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The Real Housewives of Cheshire star Dawn Ward has been cleared of all charges after her 2019 arrest.Dawn, 48, had denied two counts of racially aggravated harassment, one count of assault and possession of cocaine after she was arrested in October 2019 at London Euston.The former ITV reality star, who is married to former footballer Ashley Ward, was accused of using anti-Semitic language during an exchange with Jewish brothers Jake and Sam Jacobs at the station.It was alleged she slapped Jake, and was found to have a small bag of cocaine in a cigarette packet.Dawn had denied all charges and said that she did not know the cocaine was in the cigarette packet, claiming the cigs were left over from a party at her house.During the trial, Dawn – who quit The Real Housewives of Cheshire before the 13th series – said she had been accused of "hiding her racism" by allowing her daughter Taylor to have a child with and get married to Manchester City player Riyad Mahrez.Giving evidence earlier this week, she said: "I don't see anyone's race, religion or anything like that. I see people as people."Her barrister Lisa Judge suggested the group had made up the allegations for "publicity" and had been insulting Ward about her "Botox face and wealth".

Real Housewives of Cheshire star Dawn Ward has been cleared of two counts of racially aggravated harassment, one count of assault and possession of cocaine after she was arrested in October 2019.The reality star, 48, who is married to former footballer Ashley Ward, broke down into tears as the verdict was announced on Friday 25 March. Describing the ordeal as "three years of hell", she told the jury: "Thank you.Thank you so much, thank you from the bottom of my heart.” Dawn had been accused of using "anti-Semitic" language during an exchange with Jewish brothers Jake and Sam Jacobs at Euston Station at the time.

More than 250 homes in Bolton have been without electricity since yesterday, with engineers battling to restore their supply.

THIS weekend’s Oscars are in crisis — with half of the Best Picture films battling Covid scares. Nominees have dubbed the panic “swab sweat” — as they nervously await two mandatory PCR tests 48 hours ahead of Sunday’s ceremony.

A PLACE In The Sun host Danni Menzies has revealed that she is now single after splitting with her boyfriend earlier this week. The property expert, who shot to fame on the Channel 4 property show, said she called it quits with her partner and admitted she was feeling "s***".

KHLOE Kardashian has gone braless under a nude bodysuit in new photos. They were taken as fans feared she looked "way too thin" compared to her days on Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

CORONATION Street fans are convinced they spotted a touching tribute in Monday's instalment of the show. Viewers of the long-running soap are wondering if Ukraine was in the thoughts of ITV bosses.

The Apprentice star Navid Sole is planning on losing his virginity, once he's found the right person to experiment with. The BBC TV candidate, 27, was given the boot by Lord Sugar earlier on in the series but says since leaving the show his DMs have been full of "d*** pics".In an exclusive chat with the Daily Star, Navid said: "A lot of people DMing me on Instagram, it's overwhelming, but you know what apart from genital pictures, they've all mainly been fine."Since The Apprentice started, I've been seeing these kinds of pictures a lot and I just think 'are people mad?'He continued: "I'm a proud virgin at 27 and sadly enough I've never been in a relationship or had intimacy.

Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. looks every bit as good as his dad in footage of him running rings around his Manchester United team-mates. At the grand old age of 37, Ronaldo is coming towards the end of his football career.

Saifyya Vorajee has voiced the unbearable “pain” she has gone through in the lead up to Mother’s Day after losing daughter Azaylia Cain tragically to cancer last April. Azaylia suffered acute myeloid leukaemia and died at just eight months old following a brave battle against the disease after being diagnosed at eight weeks.

Westlife star Kian Egan praised wife Jodi Albert as the couple shared the sad news of experiencing a miscarriage with their third child.The husband and wife both posted the devastating update on Instagram on Thursday after they’d initially been expecting the arrival of their baby in a few months’ time. Posting a photo of themselves on holiday, Kian described his “soulmate” wife Jodie as “the strongest person [he] knows” after going through the miscarriage nine weeks into pregnancy and said the pair were going through “a heartbreak that will never go away”. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Two people arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a mum thirty-one years ago have been released under investigation.

A mum was left furious after she received a letter telling her that her 'healthy' four-year-old daughter was overweight after she was weighed at school.

Louise Thompson has detailed how she wanted doctors to "put her to sleep" as she struggled to deal with post traumatic stress disorder after welcoming her son Leo with fiancé Ryan Libbey.The 31 year old, who recently confessed she felt "ashamed" for not breastfeeding her baby boy, took to her Instagram feed to open up on her mental health with her 1.4 million followers, explaining that medication has "saved my life". Posting several photos of herself dressed in a blue floral dress, Louise could be seen holding up some medication in her hands as she wrote: "Severe anxiety and depression are not things you can just fix using 'mindfulness' or cbt...

