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Wales Online
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Five protesters arrested for disrupting filming of new Gal Gadot movie
Five protesters arrested for disrupting filming of new Gal Gadot movie Demonstrators have disrupted filming at various locations across London in recent weeks, the Metropolitan Police said The Met Police said that the filming was targeted 'solely because an actress involved in the production is Israeli' (Image: 2025 Axelle/Bauer-Griffin ) Five protesters have been arrested after they targeted the filming of new Gal Gadot movie in central London. Demonstrators have disrupted filming at various locations across London in recent weeks, the Metropolitan Police said. The force said the film was targeted "solely because an actress involved in the production is Israeli". The 40-year-old, who has been vocal in her support of Israel, is believed to currently be filming action thriller The Runner. Police were deployed to a filming location in Westminster on Wednesday to identify suspects wanted in connection with offences at earlier protests and to deal with any new offences, Scotland Yard said. Five people were arrested for harassment and offences under Section 241 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act, which deals with wrongfully and unlawfully obstructing access to a workplace. They remain in custody. Two of the arrests relate to incidents at previous protests while three relate to offences that took place on Wednesday, the force said. Superintendent Neil Holyoak said: "While we absolutely acknowledge the importance of peaceful protest, we have a duty to intervene where it crosses the line into serious disruption or criminality. Article continues below "We have been in discussions with the production company to understand the impact of the protests on their work and on any individuals involved. "I hope today's operation shows we will not tolerate the harassment of or unlawful interference with those trying to go about their legitimate professional work in London."
Daily Mirror
7 days ago
- Daily Mirror
All we know as girl, 13, fights for life after fire kills mum and three kids
Four people tragically died in a house fire in Brent, northwest London, in the early hours of Saturday morning - here's everything we know so far as one girl remains in hospital fighting for her life A community has been left in mourning after a fire ripped through a home and claimed the lives of a mother and her three children - with one girl still fighting for her life. Neighbours living in Brent, northwest London, awoke to huge flames in the early hours of Saturday morning. Emergency services raced to Tillett Close in Stonebridge shortly after 1am. A mother, aged 43, along with her 15-year-old daughter and two sons - aged eight and four - were sadly discovered dead. An elderly family member, aged 70, and a teenage girl were hospitalised for treatment. Police and locals have since come forward with further information about the family who died. Police name victims Police have named the mother who was killed in the fire as Nusrat Usman. Her deceased children were identified as Maryam Mikaiel, 15, Musa Usman, eight, and Raees Usman, four. A woman in her 70s was taken to hospital but has since been released. A 13-year-old girl remains in hospital in a critical condition. Hero neighbour recalls terrifying moment A tradesman who saved a grandmother and her granddaughter from the fire recalled the moment he ran into the burning building. Victor Pedra, 33, cut his hand as he broke a window on the lower floor to reach the trapped family at around 1.15am. He managed to create access for the nan and girl but couldn't get to the mother and her youngest son who were on the second floor. He told Mail Online: 'The flames were so strong and there was smoke everywhere. I couldn't get to the second floor where the mum and her youngest son was. I couldn't sleep that night as I just kept hearing the screams from inside the house.' His partner Leticia Maria, 31, added: 'The little girl managed to escape and was covered in black stuff from the smoke. She looked about 12-years-old. No one knows what caused the fire but you could hear explosions like things were popping." Man arrested after fire The Met Police confirmed a 41-year-old man was arrested at the scene in connection with the incident. He has since been bailed and was subsequently detained under the Mental Health Act. Superintendent Steve Allen said: 'Despite the efforts of the emergency services, I can confirm a woman and three of her children died at the scene. 'A further two members of the same family were taken to hospital and continue to receive treatment. The wider family have been informed, and officers will continue to support them at this incredibly difficult time. I recognise the significant impact this incident has had on the community.' Mum was pregnant Neighbours have revealed the mother was expecting another baby. Locals also described the family as "nice" and said they had lived in Brent for a long time. Speaking to the MailOnline, one neighbour said: "A Somali family lived next door. They came out through the back because the front door was stuck. I brought the children into my house. They were distraught and shaken up." A fundraiser has since been launched to support the rest of the family. Donations reached £15,000 at the time of publishing. To further donate, visit here.
