Mum who tried to swindle compo after claiming she'd fallen down drain is ordered to pay £13,000

Broadway’s Mrs. Doubtfire will unplug the vacuum cleaner and hang up the apron earlier than expected: The musical, which has been posting middling box office numbers during the industry’s crowded spring season, will end its run at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on May 29, producers announced.

Tyson Fury’s claim that he is retired. Krassyuk insists it is still part of his fighter’s plan to face WBC champion Fury for the undisputed crown. WBA, IBF and WBO title holder Usyk takes on Anthony Joshua in a rematch on July 23 in Saudi Arabia.

Sebastian Vettel is an enigma. A force of nature able to bend an entire sport to his unbreakable will for four consecutive years.Almost overnight, his F1 dominance just stopped.

Emily Atack screamed in terror as Jamie Laing lifted her on his back while she was dressed as a school girl.Emily, 32, known for her role in The Inbetweeners, took part in a "back to school" episode of Celebrity Juice, and was told to fill her shirt with schoolbag essentials in a challenge.Host Keith Lemon then told Jamie to complete an obstacle course before giving him a rather peculiar request.Jamie was told to use Emily as a "human backpack", which stunned the other panellists - and even Megan McKenna was seen with her head in her hands at one point.At the start Keith told Jamie: "What you've got to do is use Emily as a human backpack."Fill her with the school things out of the desk, go along the track, over this bar here."Hop scotch and then under the limbo bar."Jamie then mounted Emily on his back as he completed a hopscotch challenge before going under a limbo.Emily was heard repeatedly shouting "oh my God!" as her face hit the limbo bar repeatedly while trying to get across the finish line.The pair then collapsed on the floor after finishing the challenge, and were all smiles and laughs while the audience erupted in hysterics.Last week's episode of the ITV2 show saw Emily look horrified after Laura Whitmore slapped soap star Will Mellor twice in the face during a challenge.Laura, who appeared to be dressed as Kylie Minogue from her Can't Get You Out of My Head video, was seen hurling obscenities before tossing a drink at Will and slapping him twice.Meanwhile, Emily looked sensational in a Katy Perry costume, donning a purple wig and mini dress from the singer's California Gurls video.Speaking previously about landing the gig, Emily said: “I would say Celebrity Juice is a real pinnacle moment for me, because it's

BBC panel shows like QI, Have I Got News For You and Countdown, while she's currently hosting The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice and Britain's Best Junior Doctors.That latter show might sound like a strange one for a comedian to be the main personality, but not if you know about Jo's background.So come with us as we do a deep dive into the personal life of one of the funniest women in Britain.Jo looked back on her school days while talking to Tom Read Wilson on his podcast Tom Read Wilson has words with…As the name suggests, the podcast has a key focus on words. When she was a gust, Jo recalled an anecdote from her Kent student days, specifically some spelling tests.

judge has ruled.Jeremy Goodale and Willard Miller, who were both aged 16 at the time of the suspected attack, had appealed for their first-degree murder charge to be heard in a juvenile court.The pair, from Iowa in the United States, is accused of killing 66-year-old Fairfield High School teacher Noheme Graber in a brutal attack.Court records allege they hit their victim with a baseball bat and dumped her body in a park “under a wheelbarrow and railroad ties.”Criminal complaints confirmed Graber was found with trauma to the head, the Associated Press reported.District Judge Shawn Showers refused to allow the teenagers’ requests to be treated as if they weren’t adults.If he had accepted their appeal, they wouldn’t have been held for longer than six months after they turned 19.The judge said the crime was of “such magnitude” there was no hope of rehabilitation within that time.Cops investigating the grim killing first accused Goodale and Miller when a pal exposed online messages suggesting they “were involved in the planning, execution, and disposal of evidence,” a police search warrant showed.Goodale is accused of carrying out surveillance on the unsuspecting teacher.Court documents read: “The details included … the motive for killing Graber, the planning and execution of the means to kill Graber, as well as deliberate attempts to conceal the crime.”Stay up to date with all the Daily Star's latest news by signing up to one of our free newsletters here.Cops have still not made public any alleged motive for the bloody attack on Graber, who had reportedly been a teacher at the school since 2012.Local media outlets reported she had been a flight attendant before becoming a teacher and had originally intended to teach English

headless "zombie" frog leaping out of a pot of chilli oil on the dining table.The unsettling scene was filmed at a restaurant in the city of Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, a region famed for its spicy food.The diner had ordered a local delicacy with bullfrogs marinated in chilli oil and peppercorns.In a video he uploaded on Douyin, one of the headless bullfrog is seen twitching and moving its leg several times.The skinless piece of meat eventually pushes itself out of the bowl and onto the table.Viewers were shocked and disgusted by the sighting, with some saying they'd consider to go vegan. One said: "That's a zombie frog, so scary.

ITV This Morning viewers were in stitches at host Alison Hammond as she made a slight gaffe just at the beginning of the show.

