the reality TV personality accuses law enforcement officers of "trickery," while slamming a "bare-bones" indictment and a "flawed theory of criminality." Shah, 47, was arrested in March for allegedly ripping off hundreds of victims in the scam she carried out with co-conspirators, that spanned six states and netted her $5 million in crime proceeds.

Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ has come to an end, the long awaited reunion is taking place this Thursday with the second part premiering next week. The few teasers that have come out show how the family isn’t leaving anything on the table and are really diving deep into the past 20 seasons of the show.A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian)In one of the sneak peeks, Khloe is seen calling out older sister Kourtney for not showing as much of her life as the rest did in later seasons.

AMANDA Holden has called for lockdown to be scrapped as she slammed the government for extending lockdown. The Britain's Got Talent judge, 50, told fans she had had enough after Boris Johnson extended the lockdown lift on her Instagram.

PIERS Morgan has branded Chrissy Teigen a "repulsive, hypocritical bully" who should be CANCELLED after her trolling confession. The 56-year-old star did not hold back as he slammed the 35-year-old model following her public apology yesterday.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is calling for NBCUniversal to urge the International Olympic Committee relocate the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing, citing the Chinese government’s human rights abuses.