Daily Record
11-05-2025
- Daily Record
'My teen son is missing after being spiked - I'm shocked at huge police mistake'
Deante Darell James vanished six weeks ago after his mum noticed a change in him. Heartbroken Vandana Bhogowoth has spent every day of the last six weeks frantically searching for her beloved son who she refers to as 'my boo'. Not long before he went missing, Deante Darell James would have been described as your average Gen Z 17-year-old. The lad loved going to the gym, working out and turning his hand at any sport going. However, in the weeks leading up to his disappearance, something was desperately wrong. And on the evening of March 31, he left the family home in Enfield, North London - without his phone or wallet - and never came back, reports the Mirror. Yet the tragedy does not end there: Just three days later Deante was arrested by cops at London Earl's Court tube station accused of providing false details when stopped for not paying his fare. But instead of officers bringing him home and ending Vandana's agony, they let him go - because they didn't realise the teen was a missing person. It is a problem that happens way too often as information falls through the cracks between different agencies. 'Why didn't it flag up to them that he was a missing person? ' Vandana, 36, said. 'He's underage, he's vulnerable and at risk. Police had hold of him and let him go - we could have had him home by now.' Deante's missing person's case was being handled by The Met Police, but it was British Transport Police who stopped the teenager at Earl's Court. The Met investigation didn't flag up on the system when BTP officers searched his real name on their database due to an inputting blunder. The Met has admitted his name had been entered into their system the wrong way round. The near miss only adds to the mum's agony. But it's not just Deante: many missing people are slipping through the cracks because there's no clear government plan to protect or support them. But now thanks to the Mirror's Missed campaign, Vandana was able to discuss these concerns with Jess Phillips MP, the parliamentary under-secretary for The Home Office earlier this week. She's determined other families should not be put through the same agony as she was - and has been praised by charity Missing People. Susannah Drury, Director of Policy and Development at the charity, says: 'We're incredibly grateful to Deante's mum, who despite the anguish she's facing, is standing with our charity to call for missing to be a high priority for the police and government. Her commitment to meeting with Jess Phillips MP is a powerful act of courage and advocacy. 'Families in crisis deserve better, and missing must be recognised as a moment that demands an immediate, compassionate response.' It was only after Vandana got in touch with her own MP that Deante's case was changed from medium to high risk. 'Why wasn't he classed as high risk to begin with?,' she adds 'When a loved one goes missing it's like being in limbo, it's unbearable. I want him to know that we all love and miss him so much.' Deante's life changed a few weeks before he vanished. Vandana said he never touched drugs normally, but had shared a joint with friends. He did not realise it was laced with Spice - a man-made cannabis linked to serious health issues ranging from difficulty breathing to psychotic episodes. When he came home Vandana knew something wasn't quite right. 'His eyes were glazed and he was just staring into space,' she recalls. 'He didn't know where he was and had extreme paranoia. For days after there was a look of doom in his eyes and he couldn't stop crying.' Over the next few weeks Deante's mental health continued to deteriorate. He was hearing voices and hallucinating. Overnight he'd gone from a hard-working, charming boy full of ambition to someone consumed by negative thoughts. Vandana, a teacher at the local college says: 'It was so upsetting to see him like that. He's not a regular smoker. He's really into the gym and wants to be a personal trainer or PE teacher. But he changed overnight. 'We were so worried about his state of mind that I refused to leave him on his own and kept taking him back to see the medical professionals. It was a doctor who told us he had all the signs of drug-induced psychosis from accidentally taking Spice. They said his neurons had disconnected and he'd broken a part of his brain because the Spice was too powerful.' Leaving the hospital on March 31, his felt more hopeful than she had done in a long time. Doctors said that while he had damaged a part of his brain, with help and medication there was no reason why he wouldn't make a full recovery. But that evening back at home in Enfield, Deante slipped back into psychosis, ripping up pictures and smashing his mum's phone before bolting out the back door. 'We haven't seen him since,' Vandana says. 'We're so worried about him. He would never do something like this before the psychosis - he loved his home comforts too much and what teenager leaves home without their phone or any money? 'I spend all day every day looking for him, sending emails and following up on leads. I answer my phone within the first few rings in case it's him. I 100% believe he's still alive but just confused because of the psychosis.' A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said while cops believe Deante is not carrying a mobile phone, enquiries have been carried out to obtain historic mobile phone data, in order to identify any associates that could know his whereabouts. Officers have also conducted local and financial enquiries, spoken to Deante's family and friends, and local partners - including charities, and health and education services - in order to better understand his possible movements. They've also trawled CCTV camera footage. But Mum Vandana fears that police haven't taken her son's disappearance seriously enough because he is from a Caribbean and Mauritian background. Every year 170,000 people go missing in the UK - but black people are disproportionately represented, making up 14% of missing persons despite representing only 3% of the population. 