Lord Marks’s wife avoids driving ban after repeatedly speeding

The wife of Lib Dem peer Lord Marks with a ‘flagrant disregard for speed limits’ has been caught over the limit twice in five months. Lady Clementine Medina Marks has narrowly avoided a driving ban after she was repeatedly caught speeding.  The 53-year-old now has 11 points on her licence – one point short of an automatic … Read more

Wealthy PR executives swap luxury holiday for budget break on Rich Holiday Poor Holiday

A wealthy pair of high-flying executives swapped their usual lavish holiday with a budget break volunteering at a local animal shelter on Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday. In tomorrow’s episode of the Channel 5 show, Julia and Katya, who both work in luxury lifestyle management and live in the affluent London suburb of Wimbledon, ditched their ‘private yachts and jets’ … Read more

‘Huge push’ to make venues Covid-secure ahead of major events like Wimbledon and the Euros

New plans have been drawn up to save the summer sporting season with the Government ‘pushing hard’ to get stadiums and venues Covid safe before June, it has been reported. Officials are said to be devising new plans to make sure Wimbledon and the Euros go ahead this year such as home tests for fans in … Read more

Drunk student, 19, who assaulted emergency workers, avoids jail

A drunk student who screamed homophobic abuse and assaulted hospital staff after drinking a bottle of tequila has been spared jail after the court was told she would be horrified if her gay friends found out.  Zofia Nowacka, 19, screamed: ‘F***ing gay faggot, f***ing c***, motherf***er,’ and violently pulled a female paramedic’s hair; punched a … Read more

Wimbledon is urged to sever ties with HSBC over Hong Kong human rights

Wimbledon is urged to sever ties with HSBC for failing to stand up for human rights in Hong Kong By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 4 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 4 February 2021 Major sporting events are under pressure to cut their ties with HSBC and Standard Chartered over … Read more

Shaun of the Dead star Simon Pegg is banned from driving for six months

Shaun of the Dead star Simon Pegg is banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding in his Mercedes at 63mph in 40mph zone Actor was clocked well over the speed limit on a north London dual carriageway Pegg already had nine penalty points so latest offence triggered automatic ban He declared his … Read more

Millionaire houseboat tycoon, 60, ‘chased tenant with roofer’s tool’

Millionaire houseboat tycoon, 60, ‘chased tenant with roofer’s tool shouting ‘I’ll break your f***ing head’ and slapped him with gardening gloves in row over £5,500 charges at west London boatyard, court hears Millionaire houseboat tycoon Myck Djuberg, 60, chased Klaus Beversluis, 52  Djuberg ‘sprung’ additional and unwarranted charges on tenant Mr Beversluis    The 60-year-old then chased … Read more

AFC Wimbledon ‘considering Chelsea women’s Emma Hayes for first senior female manager’

AFC Wimbledon ‘considering Chelsea women’s boss Emma Hayes as their new manager’ – in what would be the first female appointment in Football League HISTORY AFC Wimbledon are considering an approach to make Emma Hayes manager  The move would make her the first female manager in men’s senior football  Ian Holloway, Sol Campbell and Joey … Read more

Black teenager wins £16,000 after tribunal says Topshop bosses were racist for calling her ‘thick’

A black teenager has won £16,000 after a tribunal ruled Topshop bosses were racist for calling her ‘thick’ and she was ‘earning a lot of money for someone like her’. Shaniqua McKenzie, who was 16 at the time, was asked by her bosses at a Topshop in Wimbledon, London, how her grandma could afford to … Read more

Insurance executive, 62, lifted girlfriend onto her tiptoes by the throat during violent row

A City insurance executive lifted his ‘petrified’ girlfriend onto her tiptoes by the throat during a violent row at their £1.6m west London flat, a court heard. Howard James Burnell, 62, was convicted of assaulting his then-girlfriend Mary Phillips in the doorway of his flat in Little Green, Richmond, where they both lived, after a dinner date on … Read more