Melanie Sykes recalls 2013 arrest and police questioning her about showbiz career: ‘I’m not a violent person’

“Life After Death” — his second and final studio album — the rapper was making plans to hypnotize London in support of the ambitious double LP. And while the bottles were popping at Vibe magazine’s post-Soul Train Awards party in Los Angeles, he was trying to convince DJ Clark Kent to be his spinning sidekick across the pond.“He was like, ‘Yo, you gotta go on the road with me. We gonna go to London for this new album,’ ” Kent — who at the time was senior vice president of A&R at Motown Records — told The Post.

Summer of Soul” were among the big winners at the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards Sunday.The ceremony hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally was held in a tent by the beach in Santa Monica, California, broadcast on AMC and IFC. It is the cool, casual counterpart to some of the more traditional film awards shows.“If you don’t win, you can just walk straight into the ocean,” Offerman said.Gyllenhaal won best feature, director and best screenplay for her adaptation of the Elena Ferrante novel “The Lost Daughter.”Through tears, Gyllenhaal said that more than anything she believes in love.

There are a number of new laws coming into effect in April which will change rules and regulations around wages, car tax and divorce.

A school boss has warned kids are going hungry at home and surviving on as little as one slice of bread a day.

The Queen is really "desperate" to meet her great granddaughter Lilibet, and grandson Prince Harry, 37, and Meghan Markle's second child, according to claims from a royal author.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, 40, gave their child a great honour by naming her after her great-grandmother the Queen. But sadly, despite baby Lili being born last June 4, the 95 year old monarch still hasn't had the opportunity to meet her yet given the couple now permanently reside in Montecito, California. It is believed that Princess Eugenie, 31, is the only royal to have made the trip across the pond to America.

Holly Willoughby was caught getting the giggles on live TV during Monday's edition of This Morning, as the star was forced to reveal she'd had a problem with her Spanx underwear. Unable to control her laughing following a brief ITV break, the 41 year old mum-of-three ignored the regular schedule to go off-cue. "You lot are very rude," she began, as co-host Phillip Schofield turned to her in surprise.

Kate Garraway has reportedly suffered another misfortune following her husband Derek Draper’s long-term effects after catching Covid-19 as his business — which she took over as director of amid his health issues — has folded.The 54 year old mentioned having fears of “money running out” paying for Derek’s aftercare treatment and now a source alleges she is facing more difficulty as Derek's psychotherapy company Astra Aspera Limited has struggled to “keep going". After falling seriously ill with Covid-19 in 2020, Derek has been looked after by carers and wife Kate — leaving little time for the Good Morning Britain presenter to be able to focus on the couple's business.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentTelefonica’s Movistar Plus, Spain’s biggest pay-TV/SVOD operator, has launched an in-house overseas sales division, Movistar Plus Internacional, headed up by former Sony and Buendía Estudios exec Maria Valenzuela. Lorena Molloy, an ex-exec at The Mediapro Studio, has joined Movistar Plus Internacional beginning in March as its head of communication and marketing. Valenzuela, who began working with the platform last summer, heading international strategy and business development, reports directly to Domingo Corral, Movistar Plus’ director of original production.Movistar Plus Internacional is making further appointments, raising staff to around 10 employees, Valenzuela said. It will attend all major markets, beginning with Series Mania and MipTV/Canneseries, focusing at least in the short term on sales to Europe, Eastern Europe, U.S.

Actress Jessie Cave has been hospitalized for the coronavirus amid her fourth pregnancy.

before his death from cancer, aged 58, in August last year.Speaking on the show, the comedian said: “There was one moment when I went to see him where he just said to me – and he didn’t say this in a ‘I want to make you feel better’ or ‘I’m trying to convince myself’ way; I just knew it was 100 per cent true – he just said to me: ‘I’ve had a really good life, you know.’“It was really… it was so profound the way he said it, because I thought, ‘He really has,’ because he’s got this fantastic wife, three beautiful kids and he’s spent his life making millions of people laugh. It’s hard to argue with.”Gone at this about Sean Lock pic.twitter.com/d3dFOUaLNI— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) March 5, 2022After his death was announced last year, Mack released a statement which read: “I’ve known this day was coming for some time, but it’s no less heart-breaking.