'The police only came and took his phone and laptop three weeks after he went missing,' she says. 'They've not taken it seriously. I'm desperately following every lead and doing their job for them.' A spokesperson for The Met last night strongly refuted allegations that they are not taking the teen's case seriously enough because of his race. They also stressed they had apologised for his name being entered into the system the wrong way round. A spokesperson added: 'Officers are working around the clock to find Deante and have viewed hours of CCTV footage and will review more as we follow every possible line of enquiry. We appreciate Deante's family's concerns around this case and officers have been keeping them updated throughout the time he's been missing.' Deante's older sister Jaidaima, 19, has meanwhile created a TikTok video of her and her brother which has been viewed more than 73,000 times. But despite people contacting the family with potential sightings, the only definite sighting is when police arrested him at Earl's Court. 'I've been to Earl's Court and spoken to every person I can think of,' his mum says. 'We give the police updates every single day.' Meanwhile, Deante's mum has a stark warning for other teens who may be considering experimenting with drugs. 'Teenagers need to be so careful,' she says. 'I've spoken to a lot of other young people and they've also unknowingly bought spliffs or vapes laced with Spice. 'It's so damaging - it only took my son one time to damage his brain. It's changed his life and he's now gone missing because of it. 'It's hard to watch someone change so much in the click of a finger, I wish I could swap places with him. Psychosis robs you of the real person. It's almost like they are possessed - like they're still there but it's not them. 'If I could say anything to Deante now it would be 'Everyone loves you and misses you. You're my whole world. Please come home boo'.'
The Irish Sun
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Russell Brand arrives at court charged with raping two women & ‘trying to drag another into men's toilet'
RUSSELL Brand has arrived at court charged with raping two women and allegedly trying to drag another into the men's toilets. The TV comic is accused of two counts of rape between 1999 and 2005 in Westminster and London. 6 6 The comic has denied he is a rapist Credit: Instagram 6 He is understood to have been hidden in the back seat of a chauffeur driven car leaving his Berkshire home this morning Credit: Ian Whittaker Brand, 49, is also charged with two charges of sexual assault, and a count of indecent assault during the same dates. He has now arrived at Westminster Magistrates' Court for a first appearance. Brand is understood to have been hidden the back seat of a chauffeur-driven car this morning as he made his way to court. He flew in from Florida in the US yesterday after last month being charged by post. Read more news Brand allegedly indecently assaulted a woman in 2001 by 'grabbing her arm and dragging her towards a male toilet', according to court documents. He is also alleged to have sexually assaulted another woman in Westminster in 2004 by touching her breasts without her consent. The documents also allege he orally raping the same woman that year. Brand is further accused of raping a woman in 1999 in the Bournemouth area and sexually assaulted another woman between 2004 and 2005 in Westminster. Most read in Showbiz The Met Police launched a probe into the TV presenter in September 2023 after The Sunday Times and Channel 4's Dispatches published an investigation into allegations over his treatment of women. Following the charge, Brand told his 11.3million X followers that he was "never a rapist". He added: "I've always told you guys that when I was young and single, before I had a wife and family… I was a fool, man. 'I was a fool before I lived in the light of the Lord… I have never engaged in non consensual activity, I pray you can see that by looking in my eyes.' At the height of his fame, Brand starred in a number of Hollywood films, including Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to the Greek. He was also an in-demand stand-up comic and presented on Big Brother spin-off shows Big Brother's Big Mouth and Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack. Brand presented a BBC Radio 2 show between 2006 and 2008 but was forced to resign after he left a 'lewd' voicemail for Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs about his granddaughter. He has in recent years reinvented himself as an anti-woke political podcaster after splitting his time between the US and UK. Brand, who was previously married to pop star Katy Perry, shares three children with his wife, Laura Gallacher, 37. Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, who is leading the investigation, said: 'The women who have made reports continue to receive support from specially trained officers. 'The Met's investigation remains open and detectives ask anyone who has been affected by this case, or anyone who has any information, to come forward and speak with police. 'A dedicated team of investigators is available via email at CIT@ 'Support is also available by contacting the independent charity Rape Crisis.' 6 At the height of his fame, Brand was one of the most in-demand stand ups Credit: PA 6 He presented a number of TV shows and appeared in Hollywood films Credit: AFP 6 After moving to the US, Brand re-invented himself as an anti-woke political podcaster Credit: Instagram
