The burkini ban in France, prohibiting full-bodied swimwear, has again come under fire after photos emerged this week of police armed with pepper spray and batons standing over a woman and ordering her to take off her traditional headscarf and matching top.
She received a ticket which read that she was not wearing “an outfit respecting good morals and secularism”.
The burkini ban was instated in July of this year after the Nice terror attack. It follows on from the country banning the burqa altogether in 2011.
A witness to the horrific incident recalled the scene to The Guardian, saying: “The saddest thing was that people were shouting ‘go home,’ some were applauding the police. Her daughter was crying.”
One commentator said, “Regardless of politics or culture, if you’re ok with a police officer telling a woman to remove clothing, something’s wrong.” Another said, “Opposing an enforced dress code for women by enforcing another dress code for women doesn’t really make sense to me, France.”
Perhaps the most telling tweet of all was one by Allyson Marie. Succinct and to-the-point it highlighted the double-standards present in the current ruling:
In a sweetly penned Instagram post, the proud papa and TV Chef wrote, “Wow what a Hot Day today guys!”
“So the littlest one is stared out and sleeping again…..it’s probably polite to formally introduce the new boy to you, his names River Rocket Oliver we think it suits him and he’s a little gift and we are all very happy…. Thanks for all your kind wishes big love jamie and gang X X X.”
Jamie shared the note alongside a gorgeous family photo with his wife Jools, their son, Buddy Bear Maurice, and youngest daughter, Petal Blossom Rainbow.
The group beam with pride as they take in the hot summer’s weather in a sprawling backyard.
The sweet family photo!
The delightful announcement comes a day after the 41-year-old’s wife subtly shared her newborn’s name through a snap of her little one’s nursery wall art that read: “Dream Big River.”
The darling moniker had fans and well-wishers in a frenzy.
“Such a gorgeous name, and big congrats! How exciting, your print is beautiful xx,” one wrote.
“Lovely name and wonderful choice of announcement,” another gushed.
WATCH: Everything you need to know about River Rocket Oliver in the player below. Post continues after the video!
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The name River is particularly dear to the cooking legend, who made his big splash while working as a sous chef in the acclaimed River Café in Fulham back in 1997.
The BBC took notice of the talented young chef and gave him a role in one of their documentaries. Two years later, he was the star of him show The Naked Chef… and the rest is history!
Jools previously told Gurgle that she loves having fun with naming her kids.
“They all have more than one name because I couldn’t decide. I’m not sure where Petal Rainbow came from – apparently it’s a My Little Pony! I wanted to call her Rainbow but Jamie told me to calm down.”
“With Buddy it was quite fun choosing a boy’s name, as I hadn’t done it before. And I hate people’s opinions on names. Whatever you call your baby is your decision.”
The king of the kitchen shows his son their veggie patch.
Petal shows a bit of sisterly love for her new brother.
Prince William has bonded with a teen over missing his mother, Princess Diana, after the boy revealed he too had lost his mum.
The Prince shared his personal tale when he attended a visit to a hospice in Luton with Duchess Catherine.
Wills offered words of condolence to young teen Ben Hines, 14, who struggled when his mother passed in 2015.
“I know how you feel,” the Duke of Cambridge confessed, recalling his own devastation. “I miss my mother every day.
“It’s OK to feel sad.”
The pair took time to speak about important mental health issues during their visit.
A vocal advocate of mental health care, Prince William gave Ben, the youngest of three brothers, a very important piece of advice in dealing with the bereavement.
“As four boys you have to talk a lot better,” he explained to the teen. “We’re not good sharers.
“It’s a classic example of lots of talking needed.”
The Duke encouraged boys to communicate during his chat with them.
He continued: “Time makes it easier… I still miss my mother every day and it’s 20 years after she died.
“The important thing is to talk about it as a family… it’s OK for you to miss her.”
Before he left, the royal made the boys promise they would continue to talk through their troubles.