Abbey Clancy was beaming with pride on Sunday as she revealed that her eldest daughter, Sophia, 10, takes after sporty dad Peter Crouch.MORE: Abbey Clancy melts hearts with rare photos of her children in F&F campaignThe couple's eldest daughter took part in a swimming competition over the weekend, and later proudly posed alongside her medals - including two gold and two silver.WATCH: Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch's home in Surrey is surrounded with endless landThe former Britain's Next Top Model star took to her Instagram Stories to share her pride. In the several videos she shared with her followers, Abbey could be heard shouting "Come on Sophia!" as she stormed ahead of the others competing.RELATED:Abbey Clancy hits back at critics over eight-year-old daughter's modelling debutMORE: Abbey Clancy wears chic gym kit as she works out with Peter Crouch Abbey's footage from the exciting race on SundayCaptioning the clips of the exciting race, the former Strictly Come Dancing star wrote: "My girl!!!!! Thank you @leatherheadswimming best swimming club in the world!! #100MFREE #GOLD."In the following snap, Sophia looked all snuggled up in a warm overcoat with a huge smile on her face.

Deborah James has hit back at a cruel troll who accused her of “sexualising” her cancer battle.The 40 year old, who has been living with incurable stage four bowel cancer for five years, has documented her journey on her BBC podcast You, Me and the Big C, as well as sharing updates on her Instagram account. Mum of two Deborah revealed she’s received shocking messages from people online who told her she “pouts too much” and “acts like a teenager”. She told The Sun: "I've been accused of sexualising cancer, of pouting too much and acting like a teenager.

She became an overnight success when she first hit our screens on The Great British Bake Off in 2015.The nation fell more in love with her each week until she was eventually crowned series winner. And since her victory, Nadiya Hussain has become so much more than a Bake Off champion.

Coronation Street’s Sarah Platt actress Tina O'Brien and her former co-star and on screen husband Ryan Thomas split in 2009 after a six year relationship. While the couple, who share daughter Scarlett, 13, together, were said to previously be on good terms with each other, reports emerged that Tina, 38, “smashed” Ryan’s car mirror with a bat during a heated row. It was reported that the exes had an argument at 1am on Sunday 27 February after the actress had been partying with friends.

Between Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) and Dawn Taylor's (Olivia Bromley) disaster wedding and Vinny Dingle's (Bradley Johnson) shotgun registry office affair with Liv Flaherty (Isobel Steele), Emmerdale has had a fair few marriages recently. However, Bob Hope actor Tony Audenshaw is eager for bosses to add another to their upcoming storylines as he called for Bob and Wendy Posner (Susan Cookson) to get married in what would be his eighth soap wedding.Tony made the comment during today's episode of Lorraine (Monday 7 March). He said: "He needs another wedding doesn't he? Obviously he's with Wendy now and I think that'd be nice," after listing off Bob's many past marriages.

TV host and actor Pasha Lee has died fighting for Ukraine just a week after joining the front line to defend his home country. Russian troops invaded Ukraine on 24 February and in a bid to help, Pasha joined the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was killed on 6 March aged 33 after the Russian army shelled the city of Irpin.

MELANIE Sykes has opened up about her arrest in 2013 for the first time, while detailing how the police officers seemed more interested in her showbiz career.  Seven years ago, the TV presenter was famously arrested after being accused of assaulting ex-husband Jack Cockings.  Sykes denied the claims and successfully fought to get her caution for common assault removed from her records. Reflecting on the incident, which took place at her west London home on November 12, 2013, Sykes said she was "totally shocked" when two police officers turned up at her house and said they were there to arrest her.  "It felt like an out-of-body experience.

Sweat, Snot And Tears podcast, she said when a teacher once asked what she was doing about her son's homework she told them it wasn't her job. "I remember going into Roman's school and it was parents' evening and they were telling me that he wasn't quite hitting the mark and his homework wasn't being done very well and what was I doing about it at home," she said."I'm like, 'Well I'm not doing anything about it at home, it's his homework! And you're his teacher.

Melanie admitted that she was "clueless" when police turned up at her front door and had to leave her sons Valentino, then 11, and Roman, nine, with Cockings following her arrest.When being taken back to her home by officers, Melanie claims that they had been "laughing and joking" about her life as a celebrity.She said they asked what it was like working with Des O'Connor, who she presented a chat show with for two seasons.Speaking about the journey home, Mel said: "I was in the back of the car, having the most traumatic night of my life, trying to manage two police officers who want to have a casual, fun chat with me."She went on to say that she was too "scared" to say that it was an "inappropriate" conversation.The star has since told how

Previously regarded as being a condition to exclusively affect men, women including Christine McGuinness and Melanie Sykes have recently revealed their autism diagnoses. Affecting how people communicate with the world around them, both Christine and Melanie have mentioned the sense of relief that they have felt since receiving the news.

Melanie Sykes, 51, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with autism.The TV presenter has welcomed the diagnosis and described it as a “positive” thing, and that she got the results after “a series of assessments”.Taking to Instagram, Melanie explained: “After a series of assessments last week, a report came back to tell me that I’m autistic.