Love Island star Maura Higgins reveals horrific sexual assault by taxi driver

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Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Feature documentary “The Ghost of Richard Harris,” which premieres Sunday at the Venice Film Festival, looks to answer the question: “Who was Richard Harris?” The film also contains the revelation that Harris was offered the role of Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” movies, but chose to take the part of Dumbledore in the “Harry Potter” franchise instead. Variety spoke to director Adrian Sibley and Richard Harris’ son Jared Harris – a distinguished actor himself, and one of the originators of the project – about how the documentary came to be made. Sibley first broached the subject of making a film about Richard Harris some 20 years ago with the man himself, who responded: “I’ll do it, but only if I can tell the truth half the time,” Jared Harris recalls.

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A pedestrian has been struck by a car on the Edinburgh City Bypass. Emergency services raced to the A720 southbound near the Straiton Junction after the alarm was raised shortly after 5.10am on Saturday, September 3.

drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán have retaliated in gruesome fashion after they were threatened by a rival cartel. On Tuesday (August 30) police in Caborca, Sonora found the dismembered remains of a man stuffed into bags and placed in three different locations across the city.

Page 3 star Apollonia Llewellyn is no stranger to stripping down to a bikini.And, the blonde bombshell has certainly left her fans drooling after posting this saucy swimwear snap.The busty beauty, also known as Barbi to Daily Star readers, often shares her lavish lifestyle and drop-dead gorgeous figure to her 467,000 Instagram followers.READ MORE: Page 3 girl embraces inner 'Barbie' by rocking tiny bikini in Ibiza In a recent post, the 22-year-old shared a snippet from her holiday in Barcelona, Spain - and let’s just say the sun was not the only thing that was sizzling hot.Apollonia caught the moment she effortlessly climbed out of the pool with nothing but a teeny bikini and her signature silver cross necklace on.The navy two-piece had a bright yellow lining that helped accentuate the model’s already full chest while the thong bottoms were hiked up to her petite waist.She swept her wet tresses out of her face as she dazzled with her natural beauty and she held onto the ladder attached to the pool.Her skin gleamed in the sun with several water droplets upon her body.“Fresh morning”, Apollonia captioned the post.One person commented: “Beautiful in that sweetie.”Another user added: “Looking very beautiful Apollonia .”While a third person voiced: “Just wow."Someone else swooned: “Stunning.”Meanwhile, a fifth user gushed: “Amazing swimsuit. Amazing girl.

Ukraine. Diana Isakova, 25, posted flyers criticising the conflict and took part in an anti-war demonstration in Sochi which led to her arrest and interrogation by the feared FSB secret service.Her father Eduard Isakov, 48, reacted with fury having previously warned her not to criticise Putin or the authorities on social media.

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Sharing her news, Jane went on: "You know, and I want to be here for my family."You know, my niece is just about to have a baby and we're all very excited about that."The star went on to reveal that she's planning to step away from her hectic schedule and take time to "slow down","And I want to be around, I want to be around for them all just for a while to like sort myself out and then stop working as much as I do, because I work constantly," she explained.Kaye asked her friend: "Are you aware of getting older?"Jane confessed she has no qualms about aging, admitting she plans to have fun and stop working as much.She said: "I'm looking forward to it. Because I can slow down.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their children are believed to have moved into their new Windsor home. Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are joining the co-educational private Lambrook School near Ascot in Berkshire after the family set up home in Adelaide Cottage in Windsor’s Home Park.

One half of the duo The Hairy Bikers Dave Myers has revealed he's lost his beard as he continues to battle cancer.The 64 year old went public with his diagnosis in May but is yet to reveal the type of cancer he is suffering from. He's kept his condition and treatment under wraps since first sharing the news. Now, the famous chef has given fans an update while appearing on his Agony Uncles podcast as he told pal Si King, 55, that he misses his beard.

supports HTML5 videoMaura Higgins has spoken candidly about being sexually assaulted in a taxi when she was younger.The star, who shot to fame in the 2019 series of Love Island, often speaks openly to followers on Instagram via regular Q&As.These Q&A’s can range from what labels the reality star swearing to what type of birth control she is on, with Maura usually more than happy to open up to her fans.On Monday, Maura, who is from County Longford in Ireland, launched another question-and-answer session as she walked in a local park, when a rather heavy question came up.A fan asked the beauty out straight for her ‘worst encounter with a man’ – and Maura, like many women, had a story to tell.‘I have many,’ she said.‘The worst one I’ve never, ever, ever opened up to any of ye about, and I don’t even think I’m ready yet.‘It was probably like, one of the scariest things that’s ever happened to me.’While she wasn’t ready to tell ‘the worst one,’ Maura went on to open up about another horrifying experience, revealing she had been sexually assaulted by a taxi driver in Ireland.Beginning the story, Maura explained it was ‘a long time ago,’ and said she fell asleep in the taxi, tragically adding: ‘Silly me.’‘My friends were dropped off before me and I was being dropped off alone because I lived alone at the time,’ she said.‘And I woke up and his hand was right up my skirt.‘Honestly, I sobered up so quickly.’She went on: ‘I memorised his taxi number so quick.

Love Island star Maura Higgins has given her horrifying account of being sexually assaulted by a taxi driver. The 31 year old revealed what happened during the shocking incident as she answered a fan’s question during a Q&A session on Instagram Stories. Maura, who had gone for a sunny walk by a lake, told her 3.5 million followers listening in: "I had an incident with a taxi driver a long time ago in Ireland.

LOVE Island star Maura Higgins has revealed she was sexually assaulted while ASLEEP in a taxi. The 31-year-old was asked by a fan what her worst encounter with a man has ever been. Model Maura shockingly told she isn't ready to reveal the details of her most horrifying experience, but opened up about an incident with a taxi driver.

ITALIAN stallion Giovanni Pernice is favourite to be paired with a male celeb. And radio presenter Richie Anderson 34, who has already confirmed he is to appear with a man, is likely to be the professional’s partner. It will be the second male duo on Strictly.