Teenager who claims he is Maradona’s lovechild demands football great’s body be dug up for DNA tests

A teenager who claims he is Diego Maradona’s lovechild has demanded the football great’s body be drug up for DNA tests to prove his case.  Santiago Lara, 19, instructed his lawyer to make the appeal less than 24 hours after the Naples and Barcelona star was buried. Jose Nunez lodged a written request with a … Read more

Teenager who claims he is Maradona’s lovechild demands football great’s body be dug up for DNA tests

A teenager who claims he is Diego Maradona’s lovechild has demanded the football great’s body be drug up for DNA tests to prove his case.  Santiago Lara, 19, instructed his lawyer to make the appeal less than 24 hours after the Naples and Barcelona star was buried. Jose Nunez lodged a written request with a … Read more

Mother of Strictly’s youngest star Maisie Smith, 19, says the teenager is finding the show upsetting

Mother of Strictly Come Dancing’s youngest star Maisie Smith, 19, says the teenager is ‘vulnerable’, ‘nervous’ and finding the show upsetting as she misses her family EastEnders actress Maisie Smith is the youngest contestant on Strictly this year Her mother Mrs Smith revealed her daughter, 19, is struggling with living alone  The teenager found herself in the bottom … Read more

Mother of Strictly’s youngest star Maisie Smith, 19, says the teenager is finding the show upsetting

Mother of Strictly Come Dancing’s youngest star Maisie Smith, 19, says the teenager is ‘vulnerable’, ‘nervous’ and finding the show upsetting as she misses her family EastEnders actress Maisie Smith is the youngest contestant on Strictly this year Her mother Mrs Smith revealed her daughter, 19, is struggling with living alone  The teenager found herself in the bottom … Read more

Family’s fury as man who stamped on and kicked teenager in fatal attack is released after 12 months

Family’s fury as man who stamped on teenager’s head and kicked him in fatal attack is released after just 12 months behind bars Connor Brown was aged 18 when he was killed trying to protect others last year  Ally Gordon, 20, found guilty of manslaughter and possessing a bladed weapon He was sentenced to three-and-a-half … Read more

Road rage killer in UK-plated car hunted by police on Costa del Sol after fatally stabbing teenager

Road rage killer in UK-plated car is hunted by police on Costa del Sol after fatally stabbing teenager who’d reprimanded him for nearly running him over on a zebra crossing A Mercedes driver is said to have fatally stabbed his 19-year-old Spanish victim The attack occurred outside the Diana Centre between Marbella and Estepona Victim Ulrich … Read more

Tributes paid to teenager, 16, who died after the car he was driving crashed during police chase

Tributes have poured in for the 16-year-old boy who died after a car he was driving in ploughed into a wall during a police pursuit. The teenager, who has been named as Kyle Brotherton, was rushed to hospital after losing control of his Toyota Yaris and crashing into a wall in Cheshire’s leafy suburb of Bramhall in Stockport, … Read more

Tributes paid to teenager, 16, who died after the car he was driving crashed during police chase

Tributes have poured in for the 16-year-old boy who died after a car he was driving in ploughed into a wall during a police pursuit. The teenager, who has been named as Kyle Brotherton, was rushed to hospital after losing control of his Toyota Yaris and crashing into a wall in Cheshire’s leafy suburb of Bramhall in Stockport, … Read more

Des O’Connor helped me as a teenager – I’ve never forgotten that kindness, writes JIMMY TARBUCK 

The best show I ever played was with Des O’Connor, Bruce Forsyth and Ronnie Corbett, the four of us presenting the 100th Royal Variety Show. Des was as excited as me. There was a boyish enthusiasm that never left him. This command performance in 2012 was at the Royal Albert Hall for the first time, … Read more

Des O’Connor helped me as a teenager – I’ve never forgotten that kindness, writes JIMMY TARBUCK 

The best show I ever played was with Des O’Connor, Bruce Forsyth and Ronnie Corbett, the four of us presenting the 100th Royal Variety Show. Des was as excited as me. There was a boyish enthusiasm that never left him. This command performance in 2012 was at the Royal Albert Hall for the first time, … Read more