EXCLUSIVE – A bitter rivalry with Amelia Earhart, a mixed-race marriage and a ban from flying because of her menstrual cycle: The incredible and utterly tragic story of ‘Lady Icarus’ – the first person to fly solo across Africa
Lady Mary Heath was feted as hero after flying the length of Africa in 1928 But 11 years later she died falling from London tram, an alcoholic She was banned from being commercial pilot because she was a woman Her third husband, a Trinidadian jockey, was called ‘little n*****’ by society Feat eclipsed by Amelia
Superyachts on steroids: Sales of ‘floating palaces’ DOUBLE to £2.4 billion a year… and here are the top 15 at the crest of the wave
Business tycoons, princes and movie moguls rule the waves in this sumptuous set of spectacular sea cruisers The luxury boats have their own basketball courts, wine cellars, cinemas, helicopters, submarines and discos Sales of superyachts have more than doubled in five years – up from 194 in 2010 to 412 at the end of 2014 Boom mirrors
Four decades of glory ruined by a white lie
John Browne had turned sleepy BP into a global player worth £100bn, picking up a peerage on the way. Then his male ex-lover threatened a tabloid expose, causing him to make a puzzling misjudgment that has cost him his reputation Lord Browne of Madingley, lover of cigars and good conversation, was enjoying his winter holiday
Residents ready to fight mega-basement plans beneath two Chelsea mansion blocks
Residents of one of London’s most exclusive addresses fear their lives will be ruined by the noise and disruption of a proposed mega-basement extension. A company founded by the billionaire prime minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati wants to dig out a two-level subterranean extension for a 50ft pool, cinema, wine cellar, and staff quarters below
Byline Media ordered to pay journalist Dennis Rice £2,500 under first libel arbitration from regulator Impress
The arbitration arm of press regulator Impress has concluded its first complaint and ordered website Byline to pay £2,500 in libel damages to freelance journalist Dennis Rice. Rice complained over two twitter messages posted by Byline, the journalism crowdfunding site which has signed up to Royal Charter-backed regulator Impress. Under the Royal Charter, Impress must
Max Mosley-funded press regulator Impress arbitrates £2.5k libel payout by website Byline which he has shares in
When Max Mosley began his campaign for tighter controls on the press he could not have foreseen that the press regulator he funds would end up fining a publisher which he has shares in. But this was what happened yesterday when the arbitration service used by regulator Impress ordered Byline Media to pay freelance journalist Dennis Rice
Website linked to Max Mosley penalised by his regulator
A press regulator funded by Max Mosley has made its first damages award, demanding that £2,500 be paid by a media company in which the former Formula One boss is a shareholder. Impress is a press regulator whose £3.8 million in funding comes largely from Mr Mosley’s family charity and operates as a rival to
Undercover probe reveals the ‘buckets of money’ made from speed cameras
Britain’s booming speed camera network is at the center of a giant ‘scam’ aimed at making ‘buckets of money’ for the Government, the boss of a leading supplier of the devices has admitted. Watch our undercover report on the great speed camera scam here The sensational confession was made by the chief executive of Tele-Traffic,
Deliver us from courier firms and their excuses for missing parcels
One of Britain’s biggest parcel firms has been caught doing what infuriated customers have long suspected – falsely claiming that a courier had attempted a delivery. MyHermes customer Dennis Rice had sent two phones to a repair shop in London and staff there were adamant that no courier came. But when Mr Rice checked his
2013 Phone-hacking trial reports Nov/Dec
Date at the top of each story is the date of the hearing. Reports were written for the following day’s paper. Hence use of ‘yesterday’ in some of them. October 30 2013 Three former news editors from the News of the World have pleaded guilty to plotting to hack mobile phones during a six-year period
Hague ‘lobbied’ for Tory donor
AN OIL executive and Tory party donor was given access to restricted Foreign and Commonwealth Office ministerial correspondence during a diplomatic campaign to help his company avoid paying a £210m tax bill in Africa, it was claimed last week. Aidan Heavey, chief executive of Tullow Oil, who has donated more than £50,000 to the Conservatives,
Phone Hacking Trial: Hundreds of hacking calls made from ‘private wire’ inside NI HQ, jury told – Martin Hickman
Day 24: Hundreds of hacking calls were made from a “private wire” inside News International’s headquarters, the Old Bailey heard today. Among those whose voicemails were accessed from the “generic” phone link at Wapping in east London were Katie Price, Tessa Jowell, celebrity PR advisor Alan Edwards and three Mail on Sunday journalists – Sebastian
Lloyds boss quits over millions channelled to firms run by friends
A SENIOR banker at bailed-out Lloyds TSB has quit following claims that millions of pounds was channelled to companies set up by a pair of young Indian men he befriended. Andrew Taylor, 46, resigned citing ‘ill health’ as auditors were sent in to probe the accounts of a firm controlled by the two colleagues. The
£10m: The price of a life to Browne’s BP
IN THE international oil business, everything has a price – even human life. Lord Browne told his lover that BP had coldly calculated the value at £10 million: that was how much the company…
Nine nominations for The Mail on Sunday in prestigious awards
Shortlisted: Mail on Sunday exclusives that have been nominated for British Press Awards LIVE and You, The Mail on Sunday’s unique his-and-hers magazines, have both been nominated in this year’s British Press Awards. The pair are on a shortlist of six in the Supplement of the Year category. In a total of nine nominations, the
Dennis Rice and Peter Jukes – a correction
Press Gazette yesterday published an extract from a book by Peter Jukes, Beyond Contempt, which referenced freelance journalist Dennis Rice. It quoted a Tweet from Rice to Jukes which read: “So I am now going to write a blog about @peterjukes and his family – so he can enjoy a taste of his own medicine.” The
Murder in the Sky: Flight MH17 – Channel 4 Dispatches
SUMMARY On Thursday July 16, a flight full of tourists, travellers and families took off from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on its way to Malaysia. Four hours later, the Boeing 777 crashed in war-torn eastern Ukraine. Although it is still not clear why the plane came down, both sides in the country’s civil conflict have accused