Linford Christie accuses Met Police of 'institutional racism' after athletes' car stopped

Oti Mabuse is typically still snoozing when her husband, fellow dancing pro Marius Lepure wakes up - and she might still be in bed when the clock hits midday. However she has just revealed the reason she feels absolutely "no guilt" about lying in.Long before everyone else's alarm sounds out, Oti initially makes the earliest start of all."I’m an extreme early bird," she confessed to Women's Health magazine, "so I’ll wake up at three o’clock in the morning!"The star then sits up in bed checking her emails and text messages while the rest of the nation is peacefully slumbering.She even uses her shockingly early starts as an opportunity to choreograph new dance routines."I’ll look at the current routine for things we can improve on," she explained.Though the time she starts her day would likely leave most breakfast show hosts looking lazy, Oti then flexes another boss move - and goes back to bed."I’ll go back to sleep and wake up again at about eight o’clock when I can hear my husband getting up," she revealed."But if I don’t have Strictly it won’t be until 12pm – I have no guilt for lying in."Aside from that energy surge in the middle of the night, Oti's routine on her days off rivals any night owl's. She shrugs off claims that she's eccentric, explaining: "Three o’clock is just when my body tells me to wake up!"I usually wake up slow, not tired or energetic, but once I’m fully awake that’s when the going gets going!"Giving a further insight into her routine, she confessed: "I do really high intensity interval workouts."It’s either the treadmill or the assault bike, and I do lots of squats, weights and functional training.

Strictly Come Dancing in 2012, just a mere five days after she had competed in the London Olympics.The sports star was partnered with Brendan Cole and has recalled how "clumsy" the pair were together, causing struggles behind-the-scenes.The couple made it to week eight of the show, before being eliminated for their rendition of the Salsa.Speaking to Express.co.uk about the experience, she said: "Honestly, the pair of us were just really clumsy."It was really funny, just always tripping over or slipping over."During the Quickstep I had to run up a couple of stairs and I fell down at the last minute on some cases that were part of the stage set.She continued: "In rehearsals Brendan hit on my skirt and I tripped on the stairs, but in the performance, he tripped over at the last minute, and then pretended it didn’t happen."We just smiled and tried to ignore it.

The couple that works together, stays together! As Avril Lavigne pieced together her Love Sux album, she enlisted her boyfriend, Mod Sun, to help with some of the tracks.

Chloe Fineman has become known for her incredible impersonations, perfectly nailing the voices of such stars as Britney Spears, Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep. In a hilarious sketch for the lastest episode of Saturday Night Live, the star proves her chops once again as she took on the odd and ever-changing accent used by actress Julia Garner in portraying Anna Delvey in Netflix’ buzzy drama Inventing Anna.

Sting performs a song that he would rather have kept in the past.

Oscar Isaac took to the Studio 8 H stage for his debut Global’s “Saturday Night Live” monologue over the weekend, and shared a look at his first-ever movie role, which he created when he was just a kid.

Better sleep is unlocked by resistance exercise rather than aerobic workouts, a new study found.

Veteran actor Mitchell Ryan has died at the age of 88.

Roy Keane's goal celebration against Manchester City from 1993. Manchester United legend Keane scored the winner in a 3-2 win for the Red Devils at City's former home Maine Road 19 years ago.

Russian troops fired rocket just metres away on the road.Video posted on Facebook shows the horror in the town of Irpin, near the strategic Hostomel airfield, as defenceless residents desperately fled to escape Russian bombardment."It's not an army, they are killers," Ukrainian journalist Andriy Dubchak wrote in captions."In video and photo – Russian troops are deliberately targeting the civilian population trying to get out of Irpin."A volunteer fighter, who is seen wearing a yellow armband, rests on the roadside and talks to the cameraman while groups of civilians are seen carrying their luggages running to safety.Seconds later a rocket hits in the middle of the road and several people fall to the ground as they dodge the impact.The cameraman and his colleagues rush to offer help while others run to the man's aide to bring him to safety.While in Kharkiv, Ukrain'e second-largest city close to the border with Russia, a blogger captured the heart-stopping moment when a missile blew overhead during a livestream.Nikita Demenkov escaped unscathed when the explosion blasted the building he was taking shelter at and he had to flee to a nearby basement.It comes as US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken today said there are "very credible reports" that Russia has committed war crimes during its invasion of Ukraine, particularly in attacking civilians.A second attempt to evacuate people from the city of Mariupol has failed after Russian shelling continued following a ceasefire agreement, Ukrainian authorities have said.For more stories from the Daily Star, sign up to one of our newsletters here.Civilians in the port city have come under heavy artillery fire as Russian forces target populated areas to break Ukrainian morale, the

