Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson's 'secret six year affair exposed

Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson were having a secret affair for at least six years, the Old Bailey heard today. Police investigating phone hacking in 2011 discovered they had been lovers since 1998 after finding a letter Mrs Brooks wrote to Mr Coulson in February 2004 on her PC.  Their affair was revealed today at the Old Bailey because it took place at the height of hacking at the News of the World, where she was editor and he was her deputy for the majority of that time. Revelation: Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson (left, in September 2004) were having a secret affair for at least six years, the Old Bailey heard today. Coulson is pictured leaving the court today with his wife Eloise (right) Couple: Rebekah Brooks...

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Rihanna flies her tattoo artists 1,500 miles to spend 11 hours making her New Zealand tribal art work 'pretty'

Rihanna wanted to add to the tribal hand tattoo she got in New Zealand, so she called up her American ink artists.Only thing was their New York City shop was 1,500 miles away. Not a problem for the Diamonds singer - she just put them on an airplane to meet her in the Dominican Republic on Sunday, according to PageSix.The designers said it took them 11 hours to make the traditional marks 'pretty,' no doubt offending the ancient tribes. She showed off the new work during her Puerto Rico concert on Monday. More ink: While performing in Puerto Rico on Monday, Rihanna showed off her new henna-inspired tattoo on her right hand that covered up most of the traditional art work she got in New Zealand Before and after: Tattoo artist Keith McCurdy says he thinks he made her tribal art work...

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Best friends, all four live in the same cul-de-sac. And they ALL found out their husbands were cheating on them

They met in a quiet Cardiff cul-de-sac as they embarked on married lives, babysat each other's children and laughed together on Friday nights. But two decades later, Jan, Sarah, Jackie and Alison have more in common than just neighbourly bonds because, incredibly, within a year, all four discovered their husbands were having affairs. Here, they describe the very different ways they dealt with infidelity, and pay tribute to the friends who proved their salvation. Scorned: They met in a quiet Cardiff cul-de-sac as they embarked on married lives, but two decades later, all four discovered their husbands were having affairsI FORGAVE MY HUSBAND THREE AFFAIRSJan Griffiths, 47, is mother to Aiden, 30, Lucy, 18, and Josh, 13. She married her husband Stephen, 47, an entrepreneur, in March...

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Terrorised by union bullies: How Labour's Unite paymasters intimidated managers and their children in bitter oil refinery battle

The full extent of the Unite union’s campaign of bullying and intimidation against senior managers during the bitter Grangemouth oil refinery dispute is revealed today.In a disturbing echo of the union militancy of the 1970s and 80s, Unite leaders deployed a dirty tricks squad to personally target and humiliate executives of the Ineos chemical company and their families.The sinister unit – known as the ‘Leverage team’ – sent mobs of protesters to the homes of senior figures in the firm.One director last night said he had feared for the safety of his wife and his two young children after 30 Unite protesters descended on his drive during the school holidays. The Unite union bullied and intimidated senior managers during the bitter Grangemouth oil refinery dispute Police were called...

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