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Daily Mail
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Richard Wilkins mercilessly mocked as fans notice one detail in his selfie with Jimmy Barnes: 'Put it away!'
Richard Wilkins has been mocked by his fans after posting a seemingly innocent selfie on Instagram. The entertainment reporter, 71, sat alongside legendary singers Iva Davies and Jimmy Barnes on a staircase in the image - but it was his feet that commanded attention. Richard opted to go without socks or shoes for the iconic image, which deeply amused many of his followers. 'Did Iva and Jimmy steal your shoes?' joked one person in the comments section. 'Rocking the McCartney no shoes look!' another chimed in, while one more said, 'Where ya shoes, Richard?' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Richard Wilkins (centre) has been mocked after posting a seemingly innocent selfie on Instagram. The entertainment reporter, 71, sat alongside legendary singers Iva Davies (left) and Jimmy Barnes (right) on a staircase in the image - but it was his feet that commanded attention 'Put your toes away Richard, it's freaky,' yet one more said, with someone else commenting, 'Nice shoes Dicky.' In his caption alongside the image, Richard wrote: 'I knew we should've kept the band together! We would've given Hanson a real run for their money! 'Congratulations on 40 years. This tour will be EPIC!' he added, referring to Barnes' Working Class Man 40th Anniversary Tour, where Davies' band Icehouse will be special guests. It comes after Delta Goodrem left Wilkins looking red-faced, after hinting at his wild antics at her lavish wedding to Matthew Copley in Malta last month. The Australian singer, 40, appeared on Today on Tuesday, and was asked by co-host Karl Stefanovic if Wilkins 'behaved' himself at the ceremony. 'I can't confirm or deny!' Delta responded. The camera then captured Wilkins looking visibly embarrassed as he turned away and covered his mouth with his hand. 'Hey, Dickie looks worried!' co-host Sarah Abo quipped, before asking the veteran presenter: 'Is there anything you would like to tell us?' It comes after Delta Goodrem (centre) left Wilkins looking red-faced, after hinting at his wild antics at her lavish wedding to Matthew Copley in Malta last month. Wilkins and girlfriend Mia Hawkswell (left) were guests at the nuptials 'Geez, stitch-up Tuesday! Even when you are on the other side of the world,' Wilkins cheekily responded, before conducting a field report from California. While in Malta for the wedding, Wilkins stripped down to his striped boardshorts for a dip alongside girlfriend Mia Hawkswell. He showed off his beach body before giving Mia a cuddle in the water as the two giggled together during a soak. Mia was flaunting her fit physique in a chic black bikini and appeared to go makeup-free for the outing. Delta and Matthew exchanged vows in the historic St Paul's Cathedral in Mdina, which was built in the 12th century. The star-studded guest list included Channel Nine presenter Renee Bargh and Wilkins' influencer son, Christian.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
M5 roadworks on track as Wellington businesses impacted
Major resurfacing work that left some business owners "petrified" is causing less disruption than expected, says the local weeks into the M5 Junction 26 closure at Wellington, Somerset Council said it was on track and on budget to complete the £5.7m upgrade project work by locals and businesses were not happy with the closure of the junction and the A38 link road when it was announced. One trader since says it has been a "nightmare" to travel up and down the councillor Richard Wilkins, lead member for transport and waste at Somerset Council, said: "Of course, people were extremely worried but the roads have coped really well." Mr Wilkins added: "We're still on track, the work is progressing. We should be finished on time. About 8,000 tonnes of asphalt have already gone down and that's of a total of about 16,000."We'll get this done, get