Warning after bogus workmen try to con Renfrewshire pensioner out of £7,000

SIMON Cowell was riding a £6,000 electric bike that can reach 50mph in just five seconds before he fell off and broke his back. The Britain's Got Talent star, 60, needed six hours of surgery and missed his spinal cord by a centimetre in the horrific accident.

LITTLE Mix star Perrie Edwards cooled off in the Ibiza heat by jumping off a boat wearing a string bikini. The 27-year-old revealed she underwent a "very last minute" body blitz before jetting to Ibiza with her beau Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentCan the indie ecosystem that’s at the heart of the European film industry survive with streaming giants encroaching on its underlying business model, just as the theatrical experience is teetering?Maybe.

Halle Berry looks better than ever in an orange bikini, 18 years after her iconic Bond Girl role. The movie star, 53, walks along the shore in the sultry snap, joking that she's 'never been a shady beach'.

Rachael Ray expressed appreciation for the firefighters and other first responders who helped extinguish a large blaze that damaged her home in Lake Luzerne, New York, on Sunday, August 9.“Thank you to our local first responders for being kind and gracious and saving what they could of our home,” the 51-year-old celebrity chef tweeted on Monday, August 10.

The family drama continued when it comes to Asuelu’s family on Sunday’s episode of “90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?”. Asuelu and his wife, Kalani, visited his mom and two sisters in Portland, Oregon, where things got awkward from the very start.

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20 years ago, David Arquette was crowned the World Heavyweight Champion. Okay — it was just as a marketing stunt to promote his film “Ready to Rumble,” in which he starred as a wrestling-obsessed fan.

straight to your inboxSome Manchester United fans believe Borussia Dortmund's latest statement on the future of Jadon Sancho is another negotiation tactic, using the transfer of Ousmane Dembele to Barcelona as an example.United have made the 20-year-old their priority target this summer but have been unable to come to an agreement with the Bundesliga side thus far.

Ben Shephard welcomed contestants Tyler, Kirsty, Louise and Howard to the ITV quiz show on Monday.

coronavirus, public health officials have confirmed. The Black Horse in the village of Tollerton, North Yorkshire, has been temporarily closed following the outbreak.North Yorkshire's Environmental Health team has said it will support the pub and its customers with any advice or guidance required to protect them from the risk of Covid-19 infection.The cases developed among customers who visited the pub between Thursday July 30 and Monday August 3, North Yorkshire County Council said.NHS Test and Trace has now identified all close contacts of the cases and advised them to self-isolate for fourteen days.

Nicola Sturgeon has warned Boris Johnson to obey the rules like "anybody else" as the Tory leader prepares for a staycation north of the border.

David Beckham's still got it.

prisoner has been seriously injured after the van transporting him to court collided with a lorry and overturned. The 29-year-old, believed to be a prisoner at HMP Lewes in Sussex, was hurt when the prison van collided with an HGV.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A man who admitted planting a hoax bomb at a polling station on the day of the general election last December has been jailed for three years.Peter Conoboy placed the device in the foyer of the tower block where he lived in Motherwell near a community centre that was to be used as a polling station on December 12.The 48-year-old previously admitted the offence at the High Court in Glasgow in July, when no motive for his actions was made clear.Appearing again on Tuesday for sentencing via video link, Conoboy was sentenced by judge Lord Matthews to three years in prison with two years and three months still to serve.The court previously heard bomb

Gordon Ramsay made the most of the hot weather over the weekend by taking his one-year-old son Oscar to the beach. Luckily for the family, their home in Cornwall is within walking distance to the ocean, and it certainly kept them entertained! The Hell's Kitchen star took to Instagram to share a sweet picture of his son playing in the sand, sporting a full head of blonde hair, looking more like his famous father than ever.

arrested in connection with a fatal car crash that claimed the life of a three-year-old boy.Xander Irvine was left seriously injured after the horror accident on Morningside Road in Edinburgh on June 30.The youngster was rushed to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary alongside his mother Victoria but was tragically pronounced dead a short time later.His mum, who suffered minor injuries, was released a short time later.A major investigation was launched to determine the cause of the accident, which took place at around 2.30pm. Police Scotland confirmed they have now arrested a 91-year-old woman.

Did Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz already tie the knot?!

Peter Andre has opened up on taking his eldest children Junior and Princess to France for one day. The 47 year old dad-of-four whisked Junior, 15, and Princess, 13, away from some quality time after the pair returned home from their Turkish holiday with mum Katie Price.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West took some time out of their hectic lives to focus on their marriage last week.The power couple - who wed in 2014 and have four children together - flew off in a private jet to a remote island to talk things out after he had a Twitter meltdown that included bringing up how there was talk of aborting North West and also that he had tried to divorce the icon.According to multiple sources, the talks went well and now both are much 'happier.' Better:Kim Kardashian and Kanye West took some time out of their hectic lives to focus on their marriage last week and now sources are saying they are happier The location:According to TMZ , they 'spent a week in a fortress-like estate on a Dominican beach, as Kim and Kanye

She's been covering magazines since the 70s.And Christie Brinkley was ready to strike a pose as she stopped by the beach for an Instagram photoshoot.The 66-year-old stunner looked like a 10 while modeling a sexy, black one-piece bathing suit and leaning against a silver Jeep Wrangler which was parked on the sand. Cover girl: Christie Brinkley, 66, showed off her fantastic figure while beaching in a black bathing suit in a new Instagram postBrinkley's sassy suit showcased her cleavage with a heart-shaped bustline the featured a daring dip in the center.