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Countess ex-lover of man dubbed 'Putin's banker' claims he attacked her during years of

EXCLUSIVE: Countess Alexandra Tolstoy (right), 50, said billionaire Sergei Pugachev (left, with the Countess) subjected her to years of 'horrific' physical and emotional abuse before he was forced into exile in 2015. In an emotional interview, the Anglo-Russian aristocrat accused him of repeatedly hitting her, drugging her, isolating her from her friends and even trying to abduct their children. Countess Tolstoy, a travel writer who also runs a horse-riding holiday business, met Pugachev in 2008.

Heartbroken woman confronts her obsessed ex-boyfriend in court telling him 'I will always

Kaydon Prior, 23, screamed, 'I love you' to his ex, Alicia Parrin, while he stabbed Harrison Tomkins, 25, with a 16cm long hunting blade, on August 13 last year. Chichester Crown Court heard how he went into a jealous rage when he found Ms Parrin, 21, with Mr Tomkins, 25, and knifed him to death. Prior and his accomplice Jason Curtis, 22, were jailed for life after a jury found them both guilty of murdering Mr Tomkins. Alicia Parrin counted the blows as she delivered her powerful victim statement to a packed courtroom.

The Duchess of Sussex's senior royal official has broken cover on the explosive bullying claims that first rocked Kensington Palace in 2021 - and TOM BOWER says more will emerge.

The Home Office has said it 'does not recognise' claims that staff on the Bibby Stockholm barge joked there was 'one less Muslim mouth to feed' after an asylum seeker on board died.

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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Harry Enfield's latest creative effort has been condemned not merely as 'perfectly foul', but as 'harmful' and 'damaging'.

Cher, from Dallas, Texas, has taken to TikTok to tell her 19,600 followers about some of the strangest things that she has observed during her shifts.

Hairy Biker Dave Myers left wife Liliana £1.4m it's revealed - as his stepson pays

EXCLUSIVE: Dave, who was best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers , passed away aged 66 in February with his TV partner Si King , 57, and his family by his side. His death sparked an outpouring of grief from the general public - who mourned the loss of one of the BBC 's most popular figures. Myers married to Lilliana Orzac, whom he met while filming Hairy Bikers in Romania , in 2011 at the star's hometown in Barrow, Cumbria and was a stepfather to her two children, Izabelle and Sergiu, from a previous relationship.

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How Rishi Sunak's £75 billion defence spending pledge will fire up Britain's forces:

Troop numbers should be boosted and Typhoon fighter jets kept flying with the extra defence spending announced by the Prime Minister yesterday, senior defence figures say. They called for the expansion of the Armed Forces last night after Rishi Sunak promised an additional £75billion in military funds over the next six years. The Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force will share the desperately needed cash, meaning the services no longer have to cut capabilities. The money should also fill the £29billion 'black hole' in the Ministry of Defence's ten-year Equipment Plan.

Oscar Pistorius is pictured for the first time as a free man: See the world exclusive

Click to see the full unobscured images on Mail+. These are the first pictures of Oscar Pistorius since his release from jail for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The disgraced former Paralympian, 37, was seen for the first time after serving seven years behind bars - as he reported to the parole office in Pretoria.Although Pistorius, known as 'The Blade Runner' because of his prosthetic legs, appeared happy as he walked, his years in jail have clearly taken their toll on the athlete.

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In some ways, it's surprising that it has taken Victoria Beckham so long to deliver her first-ever high street collaboration...

Figures released this week show that alcohol-related deaths jumped by a third between the start of the pandemic and the end of 2022. Is anyone really surprised?

The 60-year-old appeared before Liverpool Crown Court and entered not guilty pleas to 18 counts of failing to comply with a serious crime prevention order.

Former child prodigy Charlotte Church, who was worth £25million aged 11, admits she's 'no

As a child prodigy who sang in front of the Pope, Charlotte Church amassed a fortune of £25 million by the time she was 11. But 27 years later the Welsh singer has confessed that her riches have disappeared. In an interview, Ms Church, now 38, said: 'I'm not a millionaire anymore,' after she was forced to sell her £1.5million mansion to downsize to a semi-detached house.

Moment abducted one-year-old boy is rescued from car where his cop father was found shot

Elias Huizar, 39, allegedly killed his ex-wife Amber Rodriguez at William Wiley Elementary school on Monday afternoon during dismissal, according to Washington State Police. Police searching for Huizar found a second victim, his girlfriend, dead in his home, which is on the same block as the West Richland school. Huizar was found in his car of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head around 3pm local time Tuesday afternoon, according to the West Richland Police Department. His 1-year-old son with the teenager, Roman, was found safe. A spokesperson for Washington State Police confirmed to DailyMail.com that the Amber Alert has been canceled.