it finished and have a fantastic new road at the end of it." Seb Toon, owner of TLC Garage Services, said the closure had had "quite a bit of an impact"."Jobs we normally do on the motorway that were previously a 19-mile (31km) round-trip are now more like 40 miles (64km)," he added."It's taking us an hour sometimes to get back from Taunton to here, which has been a bit of a nightmare." Meanwhile, Emma Slocom, director of Apple Campers at Foxmoor Business Park in Wellington, said it had been "harder" for some of their customers who come from Bristol and Cornwall."We're based at Foxmore business park which is just off junction 26 so it's been a big disruption but it's not been as bad as we expected," Ms Slocom added.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Richard Wilkins left red-faced following wild antics at Delta Goodrem's Malta wedding
Delta Goodrem has left Richard Wilkins looking red-faced, after hinting at his wild antics at her lavish wedding to Matthew Copley in Malta last month. The Australian singer, 40, appeared on Today on Tuesday, and was asked by co-host Karl Stefanovic if Wilkins, 71, 'behaved' himself at the ceremony. 'I can't confirm or deny!' Delta responded. The camera then captured Wilkins, 71, looking visibly embarrassed as he turned away and covered his mouth with his hand. 'Hey, Dickie looks worried!' co-host Sarah Abo quipped, before asking the veteran presenter: 'Is there anything you would like to tell us?' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. 'Geez, stitch-up Tuesday! Even when you are on the other side of the world,' Wilkins cheekily responding, before conducting a field report from California. While in Malta for the wedding, Wilkins stripped down to his striped boardshorts for a dip alongside girlfriend Mia Hawkswell. He showed off his beach body before giving Mia a cuddle in the water as the two giggled together during a soak. Mia was flaunting her fit physique in a chic black bikini and appeared to go makeup-free for the outing. Wilkins broke his silence on his new relationship with Mia in May last year after they were pictured holding hands. It comes after Wilkins' girlfriend Mia Hawkswell - who is Delta Goodrem's makeup artist of eight years - provided fans with a behind-the-scenes look at the Aussie star's wedding. Mia has been behind some of Delta's biggest looks, including her Innocent Eyes 20th Anniversary Tour shows in Sydney and Melbourne, a Revlon campaign and a number of public appearances. In June, she opened up about Delta's biggest event of all - her wedding to Matthew Copley in Malta - sharing a glimpse of what went down at the singer's nuptials after doing makeup for the seven bridesmaids. 'Her whole squad was there, and it was the most beautiful energy, full of love and support,' she told Nine Honey, adding that the wedding was a 'dream' to be a part of. 'The entire week was everything you'd want, an intimate celebration of love,' she said of the nuptials. 'The energy was pure love and happiness, and so fun! I want to relive each event. They've set the bar very high!' She added that Delta's makeup brief for the bridesmaids was straightforward: 'What the girls want... Make them feel like themselves.' The process required 'teamwork', she said, with the bridesmaids doing their own lips or mascara to save a few minutes between each person, which they were very understanding and helpful about. Earlier this year, Delta made headlines as she married the love of her life, Matthew Copley, in a stunning European ceremony. The pop star shared the first look at her 'fairytale' wedding with Vogue Australia. Delta and Matthew exchanged vows in the historic St Paul's Cathedral in Mdina, which was built in the 12th century. The star-studded guest list included Channel Nine presenter Renee Bargh and Wilkins' influencer son, Christian.
Daily Mail
25-07-2025
- Daily Mail
My Notting Hill restaurant has been targeted by brazen thieves 20 times and police do nothing about it... I'm still waiting for them to show up 24 hours after the last break-in!
