Drunk driver who killed Scots vet given thousands in legal aid for bid to serve sentence in France

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas, 61, addressed her 235,000 Instagram followers in a story after an awkward experience in a taxi.The close encounter had left her head crashing into the dashboard, but she assured fans she is okay, before urging them to belt up on any future journeys."This is my moment - I'm on my way from New York to Los Angeles and there's a thunderstorm!" the Strictly star exclaimed in her video footage.However her fairytale moment was interrupted by a near miss."I was in the taxi and [the driver] almost hit a bike and stopped, banging my head on the front of this dash thing," she lamented."To anybody out there, first thing you do when you get in any car is put your seatbelts on!"Despite her warning, which she said made her "a little delayed", she assured fans that she is "all good"."I've had a marvellous trip - fantastic.

West Lothian charity The Larder is celebrating after being shortlisted for three prestigious awards.

Henrik Larsson believes he "stabbed" Celtic fans in the heart by scoring against them during his time at Barcelona after returning to Parkhead in the Champions League.

Tuesday, August 2 is going to be a big day for Rangers in the Champions League. And not just because they travel to Belgium for the first leg of their third qualifying round tie against Jupiler Pro League side Union Saint-Gilloise.

Victoria Beckham singing again just days after a surprise Spice Girls performance on a karaoke machine.The 48-year-old fashion designer is seemingly enjoying a family holiday in the French Riviera with her husband, former footballer David Beckham, 47, and it seems she loves a bit of late night karaoke.The former Spice Girls singer has been partial to partaking in some fun singing sessions whilst on vacation in St Tropez, which have been shown on her husband's Instagram.READ MORE: Victoria Beckham sends fans wild as she relives Spice Girls in surprise performanceJust three days ago, Posh Spice could be seen once again donning a slimming black dress as she sings to the hit song Stop whilst even performing the band's famous choreography.Fans went wild for the clip with calls for her to return to her Spice Girls singing roots.Even famous fanatics such as Skins actress Kaya Scodelario, Dame Kelly Holmes and Gordon Ramsay all took to social media to heap praise on the former pop-star.Her Sporty Spice bandmate Mel C fuelled reunion rumours further as she commented: "Nice to see you getting a head start on rehearsals," alongside amused emojis.But just days after the first clip, David once again took to social media with another clip showing the former Spice Up Your Life singer singing Chaka Khan's Ain't Nobody.The football legend posted the short video online, but this time he panned the camera down to jokingly show the microphone was actually unplugged.He captioned the clip: "Posh Spice unplugged last song of the night just for me @victoriabeckham," along with a plug and laughing emoji.The new clips come after speculation that fans could see a full Spice Girls reunion.The BRIT Award winning band reformed as a four-piece in 2019

Love Island hunk Adam Collard's magic trick has been exposed by ITV2 viewers.The Geordie lad, 26, took part in the villa's talent show during Monday's (July 25) episode.While others played instruments and showed off their moves, he tried his hand at the four ace card trick.READ MORE: Love Island likened to 'porn show' and labelled 'embarrassing' by Ekin-Su's Turkish fansWith the help of his glamorous assistant Paige Thorne, personal trainer Adam left his fellow Islanders speechless as he managed to complete his performance without any glitches.However, eagled-eyed viewers at home were not as easy to please, with some convinced they knew exactly how Adam executed the "easy" trick.Want all the last villa gossip straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily Love Island newsletter HERE Taking to Twitter, one fan penned: "Adam’s card trick is the easiest card trick in the world to do btw."Another added: Adam you ain’t slick. I learnt that card trick years ago."A third person posted: "Did he show the cards? I bet it was all aces he was using."While a fourth social media user went into detail saying: "It’s all a trick of the eye, the deck he moves to the left has the cards on the top originally then she moves them and only interacts with them, before the trick they’re placed carefully three cards deep at the top of the deck."Do you have a story about one of this year's Love Island stars? Contact us at staronlineshowbiz@reachplc.com However, other viewers were left mesmerised by his handy work."No Adam’s card trick was actually lit," someone wrote.A second person said: "Adam’s magic trick was actually so cool.