The notorious career criminal, was the oldest member of the 'Diamond Wheezers' heist which stole £14million worth of gems and bullion in a bank deposit heist in Hatton Garden in 2015.

29-year-old TikTok creator @hubs.life, has created a stir over his video over his daily routine as a 'middle-class man' living in America.

Penny Mordaunt, leader of the House of Commons, writes for the Mail revealing how Britain can learn lessons from Israel in standing up to bullies - while also not forgetting its own proud history.

Tommy Robinson is joined by Laurence Fox as he addresses crowds during shameful St George's Day violence: Far-right activist calls for day of action against 'two-tier policing' - as police arrest six in chaotic scenes near Downing Street

Six people were arrested near Downing Street after police intervened when a group broke through a cordon made to stop people moving past the area allocated for the event. This led to scuffles breaking out, with one man arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after a police horse was reportedly 'targeted on Whitehall'. Another man was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly. The melee happened just before the main rally at 3pm, where Robinson - former leader of the English Defence League - was joined by leader of the Reclaim Party Mr Fox as he gave a speech. Robinson was already in London having been acquitted of breaching a dispersal order while attending a pro-Israel protest on November 26 last year.

Captchas are becoming more difficult to solve and there's a reason why - bots are outsmarting you. Captchas are puzzles that are used to safeguard websites from nefarious bots.

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While Taylor made several apparent digs at her exes, Travis, 34, reportedly has 'zero concern' for what she may be claiming about them, with the NFL champ simply 'proud' of his girlfriend.

Steven Donaldson, 27, from the Arbroath area of Angus, was brutally murdered in June 2018 - after being stabbed 26 times. A new Channel 4 documentary recounted the horrific case.

Roblox allows users to upload games and creations for others to download and play. And there are many experiences on the platform which can prove a minefield for parents.

Trump accused of 'willfully' violating gag order at disastrous contempt hearing: Furious

As Trump looked on prosecutor Christopher Conroy handed the court copies of 10 statements on Trump's Truth Social platform or campaign website that he said violated the gag order. Conroy said: "The defendant has violated this order repeatedly and hasn't stopped.

EXCLUSIVEHollywood's BBL boom: Plastic surgeons reveal the celebs they think have had their backsides surgically enhanced

The Brazilian Butt Lift's (BBL) popularity is thought to have been driven by Instagram, alongside the rise of hip-hop culture and the 'Kardashian effect' in the US. A record number of women got the procedure in 2022. Plastic surgeons revealed some dramatic transformations to DailyMail.com, including of Iggy Azalea and Kim Kardashian - with Iggy having admitted to the procedure. But they also pointed to a new trend of more subtle tweaks, saying latina singer Becky G (far right) was an example. Madonna (second from right) was also described as having had a BBL.

HMP The Verne, which is a former 19th century citadel and has been remarked for its 'incredible architecture', is notably one of the more cosy penitentiaries that the UK has to offer.

ROLAND WHITE: With the benefit of hindsight, it's impossible to watch Gary Glitter and Jimmy Savile together on television without feeling a bit queasy.

Researchers say children now aged ten will suffer the biggest fall in results in decades - with those taking the exams in 2030 getting grades five percentage points lower than this year.

In his strongest criticism yet of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Home Secretary suggested legal bids to block immigration measures had been 'perverse'.

People are rubbing banana peels on their face to reduce dark circles and tighten their skin. Dermatologists aren't convinced that this is doing much of anything.

MAUREEN CALLAHAN: Don't negotiate with terrorists... Defund the Ivy League NOW before students' vile and violent anti-Semitism leads to Jewish bloodshed

Billionaire donors should follow alumni Robert Kraft's lead and divest from Columbia. Board members should resign en masse. Jewish students should withdraw and demand that their tuition be refunded in full. A class action lawsuit surely awaits. Still standing are what CNN politely calls 'Gaza solidarity camps' on the Columbia quad, where students screaming for the elimination of Israel and the birth of another Holocaust are also, per a cheerful dispatch from New York Times, 'in a rather upbeat mood, noshing on donated pizza and snacks' - organic snacks at that. Of course. One must not skimp on proper nutrition while persecuting Jews. 'An impromptu dance party had even broken out,' the Times reported. How wonderful! Are these protestors also fully committing to the misogyny, rape, torture, and honor killings so central to Hamas?

