ESSEX: Firefighters vote to strike
8:00am Friday 15th June 2012 in Epping Forest News By Clare Hardy
FIREFIGHTERS have voted to go on strike amid fears a new swathe of cuts will put the communities they serve at risk.
More than 500 members of the Fire Brigades Union in Essex decided to take action over plans to cut an extra 100 full-time fire fighters and 60 retained staff from across the county by 2016.
Assistant brigade secretary Nick Mayes said the plans could leave crews unable to tackle emergencies like house fires.
“One of the statements our chief made recently was that he would like to see up to three crew members on an engine,” he added. “The norm is four.
“If you go to a house fire, two people need to be on breathing apparatus to search for people and an officer in charge. It can’t be done.”
He said crew members would end up taking on more shifts to cover for the fewer positions.
“We’re all under economic constraints,” he said. “People will put pressure on themselves to work extra hours and this isn’t just some factory.
“You can go out, your shift will finish at 9am and you could be on a road traffic collision until 1pm and you’ve got to be awake and alert for the next one.”
He added that there had not been any consultation on the changes and that Essex Fire Brigade was pushing them through despite not taking a budget cut.
“The fire authority seems to be rubber-stamping it,” he added.
The chairman of the Essex Fire Authority, councillor Anthony Hedley, said: “The fire authority has invested heavily in front line services and will continue to do so.
“We have assured the public and our staff that there will be no fire station closures, no enforced fire fighter redundancies and continued investment to modernise the service.”
Fire services bosses recently decided to sell of homes for crew members at Waltham Abbey Fire Station as staff move out.
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London Collections: Men live blog - fashion.telegraph.co.uk
Follow The Telegraph fashion team live from the first London Collections: Men shows. Today: Sherlock Holmes on the cawalk, Prince Charles' style secrets, Martin Kemp catwalks on a bar and more...
BY Belinda White | 15 June 2012
LIVE STREAMING TODAY:
10:00 Lou Dalton 12:00 Topman Design 14:00 Martine Rose
18:00 Xander Zhou
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FRIDAY JUNE 15
15:25 HUNKS IN TRUNKS A-GO-GO AT ORLEBAR BROWN
Providing the dishiest model of the day so far, men's swimwear brand Orlebar Brown hosted a presentation in their swanky new store just of Regent Street. Season after season the label provides chic trucks - as favoured by James Bond - which sit somewhere in between budgie-smugglers and board shorts. The new collection saw wicker prints in various colour ways and geometrics courtesy of the David Hicks archives. Continuing to see a rise in sales of the shorter swimming trunks, the label is hoping to banish badly dressed Brits from beaches worldwide. This season Orlebar Brown is pursuing a natural progression into sportswear, with natty shorts that fold away into the smallest of bags, sweatshirts in every colour under the sun and all-weather kagools. Unfortunately during Team Telegraph's appointment, the eye-catching model had donned pieces from the sportswear collection. Orlebar Brown, next time please may we have more hunks in trunks? - Sophie Warburton, stylist coordinator, The Daily Telegraph.
15:20 WE SPY A LOVELY NECK TIE
By Labour & Wait if you must know. 10 style points.
15:10 IN THE MOOD FOR ABBOUD
Citing London as the best fashion city for men, Bernardo Rojo, the creative director of American brand, Joseph Abboud very much felt like he was coming home. 'I took my first design job in London' explained Rojo but although presenting here he stayed true to the US based brand's roots. Hosting a salon-style show in the Bar Américain, Abboud presented a collection of slick sportswear in a colour palette of red, white and blue (with a little black thrown in for good measure). Post-show, the designer referenced pretty much every man's idol, James Dean, along with a modern twist courtesy of Ryan Gosling's character in 'Drive'. Models strutted in the runway in polonecks, styled under fitted blazers and shorts, while others wore macs with nipped in waists and slim cut chinos. With a nod to both the 1950's and the 80's the collection covered all bases for the modern man - wearable pieces, in innovative fabrics that can be styled up or down accordingly. Sleek and chic, even the snappiest of dressers could learn a thing or two from Abboud. - Sophie Warburton, stylist coordinator, The Daily Telegraph.
