Major general accused of swindling £50k ‘was reported by Colonel’

An Army general accused of swindling nearly £50,000 in private school fees was reported by a colonel concerned he was never at home, a court martial heard today. Major General Nick Welch, 54, allegedly claimed his wife Charlotte was living at the  London residence he moved into upon staring a top job at the Ministry of Defence. It … Read more

Gary Lineker transforms into KFC’s Colonel Sanders as he sports a white goatee for new Walkers ad

He bares a striking resemblance to the KFC founder.   And Gary Lineker made the most of the similarity as he transformed into Colonel Sanders in a new ad for Walker’s Crisps. The football star, 60, is seen sporting a goatee and wearing the businessman’s famous white suit as he lines up with its reflection in the … Read more

Colonel Gaddafi’s daughter-in-law ‘drove her 4×4 into police and pedestrians’

Colonel Gaddafi’s daughter-in-law ‘drove her 4×4 into police and pedestrians in road rage attack after she was pulled over for a traffic violation’ in Syria Aline Skaf is suspected of ramming her car into three cops and two pedestrians She is wanted by Syrian security agents over the alleged crash, Arab media says Former model … Read more

Calls for the Home Secretary to press for one of Colonel Gaddafi’s key lieutenants to be extradited 

Victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism call on the Home Secretary to press for one of Colonel Gaddafi’s key lieutenants to be extradited Abdullah al-Senussi, 68, in Libyan jail alongside a fellow Lockerbie bomb suspect One of Colonel Gaddafi’s key lieutenants thought to be mastermind behind attack which blew up New York-bound Pan Am flight 103 … Read more

Lieutenant Colonel who squeezed bottom of fellow officer’s wife is dismissed from Army

A high-ranking officer was today dismissed from the Army for sexually assaulting a colleague’s ‘vulnerable’ wife by squeezing her bottom while she was at hospital with her severely injured son. Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Edwards was standing in a queue at the hospital’s coffee shop when he ‘tried his luck’ because he thought he could ‘get … Read more

Ex-Austrian colonel ‘is Russia informant whose info could have helped plan Salisbury attack’

Martin Moller, 72, has reportedly been identified as a Russian informant on NATO, in an operation by security services across Europe – including MI6 A retired Austrian colonel turned ‘Russian informant’ gave information which was ‘likely’ to have been used to help plan the Salisbury Novichock poisonings, it has been claimed. Martin Moller, 72, has reportedly … Read more

Lieutenant Colonel, 59, accused of groping colleague’s wife’s bottom

A high-ranking Army officer was today convicted of sexually assaulting a colleague’s wife by squeezing her bottom while she was at hospital with her severely injured son. Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Edwards was standing in a queue at the hospital’s coffee shop when he ‘tried his luck’ and thought he could ‘get away with a quick … Read more

Army officer ‘chickened out’ of reporting Lieutenant Colonel ‘for groping her bottom’

An Army officer ‘100 per cent’ let down his wife when he ‘chickened out’ of reporting a high-ranking colleague ‘for groping her bottom’ on a hospital visit to see her son, a court martial heard. Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Edwards has been accused of ‘trying his luck’, believing he could ‘get away with a quick grope’, before telling … Read more

Holly Willoughby is ‘hired’ by KFC after she takes style inspiration from Colonel Sanders

Holly Willoughby is ‘hired’ by KFC after she takes style inspiration from Colonel Sanders for This Morning outfit By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 10:44 BST, 23 September 2020 | Updated: 10:45 BST, 23 September 2020 Holly Willoughby appears to have landed herself a job at KFC after she wore an outfit on Tuesday’s This … Read more

Cotswolds mother renowned for her perfect scones was also Soviet spy Colonel Ursula Kuczynski

BOOK OF THE WEEK AGENT SONYA   by Ben Macintyre (Viking £25, 416 pp) Her scones were the envy of the Oxfordshire hamlet of Great Rollright, where the friendly woman known as Mrs Burton lived in a stone farmhouse. In her late 30s, she moved there with her three children and husband Len just after the … Read more