A nine-year-old girl was 'snatched' from outside Harrods while shopping with her parents as police arrest a man on suspicion of kidnap.

The four weapons were presented in the Wren Library at Cambridge University 's Trinity College for the 'historic day', with the three flags of Australia displayed at the front of the room.

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EXCLUSIVE: Businessman Richard Parker has only recently started renting a flat in Birmingham, and neighbours and workmen told the Mail they had never seen him there.

EXCLUSIVEFather of four-year-old girl who was one of five migrants who died in Channel boat tragedy is arrested on suspicion of people trafficking along with the rest of the 47 rescued survivors

The father, who was on the overloaded boat, collapsed in tears after he was rescued from the sea and brought back to shore by the French Coast Guard this morning. The girl was among five people who perished in the sea after the boat's engine stopped a few hundred metres off the French coast and dozens of people fell into the sea. But now it has emerged that the unnamed father has been arrested on suspicion of people trafficking, together with the rest of the 47 survivors. Another 57 refused to leave the boat and were escorted towards Britain by the French navy

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Figures, released in response to a Freedom of Information request, show 5,584 bailed migrants refused checks a total of 56,243 times between January 1 and March 31.

Mustaf Cunaj, 41, was part of a network of traffickers, which smuggled some 10,000 migrants into the UK. He has now been jailed for nine years.

His comments placed further pressure on Sir Mark Rowley , who is under fire over the treatment of a campaigner threatened with arrest at a pro-Palestine march.

Why so many female guards are having sex in jail with prisoners: As the number of officers

When Britain's biggest prison opened its doors in 2017, it was hailed as a £212 million model for the rehabilitation of offenders. But just seven years later, HMP Berwyn in North Wales has acquired a very different reputation - as the epicentre of a sex scandal engulfing the Prison Service. Last year it emerged that no less than 18 women working at the Category C 'super-prison' for adult males, with a 2,100 capacity, had been sacked or resigned after breaking the rules on relationships with inmates. Take the case of probationary officer Ayshea Gunn, who exchanged more than 1,200 phone calls, including explicit video calls, with prisoner Khuram Razaq. She even smuggled a pair of knickers into his cell, concealed in her bra.

Under an ambitious plan to tackle the country's 'cancer calamity', the NHS vowed in 2019 to diagnose 75 per cent of patients in the earliest stage by 2028.

Much of the historic 150-year-old Dalton Mills complex in Keighley, West Yorkshire was destroyed after a blaze erupted in March 2022. Two teens were charged with arson. police confirmed today,

The Prime Minister arrived in Berlin last night ahead of talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which are expected to focus on security, trade and migration.

The 16-year-old, who cannot named for legal reasons, was wearing just his boxer shorts when he attacked the two boys and the housemaster at Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon.

'Did they have to show us the top of her finger cut off!?' Shocked MasterChef viewers are left feeling queasy as cook suffers gruesome knife injury

MasterChef viewers were left feeling queasy after a contestant suffered a gruesome knife injury on Tuesday episode of the BBC cooking show. Just minutes into the show one vegan cook Charlotte, 42, accidentally sliced off the tip of her finger while preparing her food. Just before she was seen telling judge Gregg Wallace about her cooking style as she made some spicy dumplings.

The union said workers in passenger services, who assist travellers to catch connecting flights, trolley operations, and security guards will have their jobs outsourced by June.

Kate, 42, has been made a Royal Companion of the organisation, which was founded in 1917 to recognise outstanding achievements in the arts, sciences, medicine and public service.

Aberdeen tops the list of the cheapest cities to be a first-time buyer while the most expensive is London. And for tenants, the cheapest city is Carlisle, while the most expensive is also London.

I've lived in a bus stop for seven months - but we've only got weeks left before it's

Destiny Mitchell (pictured right) spoke of her desperate battle to keep her family together after being told that she has to move out of a bus stop in Selly Oak, Birmingham. Destiny Mitchell moved into the bus shelter located in Selly Oak, Birmingham seven months ago with boyfriend Ryan, 31, and her 44-year-old mother. The trio have tried to give the graffiti-covered shelter home comforts with a carpet, drawers and even an old pair of Super Mario curtains where the timetables were once displayed.

Plato's long-lost burial has been found in Greece, claim experts who found the exact burial spot in the Herculaneum scrolls. The team used AI to read the text, reveal 1,000 new words on the scroll.

A project asking people to count squashed bugs on their car number plates suggests flying insects have declined by nearly four-fifths in 20 years.