Watch Prince Harry talk about his regrets over not communicating enough when his own mum died in the video below. Post continues.
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“Promise me you will talk to each other,” he said to the brothers.
Thomas Hines, the 20-year-old brother of Ben replied: “I promise, sir.”
Meanwhile the mood was somewhat lightened later on in the day when a mother approached Wills to ask for a special favour… Prince Harry’s number!
Prince William couldn’t keep a straight face after the mother’s request.
But she wasn’t asking for herself, she was asking for her single daughter.
Trish Cruise has been visiting Luton’s Hayward Tyler factory when she decided to make the bold request on behalf of her 27-year-old daughter Olivia.
Prince William couldn’t stop laughing at the hilarious request. “Oh no!” he cried. “You don’t want that!”
But seriously, we don’t blame her for trying!
WATCH: A young Princess Diana and Prince Charles speak about their relationship ahead of their 1981 wedding day
Prince William has shared an emotional moment with a 14-year-old who recently lost his mum by remembering the death of his own mother, Princess Diana.
While visiting the Keech Hospice Care in Luton with his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, the future King offered some advice to Ben Hines, whose mother Alexandra passed away in June 2015.
“I know how you feel,” William told the teenager. “I miss my mother every day. It’s okay to feel sad.”
The 34-year-old Prince was just 15 when his mother died in a car crash in 1997 and he advised Ben, who is the youngest of three brothers that met the royal pair, to make sure he connects with his family over his feelings.
“As four boys, you have to talk a lot better, we’re not good sharers. It’s a classic example of lots of talking needed,” he said. “Time makes it easier. I know how you feel, I still miss my mother every day and it’s 20 years after she died. The important thing is to talk about it as a family, it’s okay to feel sad, it’s okay for you to miss her.”
Before leaving the Prince rested his hand on Ben’s shoulder and told his family, “Promise me you will talk to each other.” Thomas Hines, the 20-year-old brother to Ben, replied to William: “I promise, sir.”
After the meeting Ben’s father, Gary Hines, 48, said, “I was getting all choked up towards the end when Ben was talking about his mum.”
Mr Hines, who works as a gardener, said he appreciated the Prince’s tenderness.
“He gave Ben his absolute attention,” said Gary. “You could see that it struck a chord with him.”
William and Kate used the day to shed some light on the hospice which helps adults and children with life-limiting conditions live pain and symptom free, spend time with their family and friends, and stay out of hospital.
The royal couple also met Jamie and Ethan Coniam, ten and six, who lost their disabled brother at 10. Ethan asked Kate if he could have a hug and the Duchess gleefully obliged and said: “Yes of course, I love cuddles.”
Kate, who looked stunning in a blue and white L.K. Bennett dress and nude pumps, were also treated to a baking demonstration along with her husband.
The Duchess revealed a rare insight that she bakes at home with Prince George but things don’t always go to plan.
“When I try to do this with George at home, chocolate and the golden syrup goes everywhere,” she said. “He makes so much mess. It’s chaos.”
The engagement reflected the royal couple’s continued commitment toward mental health, as well as hospice care.
Prince William has remembered the loss of his mother Princess Diana to share an emotional moment with a 14-year-old who recently lost his mum.
Kate caught giving husband William an adoring look.
Kate was presented with flowers by one royal fan.
The royal couple were treated to a baking demonstration.
“When I try to do this with George at home, chocolate and the golden syrup goes everywhere,” Kate said. “He makes so much mess. It’s chaos.”
William and Kate were also shown the Innovation Wall, where the charity develops new ideas and models.
Kate looked radiant in a blue and white L.K. Bennett dress.
“Jennifer and Casper have split,” the source revealed. “They have not been together for a few weeks.”
The split reportedly happened just a few weeks after JLo’s birthday.
The insider emphasised that the separation had been a long time coming.