14:50 MIX IT LIKE MARTINE ROSE
Mix three parts bleached denim (oversized, Dexy's Midnight Runners proportions) with one part fake snakeskin, and one part scuba-style neoprene. Scatter in some handprint motifs, get your models to hold old band T-shirts (Pil, Screamadelica). Then top the whole thing with white, bankrobber-style facemasks. Finally bottom it with practical Velcro-strapped action-sandals of a type hitherto seen on any catwalk. Martine Rose was loopy and very niche - but fun. - Luke Leitch, deputy fashion editor, The Daily Telegraph.
PHOTOS: Phillip Hollis
14:40 FIX UP, LOOK SHARP
While you're waiting for the next show to drop, take a look at London editor, John O'Ceallaigh's guide to the emerging stars of Savile Row.
14:15 GOR-BLIMEY!
Backstage at rehearsals for Oliver Spencer show and catch Gordon Richardson, design director at Topman, with his trousers round his ankles, revealing striped jersey trunk knickers. The reason? He begged Oliver for a cameo on the catwalk. This is a picture of him preparing (with trousers on)... - Gareth Wyn Davies, Stella Magazine.
13:40 TOPMAN'S ARTY SPORTY SHOW
When the American graffiti cum neo Expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is mentioned in the pre-show blurb you have a pretty good idea what to expect. And so Topman Design presented a collection which was heavy on painterly prints which ranged from refined brush strokes, to those of the 'dab and splodge' variety.
Fuchsia, orange, red and various fluoro shades were the mainstay of a collection that included such delights as a Prince of Wales check shorts jumpsuit, and a section of Amercian football aertex crop tops. One genuine highlight was a series of lightweight tailored jackets that had been heavily lasercut. When worn with an underlayer of a different colour, it created a striking polka dot effect through the surface of the jacket. This was by no means a collection designed for an Everyman - the shapes (much of them oversized) were just as challenging as the prints and palette, but Topman Design's core clientele of urban street style youff fashionistas will not be disappointed.- David Nicholls, Design Editor, The Telegrpah Magazine.
PHOTOS: Chris Pledger
13:30 TINIE PROBLEM 
13:00 ANOTHER GREEN BEAN HITS THE SCENE
Sir Philip Green and his daughter Chloe we hear from quite regularly, but today the lesser spotted Green - Brandon - put in an appearance at the Topman Design show. Our first question - naturally - was what is he wearing: head-to-toe Topman? "All Topman. Except for the jacket, it's Neil Barrett. I was told to wear Topman but I couldn't find it this morning when I was rumagging." Apparently Brandon rolled out of bed "four minutes" before the Green limo was due to depart. So, as he can put together a look like that in four minutes, does Brandon plan to do a Chloe and design his own line?
"Personally I have no intention of designing. I stick with my dad, I started working with him about a year ago [in the business side of Arcadia]. But obviously as dad says product is the key part of any business, and in fashion, no matter how good you are at the business part you have to be involved in the product too. Topman I think is performing as well as any brand in the high street. Globally across the world Topman is the business in the Arcadia group which is performing hands-down, the best..".
And does he ever get his dad to try and different look? "No - I wouldn't even try!" - Luke Leitch, deputy fashion editor, The Daily Telegraph.
12:45 WAKE UP CALL 
12:30 POCKET ROCKETS
It's all about a pocket square at the moment don't you know? Check out these dapper dan's rocking the shows today. I say!
12:00 COOL MAN LUKE
Luke Day the Editor of GQ Style - and a stylist of some renown - has fully mastered the fashion Rock God look. For those who want to "Steal His Style" Luke's wearing a James Long shirt, various chains (Gucci, Jade Jagger, and a "God" medallion he bought in the church of Browns), plus some Topman Design jeans. Shows at the top of Luke's list are James Long and Martine Rose, plus MAN. He said: "we should all appreciate that without Topman there wouldn't be a London mens' fashion week at all." That suntan he added, not fake: he's just back from holiday. - Luke Leitch, deputy fashion editor, The Daily Telegraph.
11:50 HACKETT GET INTO GREAT GATSBY MODE 
PHOTOS: Phillip Hollis
Hackett harked back to a lost, glorious, halcyon age this morning - the time when bankers wore bowlers, carried brollies, and could be trusted. An 18-strong phalanx of models carrying the traditional City accessories and wearing dapper double and single breasted suits - some a bit too loud to be convincingly vintager banker - closed the label's show at the Royal Opera House. Elsewhere, there was a noble and determined push for paisley-printed trousers - a big womenswear trend - to translate into menswear. But I'm not sure about it will succeed. Spanish-owned Hackett usually riffs on Englishness but much of today's collection - the seersucker jackets, baker boy caps, cream lined peaked lapel suits and white brogues - had something a little Great Gatsby-ish about them. - Luke Leitch, deputy fashion editor, The Daily Telegraph.