A Moroccan asylum seeker has claimed stress made him 'lose his mind' moments before he stabbed a pensioner to death in the street.

I recently drove down a private road which was in poor condition and my front wheel caught a pothole. It's damaged my car and now I face a big repair bill.

Declan Rice's girlfriend Lauren Fryer deletes all of her pictures after cruel  bullying

Love Island star Liberty Poole has shown her support for Declan Rice's girlfriend Lauren Fryer after the WAG received a barrage of abuse online. Lauren, 25, who is the childhood sweetheart of Arsenal player Declan Rice, also 25, wiped all posts from her Instagram page in recent days after finding herself the target of cruel online trolls. She was taunted for her appearance, with the bullying first starting in December last year when an anonymous account told England international team member Declan he 'could do better'.

Pfizer and BioNTech are locked in a legal dispute with vaccine maker Moderna at the High Court in London over the use of messenger RNA (mRNA) technology in coronavirus jabs.

Elon Musk has promised a new low-cost Tesla will be on the market within a year as he faced investors after sales fell to their lowest since 2012.

Alyssa Grenfell, who left the ultra religious cult when she was in her late 20s, has shared insight into how her voice has changed since leaving the religious sect. She now lives in Austin.

Alexa Chung puts on a leggy display in a sexy silk co-ord as she joins models Adwoa Aboah

Alexa Chung joined fellow models Adwoa Aboah and Emily Ratajkowski at Victoria Beckham's Mango clothing collection launch event in Spain on Tuesday night. The fashion designer, 50, has only just finished celebrating one of her most important birthdays, but showed no signs of slowing down after jetting to Barcelona to launch her new collaboration with Spanish high street brand Mango. Her first foray onto the high street, the new collection is priced at just a tenth of the price of Ms Beckham's own label after it's said she wants to become 'more relatable'.

Half of Gen-Zers think the term YOLO - a term that became popular online in 2012, meaning 'you only with once' - is old-fashioned.

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A world-renowned plastic surgeon has revealed the top factor that contributes to premature ageing - and five simple ways to look younger without committing to Botox or fillers.

'I didn't join sports to be better than everyone else!' Trans high school athlete begs lawmakers not to ban biological males from female competitions - after DESTROYING high jump rivals

Trans teen Maelle Jacques, who was born a male and previously won a girl's high jump state championship , said she didn't join female sports to win outright. A new bill in the state, known as SB 375, was being pored over on Monday by legislators, LGBTQ groups and educators before the state Education Committee. It is one of two bills in the state that would ban transgender girls from competing on sports teams aligning with their gender identity.

Former Hells Angels leader reveals the chilling consequences he faced for QUITTING the

George Christie, 77, has spoken out about his departure from the group during A&E's new Secrets of the Hells Angels docuseries. He explained that he resigned from his position as president of California's Ventura Charter in 2011 after becoming disillusioned. But George said he was stunned to be immediately excommunicated with other members of the 'brotherhood' banned from speaking to him from that moment on.

Curse of the Gettys strikes again: This Coronation Street star's son married one of the

The fairytale romance was set to finally break the Getty family curse - and it could not have involved a more unlikely pairing. Ivy Love Getty (left) was the youngest scion of the infamous dynasty, an heiress in line for a share of a £4.3 billion fortune. He was the son of a British actress who appeared in Coronation Street (inset), Bergerac and The Bill. But when Ivy married Tobias Engel (right) a little-known photographer with brooding good looks, they could not have made a stronger public statement of their love.

Marshella Chidester, 66, has been accused of second-degree murder after allegedly driving her SUV into the wall of Swan Creek Boat Club where a child's birthday party was being held on Saturday.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, 46, was effortlessly sophisticated in a flowing white gown which featured a stunning cloak with feather trim detailing.

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement that the strike in south Lebanon killed Hussein Ali Azqul, a 'significant' operative in Hezbollah's aerial defence unit.

In wide-ranging testimony National Enquirer boss David Pecker detailed how he had pledged to 'catch and kill' bad stories about Trump in the 2016 election campaign.

Taylor Swift appears to have reignited he long-standing feud with Kim Kardashian on her new album The Tortured Poets Department, but the reality star wishes she would have let it be.

Brett Cohn was out for a jog in New York' Central Park one morning when he encountered a huge coyote (pictured). The startled jogger said the animal was 'bigger than a German Shepherd.'

She had been hiking with three of her friends and had all of the safety equipment including crampons but it was not enough to avert disaster.

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