“It wasn’t anything dramatic and they were on good terms – it just came to a natural end,” the source explained to People.
“They will remain friends and they see each other, but they are not together. It was very amiable.”
According to TMZ, it was Jennifer who called off the relationship while Casper’s camp are claiming the split didn’t even happen.
JLo just celebrated her birthday a few weeks ago. Check out her moves with Taylor Swift’s ex Calvin Harris below. Post continues.
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It’s not the first time the coupe have parted ways, In 2014 they briefly called time on their romance but soon reunited.
“We broke up for a little bit. We’ve done that a couple of times. It’s not that dramatic. Its like, ‘bye’, then we get back together and then, ‘hi,'” the singer explained on the Wendy Williams Show of their hiatus.
As for what she wants in a relationship, for the mother-of-two it’s all about having “a great partner to walk this life with.”
“I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I’m not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person – love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship,” Jennifer revealed to Cosmopolitan magazine.
Neither star’s representative has released a comment yet.
Following the knife attack in North Queensland Bob Katter has said that the 'time has come' to stop people from the Middle East and North Africa coming to Australia.
Independent MP Bob Katter has said that the ‘time has come’ to stop people from the Middle East and North Africa coming to Australia, reports Sky News.
The minister’s comments come in the wake of the fatal stabbing of British woman, Mia Ayliffe-Chung in a Townsville Backpacker hostel where the assailant allegedly yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ during the attack.
“The time has come now to stop people from those countries coming to Australia – and if that is an extremist position, is it an extremist position for Saudi Arabia and Dubai… they won’t let any of those people in,” Mr Katter said.
“I think the risk to the Australian people now is so great that that should not occur anymore,” he explained.
The member for Kennedy said he was astounded the Government continues to let “630,000 people into Australia each year in an economy that’s only generating 200,000 jobs.”
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Meanwhile the man believed to be responsible for the frenzied knife attack – which also left another victim, Tom Jackson, 30 fighting for his life – is a French national with no known links to terrorism. Smail Ayad was arrested at was arrested at the scene.
A dog was also stabbed to death.
Police are still investigating what happened in the lead up to the incident.
A woman claiming to have been struck by Blac Chyna’s car has launched a lawsuit against the star, according to TMZ.
There’s only one problem: Blac wasn’t even driving the car at the time.
Papers filed by the woman claim that Rob Kardashian’s pregnant fiancés should be accountable regardless.
The claimant is alleging that Blac should be held responsible because she is the one who gave her friend the keys to the car in the first place.
Blac should have known her friend was a liability, according to the lawsuit.
Blac’s friend Charmeika Addison, was reportedly driving the BMW when the crash occurred late last year.
Charmeika was later charged after she allegedly sped off from the scene of the crime.
According to witnesses, the car went straight through a stop sign and slammed into another car, injuring the two women in side.
Get ready for more drama with the premiere of Rob and Chyna’s reality show. See the outrageous clip below. Post continues!
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Although Charmeika, who has appeared on the TV show Boss Nails, committed a felony hit and run, she apparently later returned to the police station to confess. She then faced charges including reckless driving and driving without a licence.
The current lawsuit from one of the victims maintains that Blac should have known her friend was a bad driver and should never have lent the car to her.
The victim is suing for lost wages, damages and full coverage of her medical bills.
Watch the Kardashians confess their true feelings about Rob’s controversial fiancee in the clip below.
Looks like Tom Hiddleston and Taylor Swift’s relationship could have reached its first big hurdle.
According to a new report from Us Weekly, the couple had an explosive argument recently which spiraled out of control.
A source close to the pair revealed that both Tom and Taylor are fed up with being apart so much of the time.
“They weren’t spending as much time together,” an insider told the publication.
Taylor spends a lot of time alone while Tom is filming, according to reports.
It was a rude shock to Taylor – who had been inseparable from her new man in the first heady weeks of their new union – when Tom had to go back to work.
