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She is destined to be Britain’s first black marchioness — but Emma McQuiston will need all the charm and finesse of a diplomat to repair the relationship between her future husband Viscount Weymouth and his father, the Marquess of Bath. Chef Emma, 27, will marry Ceawlin Thynn in June at the orangery of the family’s 10,000-acre Longleat House in Wiltshire, where father and son now live in separate wings and, I am told, have not spoken to each other since last summer. Ceawlin, 38, was handed the responsibility of running the estate, including its safari park, more than six years ago. But Bath, 81 next month, and his son became estranged last year after Ceawlin decided that his father Alexander’s life work — erotic murals which cover many of the internal walls of Longleat — had to be removed. According to one of Bath’s ‘wifelets’, father and son have not spoken since August. ‘It’s terribly sad. They live in totally separate parts of house but now neither makes any effort to speak to the

A married surgeon who had an affair with a ‘vulnerable’ patient almost half his age manipulated her like Mick Philpott, a medical tribunal heard. Dr Jonathan Beacon, 66, allegedly bombarded the woman with flirtatious texts, had sex with her in country lanes in his Jaguar sports car and spent nights with her in luxurious hotels. But he used controlling techniques to keep her interested in him during the 19-month relationship, it was claimed. She said he would flatter, text and phone her and lead her on before ‘pulling the rug’ from under her feet. The tribunal heard that in one phone call Dr Beacon, a respected consultant orthopaedic surgeon, told the 39-year-old woman he dreamed about her breasts. At the General Medical Council hearing, the married mother of one said the surgeon was manipulative and controlling and that he reminded her of child-killer Philpott, who used fear to control and dominate women. She said: ‘I feel utterly disgusted – if I could eradicate it [the affair] I wou

The Senate set a long-awaited vote for Wednesday on a bipartisan plan for expanding background checks to more firearms buyers, with supporters facing a steeply uphill path to victory. By scheduling the roll call, Senate leaders ensured a showdown over the cornerstone of an effort by gun control supporters to tighten firearms laws following December's killings of 20 students and six aides at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. The Senate planned to vote on eight other amendments as well to a Democratic gun control bill that besides expanding background checks, would tighten laws against gun trafficking and boost school safety aid. Senator Manchin (seated on his own, right) hosted Newtown families in his Washington office on the day he announced that he had reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks on gun buyers They included Democratic proposals to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips, which are expected to lose; a Republican proposal requiring

One of the senators behind stricter background checks for gun sales struggled to hold back his tears when he met families who lost someone to the Sandy Hook massacre. Senator Joe Manchin spoke to those who lost loved ones when crazed gunman Adam Lanza opened fire at the school in Newtown, Connecticut. Manchin a Democrat, and Republican Patrick Toomey reached a bipartisan agreement on background checks, improving prospects for gun control legislation that Obama has been pushing for. Scroll down for video Grief: Senator Joe Manchin (left) becomes emotional as he meets with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown Senator Manchin (seated on his own, right) hosted Newtown families in his Washington office on the day he announced that he had reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks on gun buyers Senators reach deal over gun background checks Obama said while it's not his bill and he wishes parts of it were stronger, the

Hopping across the backs of clowns, ball spinning and clambering along moving poles, these adventurous cats certainly know how to put on a unique show. Some 120 felines make up the Moscow Cat Theatre, which has reopened after a year of renovation and features madcap acts with titles such as Catnappers, Cat Clowns and Cats from the Universe. The Russian theatre, which was founded by Yuri Kuklachev and his son Dmitri in 1990, includes stunts that see cats walk a tightrope, wobble on a rocking horse and pose on top of a mirror ball. Scroll down for video Clambering: Some 120 felines make up the Moscow Cat Theatre, which has reopened after renovation Trick: The cat theatre reopened last Friday and hundreds of locals were there to see the first performance Shows: The theatre, which was founded by Yuri Kuklachev and his son Dmitri in 1990, includes various stunts VIDEO Weird! World's only 'cat theatre' reopens doors in Moscow Performing felines. World's on

A Polish factory worker murdered his British girlfriend and burned her body in a plot with his lover and her uncle to claim a six-figure insurance payout, a court heard yesterday. Rafal Nowak, 31, killed business analyst Catherine Wells-Burr while she slept, a jury was told. His mistress Anna Lagwinowicz and her uncle, Tadevsz Dmytryszyn, both Polish, helped to dispose of her body, it is alleged. Dmytryszyn drove the corpse to a field and it was set on fire using petrol, the court heard. Miss Wells-Burr, 23, was said to have been looking forward to a future with Nowak after they bought a house together, with Aviva insurance cover on their mortgage. The trio are accused of murdering her so Nowak could gain ownership of the property and cash in the £123,000 policy. Prosecutors say they planted fake messages suggesting their victim was having an affair with a 'mystery man' who they hoped would be blamed for her death. The group are said to have burned Miss Wells-Burr's body i

Bill Richard expected to get home on Monday night exhausted after a family day out watching the Boston Marathon. Instead he returned to his house in Dorchester, Massachusetts looking like 'the walking dead' as he struggled to come to terms with the loss of his eight-year-old son, Martin, and the horrific injuries suffered by his wife, Denise, and six-year-old daughter, Jane. Martin had just got ice cream with his family and had returned to the finish line with them watching runners cross the finish line when he was killed by the second of two terrifying blasts that went off 12 seconds apart at the marathon's finish line just before 3 p.m. yesterday. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Tragic: Martin Richard, 8, was among the at least three people killed in the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Martin's younger sister, Jane, lost a leg in the explosion and his mother Denise is in hospital after undergoing brain surgery. Martin's older brother, 12-year-old