Naga Munchetty was accused of an "outrageous slur" about the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC Breakfast this morning.

A nursery branded ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted last year is celebrating after turning things around in a matter of months to earn a ‘good’ rating from the watchdog. Little Gems, in Rochdale, was awarded the lowest possible grade following a visit in November - with officials noting that some staff struggled to manage children’s behaviour, the quality of education was ‘not consistent’ and safeguarding was ineffective.

A battle fit for the colosseum. This Friday will see Daniele Scardina defend his WBO Intercontinental Super-Middleweight title against Giovanni De Carolis to determine who is the countries number one 168lb fighter.

Labour will bid to run Stockport council for another year despite falling further behind the Lib Dems at the local elections. Councillor Elise Wilson, Labour and town hall leader since 2018, has confirmed she will again stand for the top job at next week’s annual council meeting.

Mitchell van der Gaag appears set to join his Ajax boss Erik Ten Hag at Manchester United next season. The pair have worked together for the past year at Ajax after Van der Gaag was promoted from the club's Jong Ajax side last season and they have enjoyed success together, cruising through Ajax's Champions League group with six wins from six as well as winning the Eredivisie title.

Fernandinho and Aymeric Laporte will be given until Sunday to prove their fitness for the Premier League title crunch at West Ham on Sunday. The pair were both forced off through injury at Wolves on Wednesday night, leaving the Blues with a makeshift centre-back pairing of Nathan Ake and Rodri.

Sega says it has multiple new titles, remasters, remakes and spin-offs planned for the next fiscal year ending in March 2023.The company talked about its upcoming strategy in a fiscal year results presentation for the last year (published on May 13), which also looked forward to what Sega has planned over the next 12 months (via VGC).In a segment about prolonging product life cycles, Sega said it has a series of “remake/remaster, spin-off [and] change of theme[s]” planned for its franchises. The company adds that last year these approaches netted it 4million unit sales, with it expecting 5million in the next fiscal year.Sega also provides examples of the types of games it is talking about, referring to remaster Sonic Colours: Ultimate, remastered collection Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania and Yakuza spin-off Lost Judgment.Whilst Sega doesn’t directly reference what this upcoming year’s games will be, it’s safe to assume that Sonic Origins – a collection of the original Sonic The Hedgehog games remastered for modern consoles – is part of this strategy.Particular mention is also made of expanding Sonic’s brand awareness, which has happened over the last couple of years thanks to the films, the character’s 30th anniversary, and the upcoming Sonic Frontiers game.Not all is going well for the hedgehog, however, as recently Sonic content creators have found YouTube marking their work as “made for kids”, which is greatly hindering the work’s reach, regardless of any themes or imagery inappropriate for children aged 13 or below.“Your video is tossed into a pool of other Made for Kids labelled content that is of poor quality, so you’re made irrelevant,” explained channel Balena Productions’ Steven Page.

Megalopolis, featuring Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne and Jon Voight.Coppola, whose last film was 2011 horror Twixt, is self-funding the film with a budget at just under $100million. He’ll both write and direct the project.A synopsis reads: “The fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius and conflicted love.”Coppola previously discussed financing the project with The Hollywood Reporter, saying: “There’s a certain way everyone thinks a film should be, and it rubs against the grain if you have another idea.

Good Mourning, the stoner flick co-written by Machine Gun Kelly and Mod Sun, did 180 from her pink-haired, character in the film. The 35-year-old matched her look to the signage, wearing a pale pink Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini column gown with a high slit at the Beverly Hills premiere on May 12. The embellished gown feels almost Old Hollywood, especially when styled with Fox's deep side-part, her long hair cascading mermaid-like to her waist. She finished the look with blush-toned platform heels featuring clear, PVC straps, and a simple, fresh-faced beauty look. While the ensemble is certainly a departure from Fox's character in the movie, it's also a bit of change-up from the actor's more daring red carpet looks, like the completely sheer naked dress she wore to the .Continuing their streak of coordinating couple's looks, complemented each other in different shades of pink.

Florence Welch covered ‘Margaritaville’ alongside Jimmy Buffet on a recent episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – check out the video below.Welch appeared on the US chat show twice this week in support of Florence + The Machine‘s fifth album ‘Dance Fever’, which came out today (May 13). The band performed their single ‘My Love’ on Wednesday’s edition (May 11), with a live version of ‘King’ airing on Fallon last night (May 12).Welch was also interviewed by Jimmy Fallon after participating in the host’s ‘Audition Suggestion Box’ segment on the former episode.

An iconic network crossover! Tom Swift (Tian Richards) may have started his story on a backdoor pilot episode of Nancy Drew, but the titular character won’t be coming back to Horseshoe Bay — for now.

Nothing uncomfortable here. Alison Oliver says “it was great” working with an intimacy coordinator to film sex scenes with Joe Alwyn for Hulu’s Conversations With Friends, which debuts on Sunday, May 15.