Coronation Street star, who plays Sarah Platt on the ITV soap, was allegedly involved in a heated 1am row last Sunday (February 27).Ryan reportedly claimed Tina was responsible for attacking his car during the late night bust-up, but it is believed he has since taken the vehicle in to be repaired.Despite the reported row between the former showbiz couple, Tina returned to Instagram on Sunday (March 6) with a sunny selfie.Tina, 38, could be seen smiling with a pair of shades, wrapped up in a black-and-white scarf and pink bobble hat.Captioning the leisurely snap, she called herself a "rugby mum".It comes after sources claimed Tina smashed Ryan's Range Rover last weekend, when a row took a "disturbing" turn.A source told The Sun: "Ryan and Tina have a fractious relationship. They are not on good terms and that tension boiled over."Tina, who was at a pal’s house party, came out into the street to meet him as he drove up.

Continuing the fairy tale. Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart and the late Cameron Boyce, among others, starred in Disney Channel’s Descendants trilogy from 2015 and 2019.

Steve Harvey has already expressed his approval for his daughter’s boyfriend, that doesn’t mean he wants a new son-in-law any time soon.On Thursday, March 3, the Family Feud host participated in a game of “Sip or Spill” during his appearance on Today with Hoda and Jenna. In this game, guests are required to answer the questions the co-hosts ask, or they can choose to take a sip of their beverage in order to plead the fifth.During his roung of the game, the 65-year-old struggled to answer whether he would approve of Michael B. Jordan asking his stepdaughter, Lori Harvey, to marry him.“Man, this is a hard one,” he replied.

Arsenal took a huge stride towards playing Champions League football next season as they beat Watford 3-2 away from home to move into the top four.It was an electric start at Vicarage Road as Martin Odegaard calmly slotted his effort past Ben Foster inside six minutes, before Cucho Hernandez equalised with an acrobatic effort just six minutes later.After assisting Odegaard, Bukayo Saka grabbed a goal of his own with a fantastic strike that ended a move of his own making, as he won back the ball before being set up by Alexandre Lacazette.Lacazette was again the provider but this time for Gabriel Martinelli shortly after the break, as Arsenal continued to look dangerous on every attack.But Watford did grab a late consolation through former Tottenham star Moussa Sissoko to make the end of the game uncomfortable for Arsenal, but they held on to secure all three points.Here Daily Star Sport take a look at what Mikel Arteta got right, and what he got wrong as Arsenal jump above Manchester United into the top four.What Arteta got right...Saka has been a revelation for Arsenal since coming through the academy, and he has quickly become one of the most senior players in the squad, even though he is only 20-years-old.His start against Watford was his 99th under Arteta, and the England international was clinical from the off as he provided a brilliant assist for Odegaard's opener, before putting Arsenal ahead before the break.His pace and energy continues to be a menace for defenders, and Watford's January signing Hassane Kamara was torn apart all game by the youngster.Saka's future is bright, but he is a star already, and he is usually involved in anything positive that comes Arsenal's way, and his performance against Watford was

Ukraine and Russia. Kireev was one of three agents named in a Facebook statement posted by Ukraine’s defence ministry yesterday (Saturday, March 5) which reads: “During the performance of special tasks, three spies were killed — employees of the Chief Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.

ACTOR Taron Egerton collapsed on stage in front of a packed crowd on opening night of his new theatre show. The star - famous for playing Elton John in Rocketman - was last night forced off stage at the Ambassadors Theatre in Leicester Square after passing out.

JESS Wright showed off her growing baby bump and revealed that she's expecting her little boy "very soon". The 36-year-old reality star posed in black lingerie as she tenderly cradled her stomach.

KIM Kardashian flaunted her famous curves in a just full-body ensemble of yellow tape as she attended the Balenciaga show in Paris on Sunday. After months of the 41-year-old reality star sporting almost exclusively Balenciaga outfits, she announced last month that she’s the new face of the brand.

The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde has shared her anger at witnessing the “disturbing and aggressive” police handling of two Black athletes in London.Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos, both trained in athletics by Linford Christie, were driving home with their three-month baby when they were stopped and handcuffed by police on Saturday (July 4).The incident was referred to the police watchdog by the Metropolitan Police on Monday (July 6) after two previous inquiries uncovered “no misconduct issues”.

Team GB sprinter Bianca Williams has accused the Metropolitan Police of "racial profiling" after she and her partner were stopped and search in front of their baby.

Linford Christie has accused the Metropolitan Police of “institutional racism” after two athletes he manages were stopped and handcuffed while driving with their three-month-old baby.