Rachel Wilde spent three months in an American prison for hitting a woman with a glass in a nightclub

EastEnders newcomer was jailed in the US for attacking a woman with a glass in a nightclub while working as an au pair

• Rachel Wilde, who plays Nikki Spraggan, jailed for three months in US
• Was in a bar at 18-years-old when she threw a bottle that hit a woman
• Was arrested and jailed following a trial

Actress Rachel Wilde spent three months in an American prison for hitting a woman with a glass in a nightclub, it has been revealed today.
The EastEnders star, who plays Nikki Spraggan in the BBC soap, was working as an au pair in the states at the time.
The star, real name Rachel Wilson, was in a bar with friends when a fight broke out.
Ms Wilson, who was 18 at the time, then attempted to break up the fight but in frustration she threw a glass - which hit a woman.
She was arrested and put in prison following a trial.
Producers and actors at EastEnders know about the incident.
According to friends the East Londoner has worked hard to put the ordeal past her.
She went to The Poor School acting academy, graduating two years ago.
Her role as Nikki Spraggan was her first proper acting role and she only joined the cast in December 2013.
Speaking to The Mirror, Ms WIlson's mother Susan Wilson said: 'They know all about it at EastEnders. She has had to tell them.
'Rachel didn’t actually glass the girl. She was trying to stop a fight and then she got annoyed and threw the glass but it hit somebody.
'It was so tough for me as she was only 18. She had to go to court and was in jail for three months.
'I tried to help and get her out of it. It was a tough time but she’s a girl done good now and on EastEnders.

In action: The star (pictured on the show) was 18 and working as an au pair when she hit the girl

A source close to the actress also told the newspaper: 'Rachel has always regretted what happened that night when she was 18.

 

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three prime suspects for abduction of Madeleine McCann following analysis of mobile phone data

Three prime suspects for the abduction of Madeleine McCann have been identified by Scotland Yard officers.

Data suggests a burglary gang was operating near time of disappearance

Suspects made an 'unusually high' number of calls hours after Maddie was reported missing

Police believe thieves carried out one raid in resort, disturbing a child

Portuguese police attached no significance to the break-in days before

British detectives described oversight as a 'disgrace'

'Main line of inquiry' suggests burglars panicked and kidnapped Maddie

Analysis of mobile phone data suggests a burglary gang was operating very near to where she vanished in Portugal in May 2007.
The three men made an unusually high number of calls to each other in the hours after Madeleine was reported missing from her holiday flat in the Algarve.
Police believe the thieves, including at least one Portuguese man, had already carried out one raid in the resort of Praia da Luz, disturbing a child.
That child’s parents, who had been drinking outside the property, rushed inside to find the intruders had fled.
During their bungled investigation Portuguese police attached no significance to the break-in, which came a few days before Madeleine disappeared.
British detectives said this oversight was a ‘disgrace’.
Following the Yard phone breakthrough, informal discussions have taken place about arresting the three burglars and searching their homes and other sites.
It is believed background checks have taken place into their criminal history, their circle of friends and relatives and the vehicles they have used.
British detectives believe the burglars may have panicked after they woke Madeleine up by mistake and decided to take her away with them.

Kate and Gerry McCann pose with an artist's impression of how their daughter might look at the age of nine last year

An informed source said: ‘After all the far-fetched theories about what may have happened to Madeleine, there may be a far more simple explanation: that a burglary went horribly wrong.
'It is the main line of inquiry for British police.’

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Hundreds of homes flooded and roads are SMASHED as Britain's coast is battered by 30ft waves in fiercest storm for 20 years... and it will get worse this weekend when the North is hit by snow

The fiercest storms in nearly 20 years have left a trail of destruction across the UK, with warnings that conditions are set to worsen over the weekend.
Flooding affecting thousands of homes from Cornwall to Scotland is a 'national emergency', Anne McIntosh, chair of the Commons Environment Select Committee told Sky News.