A top chef has lamented the decline of London policing after thieves stole produce from his restaurant by thieves for what he believes is the 20th time. Richard Wilkins, who runs 104 Restaurant in the capital's plush Notting Hill, says police are yet to visit him more than 24 hours after a pair of brazen thieves stole soft drinks and pantry supplies from a storage area in broad daylight. The Welsh chef reckons his business has been targeted by opportunist and organised thieves 20 times in the last four years. Criminals have made off with all manner of stock - including pricey Scottish langoustines and a mincer he bought for the kitchen. One even used bolt cutters to steal his £2,000 bicycle last month. Mr Wilkins, who has worked at Gordon Ramsay 's Michelin-starred Pétrus and at the three-starred Maison Pic in France, says he has reported every theft to the Metropolitan Police - only for officers to close the case in days with no arrests. And when his bike was stolen, police effectively let the thief get away after scrambling up some scaffolding. Officers decided the criminal would be put at too much risk if they tried to chase him. 'London shouldn't feel lawless but it is lawless when it comes to petty crime like theft,' Mr Wilkins told MailOnline. 'It doesn't even matter the level of the theft - it could be this, it could be a £10,000 watch. People know they can get away with it so they do it. That's why they come along at three o'clock in the afternoon and steal bikes. 'A colleague in Soho came back from a daytime meeting and the lock on her bike had been 75 per cent cut through. 'People are just doing things in broad daylight - and nobody stops them because they're worried about being stabbed. 'London has become a low trust society. You can't leave things outside anymore because someone will steal it. I don't wear anything nice out, my Apple Watch or anything, because it's becoming a matter of life or death. 'The core values of the police have been obliterated. It's a failure of organisation.' He opened the Michelin-recommended establishment, labelled London's smallest fine dining restaurant, in March 2019. Inspired by his time working in top Continental establishments, it serves offerings like Noir de Bigorre pork pâté en croûte, French guinea fowl and Kagoshima wagyu fillet. A three-course dinner runs at £60 per person - with a tasting menu coming in at £120, or £150 with A5 wagyu, the highest standard of Japanese beef available. A sample wine menu suggests bottles of 1992 La Tache Grand Cru can be served with dinner for £4,900. And he hit the headlines not long after opening after engaging in a war of words on social media with Made In Chelsea and Buying London star Rosi Mai Walden, telling her 'I've never even heard of you' after she got in touch trying to blag a free meal. Wednesday's theft saw a crook in a t-shirt, gilet and baseball cap nonchalantly make off with a stack of Coca Cola as well as packets of butter. The stock had been left in a small wicker enclosure off of the main road, around the side of the restaurant. An hour later in the CCTV, the same man returns with a pair of sunglasses on his head, what appears to be a bright yellow carrier bag from Selfridges and an accomplice, who reaches in to grab two cases of bottled water. Thief number one then helps himself to another two cases - and checks a box labelled 'wagyu beef' to see if there were any prime Japanese cuts he could pinch before leaving. The chef glibly captioned the footage: 'Another lovely member of the public stealing our produce an hour ago. Police do nothing. So nice of them to come back and take the rest. Cheers guys.' The wicker fencing had been used to store his bike - until it was stolen. Suppliers keep dropping stock off in the enclosure despite the fact he has padlocked cupboards he asks them to put their deliveries in. Mr Wilkins is often alone as he prepares the restaurant for the day - so can't keep a constant eye out for deliveries. The delivery had been dropped in a wicker enclosure despite Mr Wilkins asking suppliers to use the padlocked cupboards next door Few suppliers do as he asks - not that it would matter. Not long ago, a thief smashed his way into the cupboards looking for stock and left empty-handed. Mr Wilkins is yet to get the door fixed. He almost doesn't see the point, since he expects it to be stoved in again anyway. The chef reported the theft shortly after it happened but is yet to be visited by a police officer more than 24 hours on. 'This happens every few weeks,' he told MailOnline as he prepared for the evening's dinner service on Thursday. 'It seems to be the new normal.' Next to him, a laptop shows a constant feed of the CCTV cameras, something he wishes he didn't have to keep a constant eye on. He continued: 'If it isn't that (someone stealing stock), it's someone ripping the cupboards off their hinges and walking off. 'It's happened 20 times in the last three or four years and no-one has ever been arrested. You report it, you give them the CCTV, and they close the case. 