The finale of city gents at Hackett. PJHOTO: Phillip Hollis
11:40 SOMETHING FOR THE LADIES
You know when a model's really big, because they sit front row instead of pounding the catwalk: David Gandy front row at Hackett.
PHOTO: mrporterlive / Instagram
11:06 SPENCER SOULBOY
Spencer Hart is a show to watch out for this afternoon - Benedict Cumberbatch and womenswear are set for catwalk cameos. Nick Hart said last night his collection this time round is going to be heavily music-influenced, then started reminiscing about competing in Soulboy dance-offs at a nightclub called Crackers. "I was a terrible dancer, though." - Luke Leitch, deputy fashion editor, The Daily Telegraph.
10:55 LOU DALTON
For spring/summer 2013 Lou Dalton has shifted her focus from the battle fields of WW1 to the playing fields of a very modern age. It was more 'sport luxe' than sportswear however, with a major focus on combining discordant fabrics. Panels of suede were added to cotton shirts. Velvet and jersey are combined on sweat tops. Airtex panels added a pleasing texture to sharply tailored jackets. Tailoring in general was very strong - and heavily structured thanks to a generous use of panelling. Alexa Chung arrived with British Fashion Council chairman Harold Tilman giving us the first front row pap frenzy of London Collections: Men; while swimmer Mark Foster and Frankie Goes to Hollywood singer Hollie Johnson were also in attendance. - David Nicholls, Design Editor, The Telegrpah Magazine.
PHOTOS: Chris Pledger
10:45 Is Liam Gallagher the new Paul Smith? The Oasis... sorry, Beady Eye singer's Beatles/Mod influence brand, Pretty Green, is to open a standalone store in Tokyo next month. He's already got 11 shops in Britain. - Luke Leitch, deputy fashion editor, The Daily Telegraph.
10:30 BREAKFAST WITH STEPHEN WEBSTER
Stephen Webster kicked off the inaugural London Collections: Men shows with a busy-for-9-in-morning breakfast at Hix for his new mens jewellery collection. Called 'Highwayman', it was inspired by his yearly cross-America roadtrips (in his wheels of choice, a rather cool vintage Thunderbird). Hence, necklaces and bracelets centred on roadsigns and rings came as "rotating wheels". A chirpy Webster told Team Telegraph that he was planning on doing another sojourn from Colorado to the Napa Valley this year - "It's the only time I can get away from my family!". His road buddy of choice? "My mechanic!" Sensible man.
Mmmmmmushroom's with creme fraiche at Stephen Webster.
The Red Snapper cocktails (gin and tomato juice and fancy fry-ups served were top notch, but Webster had another trick up his sleeve. Taking to the bar-cum-catwalk, he annouced there was going to be a show. What he didnt tell us was that Martin Kemp, Gary Kemp and Nicky Clarke would be among the models. They goodnaturedly did their best Zoolanders and everyone cheered - although Kemp got rather bashful when we asked for a picture of his best Blue Steel. Clarke and Webster had no such reservations, though - check out their pouts. Early contenders for best BS of the week? - Phong Luu, Fashion Features Co-ordinator, The Daily Telegraph
Stephen Webster and Nicky Clarke pull their best Blue Steels for our camera.
Nicky Clarke, Stephen Webster, Martin Kemp and Gary Kemp strut their stuff. PHOTO: Phillip Hollis
10:00 ALEXA ARRIVES
No London fashion event would be complete without the British Fashion Council's Young Style ambassador, Miss Alexa Chung...
9:50 AND WE"RE OFF!
The first London Collections: Men kicks off proper this morning with... a breakfast. Why is it men can't do anything on an empty stomach? Jeweller Stephen Webster is playing host - more of this later. While we're waiting for the first show to begin (Lou Dalton 10am live streamed above), news has reached our inbox of the first bit of celebrity catwalk action. Sherlock Holmes AKA benedict Cumberbatch, will 'walk' in Spencer Hart's show today at 5pm. Spencer Hart dressed Benedict Cumberbatch for the BAFTA TV awards and the Golden Globes this year. If you're in Benedict's fan club - affectionately known as 'The Cumberbitches', get thee to the Old Selfridges Hotel where you might catch a glimpse of the man himself. Just don't tell him i sent you...