Flooding is a 'national emergency' says Anne McIntosh, chair of the Commons Environment Select Committee

Environment Agency has urged people to stay away from the sea and rivers because they risk being killed 

Teenager Harry Martin still missing after taking photographs of storm from cliffs close to Plymouth in Devon

Four severe flood warnings, 103 warnings and a further 237 alerts in place across the UK

Torrential rain will batter southern parts of England, before sweeping eastwards

Met Office warns that rain could give way to ice snow as bitterly cold Arctic air brings freezing temperatures

Winds of 70mph-plus and torrential rain to batter UK into next week, peaking on Monday

Two FA Cup ties and horse racing at Sandown Park and Wincanton Racecourse have been called off

Further bad weather is expected today, forecasters said, with rain giving way to snow in southern Scotland and northern England as cold winds from the Arctic bring freezing temperatures.

A man sits and watches as a giant wave crashes over the promenade wall in Barmouth, Wales today

A surge of water engulfs the promenade wall in Barmouth. Along parts of the front the force of the waves smashed through the sea wall

Aberystwyth in Wales felt the full force of the storm, the most powerful for decades, as part of the promenade was torn up

Keira Knightley has bought a new £4million London home

Keira's £4m home, fit for a family: Actress snaps up five-bedroom property in exclusive part of London complete with wine cellar

Keira Knightley had her pick of the capital’s most exclusive properties.

And Keira Knightley finally appears to have found a home befitting of her superstar status.

The actress has shelled out almost £4m for a sprawling, ‘family-sized’ home for her and her rocker husband.

Keira Knightley has spent £4million on a new London home that is 'laid out for family life'

The 2,775sq ft house was bought in September after Keira put her £3m East London home up for sale

The 28-year-old Pirates of the Caribbean star paid £3.775m for the five-bedroom home, a house that estate agents have described as being ‘laid out for family life’.

She bought the property in September this year after putting her previous home, a £3m East London townhouse, on the market.

 

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Her lavish new home in the city also features a basement gym, wine cellar, and measures a massive 2775 sq ft. It is in one of London’s most exclusive areas, notable for its quiet residential streets.

According to the estate agents, the property has been laid out to suit family life, with ‘a great space for dining and entertaining’.

The 13-room, four-storey home has two en-suite bedrooms, in addition to a sprawling garden.

Young mother dies in fireball: Teenager runs from home in flames... then collapses next to level crossing

A teenage mother died in a fireball after running from her home in flames.

Rachel Osei, 18, was heard screaming in agony before collapsing on the pavement where she died from terrible burns.

Rachel Osei 18, died in the early hours of Sunday morning in New Malden, Surrey

She was the mother of a four-year-old boy

Investigators' inquiries suggest injuries may have been self-inflicted

Friend say she was studying to be a PE teacher at university

Police believe Miss Osei, who was studying to be a PE teacher at university, may have caught fire inside her house.

Three members of the public tried to extinguish the flames, but they were unable to save her.

Investigation: An 18-year-old girl died as she went up in flames in New Malden, Surrey (scene pictured)

Investigation: Police have sealed off a nearby house and said they were treating the death as 'unexplained'

Evidence: A forensic officer collects new baby clothes from a dustbin

Neighbours said Miss Osei’s four-year-old-son Kai was staying with relatives at the time of the tragedy, which happened early yesterday.

Investigators are treating her death as ‘unexplained’, but it is understood their main line of inquiry is that her injuries may have been self-inflicted.

Last night, her heartbroken father Jonathan Osei, 48, said he could not understand what had happened.

‘Rachel was at university training to be a sports teacher,’ he said. ‘She wanted to do well and provide for her son. When I heard about the fire I tried to call her on her mobile phone but there was no answer. I tried to protect her but I could not.

‘I loved Rachel, she was a lovely, lovely daughter. I named her after my mother. I had four children but now I have only three.’

The tragedy took place outside Miss Osei’s semi-detached home in New Malden, South-West London.