OnlyFans model has opened up about her unusual upbringing, where she grew up Mormon before selling nude snaps online.Holly Wolf is a Twitch streamer and OnlyFans model and uses her love of dressing up as a way of earning money by selling racy pictures and videos online.The adult model has also used her platform to indulge her love of gardening and revealed that she often receives fruit and vegetable-based sexual innuendos from fans. READ MORE: Nude gardener flooded with 'fruit and veg sexual innuendo messages' on OnlyFans She grew up in a strict Mormon community but, after leaving, revealed to the Inside OnlyFans podcast about one awkward encounter with her parents.“My iPhone was hooked up to my iPad that I recently gave to my parents, and I was taking some nude photos in the bath,” she explained.“My sister messages me, she’s like, ‘hey, you might want to unlink your iPhone from your iPad because we’re just getting a lot of photos right now’.”Delving more into her background, Holly explained how she used to live in an "earthship" in Canada when she was in the Mormon community.“It’s made out of old recycled materials like pop cans and tyres… we were the fourth in my province to build one so it was all over the news.“It’s basically a hobbit house like from Lord of the Rings.

fugitive bikie gang boss has been detained in Turkey over visa issues.Mel Ter Wisscha, the alluring ex-girlfriend of notorious bikie boss Mark Buddle, was stopped by over a dozen police officers on Friday (July 22) as she tried to leave a resort in Bodrum and has been detained for over three days in an immigration detention centre.Before her capture, which is thought to be due to her previous links with Buddle, Ter Wisscha was apparently living it up at Turkey's $11,000 (£9,150)-a-night D Maris Bay Resort as well as being pictured modelling handbags.READ MORE: 'Five bags of human remains' found in Mexican tourist resort after drug cartel threatsDespite breaking up with Buddle who was arrested in Northern Cyprus on July 9, Ter Wisscha was said to be 'very upset' at being detained and admitted that she had not seen her ex for almost a year.A source close to Ter Wisscha detailed how was captured and treated by the police officers."She was leaving a hotel in Bodrum and about 15 police pulled her over and began going through all her stuff, and checking passports", they said."They made her sign something in Turkish, even though she couldn't understand it, but she's not under arrest – she kept asking them 'am I under arrest' and they said no.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here"Basically they've said to her that she's a risk because of her husband.

READ MORE: Neighbours fans 'in tears' at surprise flashback scenes as soap begins final week But a deficit in figures means it’s finally the end for Neighbours, much to the devastation of fans everywhere.Channel 5’s resident head of programming Ben Frow told the Radio Times that its axe was a “business decision”, insisting that while he could have spent more money on keeping it going, he could “spend the money on other things, which is what I decided to do. I can better spend the Neighbours money on UK shows.”Keen fans of the show, however, will know that it isn’t the first time Neighbours has been cancelled in its 37 year run, as original network Seven initially ditched it after just four months.The soap, created by TV executive Reg Watson, was commissioned based on the success of his earlier show Sons and Daughters, and proved popular with audiences in Melbourne.Audiences in Sydney, meanwhile, weren’t overly impressed by the residents of Erinsborough, and declining viewership figures meant the programme was axed completely in September that year.It had aired just 170 episodes at the time.However, Neighbours made television history in Australia when its production company Grundy Television instead approached Network Ten to discuss airing a second series, and they agreed.It was the first time in Australian TV history that a drama programme had successfully changed networks mid-run.For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.The show also had a rough start, being offered to rival channel Nine Network in 1982, who declined the pitch.

Google founder Sergey Brin’s wife, the SpaceX boss has said he’s going to try to ignore the media furore and focus on his twin missions to merge humanity with computers and colonise Mars.“The amount of attention on me has gone supernova,” he wrote on Twitter. “Unfortunately, even trivial articles about me generate a lot of clicks.” READ MORE: Elon Musk claims he 'hasn't had sex in ages', denying affair with Google chief's wifeBut Musk has promised to keep his mind on the job: “Will try my best to be heads down focused on doing useful things for civilisation.”Denying the reports of an affair, he insisted: “I work crazy hours, so there just isn’t much time for shenanigans.”Musk was technically single at the time of the alleged affair, having already broken up with Grimes - with whom he welcomed a second child via surrogate in December.In March, Insider reported that the Tesla boss had secretly fathered twins with Shivon Zilis, a top executive at his company Neuralink, in November 2021.In May, a former employee at SpaceX claimed the firm had paid her $250,000 (£207,000) to settle her claim that Musk exposed himself to her, rubbed her leg and propositioned her for sex during a flight to London.