The Love Story singer reportedly couldn’t reconcile the man who spent weeks with her kissing in Rhode Island, introducing her to his parents in England, touring Rome and escorting her to Australia, with the man who suddenly had no time to pencil her in once filming started.
Meanwhile, Tom is running ragged between seeing Taylor and travelling back to Australia for filming.
The 35-year-old actor is currently in Brisbane, Australia, filming Thor: Ragnarok.
“There was so much going on so it was hard making their schedules work,” says the insider, “and they were upset they couldn’t see each other.”
Watch how inseparable the pair where when they touched down in Australia in the clip below. Post continues.
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It’s a far cry from them being attached at the hip during the first few weeks of their courtship.
But while Tay-Tay is apparently still stewing over their tiff, Tom seems to have shaken it off.
He made time to visit his 26-year-old love in Rhode Island while on a filming break.
“Tom is busier than her right now, but they are making it work,” the source tells US Weekly.
Watch Tom get adorably flustered when he talks about the moment he met Taylor in the clip below.
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He’s getting closer to finding his leading lady, and on Wednesday night’s episode of The Bachelor Australia, Richie Strahan left two contestants roseless on his quest for eternal love.
The remaining ten beauties were well and truly put through their paces with a compatibility test, which saw Faith come out in the top spot. Intruder Steph laded an adventurous single date with the pair enjoying a jetski ride.
Steph and Faith were both given roses. Unfortunately bacon lover Noni and horse enthusiast Khalia were left without a flower to nibble on, and asked to say their goodbyes.
We caught up with the lovely ladies to debrief on their time in the house.
NONI, 25, SWIMWEAR DESIGNER
How was the overall experience?
It was crazy! It was probably one of the greatest experiences of my life. Obviously it’s not normal to be chucked in with so many girls. We had our ups and downs – kinda like a sorority house. You can’t really explain it unless you’ve been in there!
What was the toughest thing?
You’re taking away everything that is normal for you – We didn’t have our phones or contact with loved ones. That was really hard, especially when you were upset.
How did you feel when Richie sent you home?
At the time, I was expecting it. I’d seen so many connections formed. When I was sent home, I was OK with it. It was my time – we both mutually agreed with it. We both seem to have more of a friendship than a relationship. I think we friend-zoned each other but it was all good fun! Lots of girls had strong feelings for him and I didn’t have them.
We will certainly miss Noni in the Bach Pad!
The bubbly bacon enthusiast was a girl after our own heart, but it simply wasn’t meant to be for her and the rope technician.
Who do you think will win?
I think Nikki will win. She’s a WA girl and she’s very easy, breezy and beautiful!
Have you found love since leaving the show?
No, still single! Finding life a bit hectic right now. I went over to Bali straight after the show. So I haven’t found anyone yet, but who knows!
Watch the moment bachelor babe Noni revealed her love of bacon! Post continues after video…
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KHALIA, 29, LAW STUDENT
What did you think of Richie when you first met him?
I thought he seemed like a good guy and probably a bit nervous.
Did he give you any indication of what kind of girls he likes? Did he give you any particular compliments?
He mentioned something about my smile. I didn’t get any impression from him on what he likes. I think he likes down-to-earth kind of girls.
Is there anything about you that you wished Richie had got to know or got to know differently?
If I was in a different environment then he would have seen more of my witty or humorous side which wasn’t expressed in that environment.
What was your favourite moment in the Bachelor experience?
Probably watching him do the compatibility test. He had to navigate an obstacle course – that was quite entertaining.
Khalia’s time in the Bachelor mansion was short and sweet.
The student was the first to leave from the three intruders.
Who was your best friend in the house and why?
I would probably say Nikki, we were quite similar in a lot of ways. She was a lovely girl, down to earth and easy going – all those kind of qualities I admire.
Do you still believe in love?
Yes definitely! I think there is someone out there for everyone it is just a matter of crossing paths with them.
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