Michael Schumacher ace has holes drilled in his skull in second operation after skiing accident leaves him in a coma

Surgeons battle to save Michael Schumacher: F1 ace has holes drilled in his skull in second operation after skiing accident leaves him in a coma

• Seven-time world champion fell in Méribel resort in French Alps
• Medical sources say F1 star was suffering from a brain haemorrhage
• Schumacher, 44, was skiing off-piste with his 14-year-old son Mick
• The skiing enthusiast was wearing helmet and hit head on a rock
• But in a report filed at 7.20pm doctors said his condition had 'worsened'
• Surgeon specialising in brain injuries arrived last night to assess him
• The German, who retired from sport in 2012, was 'one of best drivers ever'

Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is in a critical condition after undergoing a second brain operation following a skiing accident that has stunned drivers, fans and athletes around the world.

The Grenoble University Hospital Center said the retired racing driver arrived at the clinic in a coma on Sunday and underwent immediate surgery for a serious head trauma. 

He then underwent a second procedure in which surgeons reportedly drilled holes in his skull to relieve pressure on his brain as they battled overnight to save him.

A medical source confirmed today that the 44-year-old was in a 'critical state' and that his health had 'not improved' following a brain haemorrhage.

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Critical: Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher (pictured on the slopes in 2006) has undergone emergency surgery after suffering a brain hemorrhage in a skiing accident in the French Alps

2013 camaro ss 0-60, both the SS and 1LE equipped with manual transmissions

2013 camaro ss 0-60 The 1LE exceeds its status as an option package in that it truly changes the character of the SS—and we’re not talking about the matte-black hood. (It’s a wrap, and it looks unfinished.) The difference becomes apparent when you throw the Camaro 1LE into a corner. Where the SS understeers, the 1LE darts toward apexes. The Camaro still feels like a behemoth—that problem is deeply rooted in its squinty greenhouse and a curb weight we estimate at 3900 pounds—but the newfound eagerness scrubs away its greatest dynamic flaw. The electronic power-steering system (standard on all SS models and shared with the ZL1) is a fine representative of the breed, with a progressive weighting and natural feel. The 1LE doesn’t represent as comprehensive a revision as does its direct competitor, the Boss 302, but neither is it quite as expensive.
For 2013 2013 camaro ss 0-60, both the SS and 1LE equipped with manual transmissions offer a dual-mode exhaust system like that on the ZL1, where baffles open under increased load. The car we drove had it, and we wouldn’t recommend any Camaro owner try to live without it. For such a dramatically shaped vehicle, the SS sounds kind of wimpy. This exhaust gives the car more of the tympanic-membrane-shredding roar that makes the Corvette such an aural treat.

2013 camaro ss 0-60 see review here it still seems as though the designation had been plucked from an alphanumeric bingo bucket, 1LE has new significance for 2013 as an option package for manual-transmission Camaro SS models. It brings a host of upgrades ported from or inspired by the mighty ZL1. The pieces that make the most difference fall into the latter category, however, including the front anti-roll-bar mounting setup, 10-by-20-inch front wheels and 11-by-20-inch rears, and beefier half-shafts. The equipment pilfered directly from the ZL1 includes wheel bearings, toe links, rear shock mounts, the fuel pump, the flat-bottom steering wheel, the short-throw six-speed manual and its transmission cooler, and 285/35-20 Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar G: 2 tires all around (the ZL1 gets 305/35-20 rubber at the rear). The beefy wheel-and-tire combo actually saves a total of 22 pounds of unsprung weight.


2013 camaro ss 0-60 The 1LE package also comes with a shorter final-drive ratio of 3.91:1 versus the 3.45:1 rear end in the SS and adds monotube rear dampers—instead of the SS’s twin tubes—and a strut-tower brace. As for externals, Chevy engineers tell us that even though the 1LE’s splitter increases downforce in the front, the wider wheels generate enough lift to bring the 1LE right back in line with the SS. Out back, the SS’s lip spoiler carries over to 1LE cars.