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Adam Peaty's grandmother has described the heartwarming moment she watched him become a double Olympic champion at the Tokyo Games - all the way from her living room in East Staffordshire. Mavis Williams, 78, said she burst into tears when her grandson swam to victory in the 100m breaststroke on Monday, claiming his second gold Olympic medal.  The 'proud' retiree, who lives in Uttoxeter, said she had to close her eyes when he jumped into the water because she was so nervous. 'I had a text from him saying "I wish you were in the stands", and it just made me get a lump in my throat,' Mavis told ITN, before welling up once more.  She continued: 'I got up at 2, made a cup of tea at 3 and then it was time and he came on. 'My stomach went all over, and when he got on the blocks and was going to go in, I closed my eyes, I dared not look.  'And when they said double Olympic champion i just burst into tears. 'I was so proud, I can't even tell yo

Recruitment consultant Tara Hanlon, 30, who worked for a recruitment firm in Leeds and underwent cosmetic surgery to try and look like her idol Kim Kardashian, has been jailed for nearly three years A 'party-loving' Kim Kardashian-lookalike has been jailed for nearly three years over more than £5million worth of money-laundering offences after she was stopped at Heathrow Airport with five suitcases full of nearly £2million in cash on her way to Dubai. Recruitment consultant Tara Hanlon, 30, who worked for a recruitment firm in Leeds and underwent cosmetic surgery to try and look like her idol Kim Kardashian, was held as she tried to board a flight to the United Arab Emirates city last October with more than £1.9million in cash.  The find, vacuum packed in five suitcases and covered in ground coffee to hide the smell from sniffer dogs, was described at the time as the largest individual cash seizure at the border that year. Party girl Hanlon, from Leeds, Yorkshire, pleaded not g

Former President Trump's billionaire friends Tom Barrack on Monday pleaded not guilty in a Brooklyn court to federal charges of illegally lobbying for the United Arab Emirates.  A small crowd was waiting for the private equity investor as he arrived at court and pelted him with insults.  'It's our democracy,' shouted one man in video posted to social media one man yelled. 'It's our democracy, not yours. Traitor!' Barrack, 74, faces seven charges, including secretly lobbying the Trump administration for the UAE between 2016 and 2018, and lying to investigators about his relationship with the Gulf state. He pleaded not guilty on all counts during a brief hearing on Monday.  Tom Barrack arrived at federal court in Brooklyn on Monday. Hecklers branded him a traitor before he pleaded not guilty to seven charges, including that he secretly lobbied the Trump administration on behalf of the United Arab Emirates Barrack, a private equity investor, served as an inf

Allegra Stratton says many British households are already taking the 'micro-steps' in order to be environmentally friendly Boris Johnson's climate change spokeswoman says people should freeze leftover bread, order shampoo in cardboard packaging and not rinse plates before putting them in the dishwasher. Allegra Stratton says many British households are already taking the 'micro-steps' in order to be environmentally friendly.  She admits that the government is not pretending that the steps taken on their own will 'stop climate change', but says the suggestions are intended could still have a positive impact.  Writing in The Telegraph, Ms Stratton says: 'Did you know, according to COP26 principal partner Reckitt, who make Finish, you don't really need to rinse your dishes before they go into the dishwasher?  'Does your brand of plastic bottle shower gel come as a bar in cardboard packaging? I bet it does. It might be freezing half a loaf of bread w

The growing number of Covid-19 cases in Sydney could force authorities to split the city in half - tightening lockdowns in the virus-ravaged south-west while the rest of the city roams free. Gladys Berejiklian's government have been left scratching their heads as they search for a way to tackle consistently high case numbers without tanking Sydney's economy by keeping business owners and consumers in lockdown until September. Stay-at-home orders have been in place for almost five weeks, but New South Wales still recorded 145 new cases on Monday, including 76 people who were active in the community while infectious.   The NSW government held a five-hour crisis cabinet meeting on Monday to decide whether to strengthen restrictions only in areas hit hardest by the virus - such as Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown and Liverpool.  There were also conversations about whether to ease public health orders for the Northern Beaches,  Wollongong and Shellharbour - all of which have not seen