Golf Series. The Saudi-backed breakaway circuit has sent shockwaves across the sport, in an attempt to lure some of the biggest names in the game with mega-money signing on fees and prize money.Ran by former world No.

Emmerdale's Daisy Campbell revealed she was recently targeted by thieves while on holiday. Daisy, who's played Amelia Spencer on the ITV soap for more than 11 years, sat across from Lorraine stand-in host Ranvir Singh where she spoke about her character's upcoming pregnancy storyline.

Netflix has had a rough year in 2022, as it has been hit by millions of subscriber losses.Despite another reported one million losses last week, it was actually better than the streamer had feared, potentially showing the tide is turning.It certainly has had some big recent releases to help it, with Stranger Things season four dominating the conversation this summer.It just enjoyed the successful launch of The Gray Man, an action film by the directors behind Avengers: Endgame.August is also crammed with content, with Sony adding heaps of their back catalogue onto the service following their 2021 deal to add more of the studio’s releases.August 1August 2August 3August 4August 5August 6August 7August 8August 9August 10August 11August 12August 15August 16August 17August 18August 19August 20August 21August 23August 24August 25August 26August 29August 30

said in a statement.Directed by Chukwu, the film also stars Whoopi Goldberg, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett, and Sean Patrick Thomas.The trailer, released on Monday, shows Emmett’s mother (played by Danielle Deadwyler) fighting back tears as she says, “This was my boy, Emmett Till.”The clip then shows Emmett (played by Jalyn Hall) preparing for his visit to see his cousins.“The lynching of my son has shown me that what happens to any of us, anywhere in the world, had better be the business of us all,” Emmett’s mother says in the trailer.Carolyn Bryant Donham — then just Carolyn Bryant and 21 years old — accused Till of making improper advances and obscene comments toward her while she was working the register of her family’s store in Money, Miss., in August 1955.Till, who was in town from Chicago to visit relatives, allegedly whistled at her, according to a cousin who witnessed the interaction. Such an interaction violated the racist code of behavior in the Jim Crow-era South.Donham told her husband, Roy Bryant, about the alleged encounter.

Mark Wright has posted his hilarious reaction to Love Island star Luca Bish claiming that he’s “punching” with his wife Michelle Keegan. The 23 year old contestant made the observant comment on last night's episode as he discussed whether he was also “punching” with partner Gemma Owen with fellow Islanders Adam Collard and Paige Thorne. Luca started the conversation by mentioning Mark and Michelle, both 35, as he said she was well out of Mark's league and that he was "punching” – which the trio all agreed to.

Since winning Big Brother in 2010, Josie Gibson has become a household name.The single mum has not only won over fans with her infectious Bristolian accent, she’s had the likes of Sienna Miller and Rupert Friend in fits of giggles on This Morning. But that’s not all. Her outfits have become hugely popular, too, with dresses selling out as soon as she wears them.The 37-year-old has now curated an edit with Very, so you can get your hands on her fashion favourites.

Mark Wright has been showing off his jet lag as he visits wife Michelle Keegan in sunny Australia.The former TOWIE star, 35, arrived on the other side of the world where wife Michelle, also 35, is filming BBC series Ten Pounds and documented his first few days in Australia. Mark’s trip comes just days after renovations on the couple’s incredible £3.5 million mansion in Essex was completed.The pair moved into the property in 2020 and since then have been spending time turning it from a house into a home and even set up a dedicated Instagram page for all things home renovation.

The Love Island talent show never fails to entertain us, with the contestants showing off their hidden talents and unusual skills. Each year every Islander performs in front of their fellow co-stars and showcases their talent, whether it be singing, dancing, public speaking or even cooking. The 2022 edition of the talent show saw many contestants surprise viewers, including Tasha Ghouri and Indiyah Polack who demonstrated their musical skills, with some undoubtedly making their way into the Love Island hall of fame.

Addressing intrusive thoughts and feelings is a key theme on Tuesday - while Aries is urged to spend time alone to evaluate a current relationship, adopting a calm approach will help Sagittarius make final decisions. There are 12 zodiac signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces - and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more. These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years.

The final week of Love Island is now in full swing as one loved-up couple will soon be crowned the winner of series eight. After eight long weeks of romance, fallouts, friendships and bombshells, only six couples now remain in the running to bag the £50,000 cash prize.

Plans for a permanently pedestrianised Stevenson Square have been unveiled. The Northern Quarter square has been closed off to motor traffic since 2020 on a temporary basis.