Covid travel restrictions decided to paddle over a thousand miles in an inflatable rubber dinghy so they cool be reunited.Ho Hoang Hung set off from Thailand’s holiday island of Phuket in the small rubber boat on March 5, carrying small a mount of food and water but no GPS or even a map.A fishing boat spotted the devoted husband on Wednesday near the Similan Islands, about 50 miles off the Thai coast, and reported the sighting to the authorities.Ho, 37, was picked up by the Thai navy’s maritime security unit. He told them strong headwinds had made his progress across the Bay of Bengal slower than expected.Captain Pichet Songtan, from the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre, said that Ho had explained to his rescuers that he was trying to reach his wife, who works in Mumbai.“We have contacted the Vietnamese embassy as well as Indian embassy but not had a reply yet,” he added.Ho had initially flown to Bangkok but found that without the appropriate visa he could not travel on to India, so he instead took a bus to Phuket, and then attempted the remaining 1,240 miles of his journey in the dinghy.He had some water with him, and a few packs of instant noodles, but no dry clothes or navigation equipment.

according to TMZ.She was pulled out of her car by a passenger of the pick-up truck, before being air-lifted to a Nevada hospital, where she’s being treated for ‘major injuries’.Watts’ sister confirmed to The Shade Room that she was driving from LA to Las Vegas when the crash happened, and that she is unresponsive at the moment.She added that she has suffered a fractured skull, a broken spine, and a shattered arm.Watts rose to fame on the fifth and sixth series of Love & Hip Hip, showing her career transition from being a dancer to become a music artist.In her introduction video for the show, she said: ‘Since I was younger, I’ve loved being around music. I love rapping, I love freestyling, I love singing.

Britney Spears has admitted she wanted to get a boob job after losing weight ‘in the last 6 months’.The 40-year-old pop star – who regained control of her assets in November 2021 when the conservatorship governed by her family was terminated by a Los Angeles court – thinks her breasts are ‘fairly small’ and considered enhancement surgery but decided against it after the consultation went awry.She wrote on Instagram: ‘It’s crazy living in Los Angeles … I was thinking about getting a boob job … my boobs are fairly small … I mean with the right bra it’s fine but I was curious what a doctor would say !!!‘I lost 7 pounds in the last 6 months and that’s a lot for me! I’m officially part of the “itty bitty t*tty committee” 4 … they shrunk !!! I don’t know where my boobs went…‘Well I show up at the office and I’m going the back way walking up 8 flights of stairs !!! I’m like WTF is this??? They want you to die before you make it there !!!‘F***THIS !!! Nobody was there to let us in … uhhh how long do we  wait here ??? 10 minutes go by … 15 minutes … f*** that !!! I’ve never been back! (sic)’The …Baby One More Time hitmaker also questioned why her fellow female stars felt the need to have extensive cosmetic work done before admitting that she had never felt more ‘humiliated’ or ’embarrassed’ about her looks during the years of her conservatorship. She said: ‘I go online to see the biggest stars getting facials with their facialists saying, “people don’t believe but no filter!” What the hell is she trying to prove ??? I know she’s beautiful !!!‘I’ve seen her in person so it was weird seeing someone like her trying to convince people she’s natural beautiful … then I said to myself I do the same but I’m not nearly as beautiful as she

Kian Egan’s wife Jodi Albert has revealed the couple suffered a miscarriage earlier this year.The Westlife star’s partner – with whom he has sons Koa, 10, Zekey, six, and Cobi, four -has shared their ‘painful loss’ in a heartbreaking Instagram post after a fan had previously guessed she was pregnant when she shared a picture on social media last month.She wrote: ‘I posted a similar pic to this on Valentine’s Day.. one person commented and said she looks pregnant..‘On any other occasion I might have been offended but on this occasion I thought..

"coming Rome" in the summer, but the Italians won't be going to Qatar after somehow missing out on World Cup qualification for a second consecutive tournament. Roberto Mancini's men were handed a plum draw against North Macedonia in their play-off game but were left stunned by the plucky underdogs on a horrible night in Palermo. With the game seemingly heading to extra-time, 29-year-old Aleksandar Trajkovski popped up with an extraordinary last-gasp winner to send the European champions packing.Italy aren't the first major nation to miss out on a major tournament against the odds - and they certainly won't be the last.

Love Island star Maura Higgins has given fans a health update following “mystery illness.”The TV star had been undergoing various tests to get to the bottom of an illness that left her bed bound for three days and caused her to lose a stone.Speaking on her Instagram stories yesterday (March 24), the Irish beauty opened up to her 3.4 million followers and explained that her doctor had discovered "severe inflammation" around her bladder.The cause of the problem is unknown, however, and the 31-year-old revealed to her followers that this isn’t the end of it, saying: "Obviously I have to get more tests done."The Longford native explained that she went in for an ultrasound and the doctor decided to conduct a smear test.Aware that smear tests often "grosses people out”, Maura didn’t want to go into too much detail but said: “Afterwards I turned around and said to him ‘oh my god that felt a bit like a smear test’ and he said ‘it was’."The reality TV star continued: "But this is my point because I know a lot of you message me about the smear test… if anyone ever says to you that a smear test is painful, uncomfortable, anything – they are drama queens."Maura assured her followers that her smear tests in the past have never been painful and reflecting on this one, she added: "I didn’t even know I was getting one. It was absolutely fine."Maura concluded her update by sending a vital message to her followers: "My point is get your smear test.