'There was a guy who took 20 minutes to break into the cupboards and just left two cases of water in there - and it costs us so much to get the door redone.' Mr Wilkins does not suffer financially from the thefts so long as he gets a police report to submit to his suppliers - but being deprived of stock in a business that has few tables, and discerning customers, is hardly convenient. The theft of his £2,000 bike on June 11, however, was the incident that took the cake. Mr Wilkins had heard activity outside that day while preparing for service - and it was only an hour or so later that he realised his bike was gone, the lock shorn through with bolt cutters after the thief first tried to wrench a securing bracket from the wall. By chance, he saw the thief outside an hour or so later - with no bike in sight - and confronted him. Fleeing, the crook hopped over a wall towards Ladbroke Grove and vanished. A member of the public then saw him clambering up scaffolding. Emergency services then cordoned off the street and tried to coax the crook down as he threw pieces of scaffold into the street. As the clock hit midnight and the criminal refused to leave, Mr Wilkins went home, sure that he would wake up to good news. Instead, he received an email from a police constable who told him the pursuit had been called off because of the risk that the thief might fall. What are the Peelian principles? The Peelian principles are the widely accepted standards of modern British policing drawn from the General Instructions issued to the very first Metropolitan Police officers. They are named after one-time Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel, who founded the Met with an Act of Parliament in 1829, though he is not thought to have written them down in their entirety. In summary, they are: To prevent crime and disorder That policing is done with public approval and respect That the cooperation of the public to follow the law should be secured Recognising that physical force and compulsion reduces public trust Demonstrating 'absolutely impartial' service to the law Using the minimum physical force only when needed to restore order 'The police are the public and the public are the police' Allowing the judiciary to decide who is guilty and their punishment That police efficiency is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visibility of police dealing with them 'We couldn't catch him,' the officer said. There was no apology. Mr Wilkins says his situation is endemic of the general experience of crime in the capital - where phone-snatching, 'Rolex-ripping' and bike theft is rife. He deliberately uses a £140 Samsung smartphone - because the risk of having an upmarket device stolen is simply too great. 'It's the breakdown of society if it takes a member of the public to try to solve the crime themselves,' he said. 'I don't want the world to be like Mad Max.' He claims the Peelian principles - the ideals of modern British policing developed by Sir Robert Peel when he founded the Met Police - are effectively dead, and that the force is weighed down with bureaucracy. His bike theft was first passed to an officer in Hammersmith who attended - before being sent to a 'local' officer in another area of London. In order to email in, he had to register for a 'community portal' website, and hasn't heard back. Earlier this month, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced a policing blitz in 20 town centres across the capital, with more uniformed officers on the streets. Mr Wilkins, however, says he barely sees an officer at all - save for the occasional community support officer (PCSO), who don't even have the power to arrest a suspected criminal. And despite being stolen from time and again, the chef says he loves London, having aspired to move to the capital since he was a child. He wants to see the city strive for better, rather than give up altogether. 'You've won the lottery being born in the UK but that doesn't mean we shouldn't want to make things better,' he said. 'It's not even about the money or having so many officers. It's the organisation. 'Restaurants can be a money pit - you can buy £10,000 chairs, hire triple the number of staff you actually need, but does that make it better? Not necessarily. 'What makes a business a good business is running it efficiently, and I think it's the same with the police. The whole organisation is discombobulated. 'The idea is that people should be worried about being caught - and they're not. 'It makes criminals think they can do whatever they like. If they aren't scared of getting caught they're just going to be emboldened. There's no detriment.' He adds: 'I love London. Ever since I was a child, I wanted to move here. 'There is stuff here worth saving, worth fighting for.'
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Work to cut traffic on major road given go-ahead
Work to improve congestion issues on parts of the A38 in Somerset have been approved. North Somerset and Somerset Council said the project would see work take place at nine locations along the A38 running between Barrow Street junction at Barrow Tanks, and the Edithmead roundabout. The Department for Transport, which funds the Major Road Network (MRN), supported proposed improvements and construction. Councillor Richard Wilkins, Somerset Council's lead member for transport and waste services, said: "It's great to get this confirmation of funding, we have lobbied hard to secure the money to improve a busy and vital stretch of the A38 in Somerset." Plans for a new rail station in Wellington have also been approved. North Somerset Council leader Mike Bell said: "The A38 MRN will improve capacity on our roads, making journeys smoother, safer and more reliable. "The scheme also includes sustainable options for getting around such as the widening of walking and cycling paths and new crossings for the Strawberry Line." Some key areas in Somerset which are set to be updated are Edithmead roundabout, which authorities said would get a "through-about" option and the creation of a staggered junction at Cross. For North Somerset, traffic signalling software has been proposed for Barrow Street Junction, and there are to be improvements at various points on the airport terminal roundabout. More news stories for Somerset Listen to the latest news for Somerset North Somerset Council Somerset Council Drivers warned over two months of gas upgrade work Plans to improve A38 at major motorway roundabout Follow BBC Somerset on Facebook and X. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630.