THURSDAY JUNE 14
PRINCE CHARLES: FASHION ICON? ME?
At a reception at St James Palace to officially launch London Collections: Men, Prince Charles batted off suggestions he was a sartorial icon. Luke Leitch went along to meet His Royal Highness and ask the all important question: what are you wearing? Read all about his adventures here...
Prince Charles takes the mic. PHOTO: REX
And here are our favourite pics from the glamorous soiree:
David Walliams meets Charles: "I asked Charles what he wears. He said mostly Primark, but George at Asda too: he likes to mix it up." PHOTO: REX
Tom Ford meets Prince Charles: Who's your tailor? Call me, not that guy next to me... don't call him... don't even look at him... PHOTO: REX
Source: fashion.telegraph.co.uk
London stocks edge higher on policy action - Financial Times
Last updated: June 15, 2012 3:09 pm
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London a tough terrorist target - ex-minister - The Guardian
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Why I’m going into battle with Google to find out if it stole my family’s secrets - Daily Mail
By David Thomas
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One sunny day, a Google camera car drove past my house in West Sussex, taking photos for its Street View project. It snapped my garden wall, my front gate, my garden and several angles of the house itself.
Those clever people at Google didn’t ask me if I wanted them to do this. They didn’t ask anybody.
They’re Google. They do whatever they like.
When the pictures went online, they provided any would-be burglar with a handy guide to the best ways into my home. What I did not realise until very recently, however, is that the first ‘burglar’ to benefit could have been Google itself.
Taking more than pictures: A Google street-mapping car in Bristol
Many civil rights campaigners have warned that people are in the dark about how Google's new privacy policy could affect them
For the very same system that collected all the photographic data was also acting as a high-tech bugging device, potentially harvesting data from my family’s computers.
At the time Google snooped on me and my family, a few years ago, I was working from home as an author, so the information might have included financial discussions with my agent, or research for the thrillers I write, ranging from possible locations for presidential assassinations to the construction of small-scale nuclear bombs.
There was a wealth of personal information, too, including confidential correspondence with doctors.
Insatiable
And I am not alone. Millions of Britons may have been victims of Google’s insatiable hunger for personal information.
When it was first suggested in 2010 that Google might have done this, the company initially said it wasn’t true. Then they claimed it was an unintentional mistake; a mere oversight.
Back then, Britain’s privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office, whose job it is to investigate such activities, did not think it was worth hiring a computer expert to investigate Street View. Instead, they spent just two hours looking at a sample of the information Google had collected.
Google street view: The very same system that collected all the photographic data was also acting as a high-tech bugging device
Taking over the world: The Grand Canyon is just one of the worldwide sites which could be revealed in great detail on Google
After that, the ICO accepted Google’s claim that the data trawl was a ‘simple mistake’. It decided there was nothing to worry about, and gave Google permission to destroy any other potentially incriminating information it had stolen.
Now, at last, the ICO is to undertake the serious, hard-hitting investigation into Google that it has long avoided.
The allegation against Google boils down to this: their cars scanned for wireless networks as they drove up and down Britain’s streets, detecting wi-fi signals and capturing any information that was being transmitted or received by computers without password protection that were online at the time.
Many systems might have been idle. Others would have been used for entirely trivial purposes. But as a public letter from ICO to Google makes plain, evidence from America suggests that ‘millions of unknowing internet users’ may have been affected.
The information stolen included private, sensitive material such as ‘full user names, telephone numbers, complete email messages, instant messages, logging-in credentials, medical listings, legal infractions, information in relation to online dating … and data contained in video and audio files’.
Google executives knew the Street View software was actually written in such a way that it allowed it to collect personal data.
Last month, a report by America’s Federal Communications Commission revealed that the man who designed it — a British computer scientist, Marius Milner, who now lives in California — repeatedly warned his bosses from 2008 onwards that it breached people’s privacy and called for an internal review of the legal implications.
The one question that neither the ICO, nor anyone else appears to have asked Google is why they needed to have any data-capturing software on their Street View cars at all.
The purpose of the cars, they claimed, was to photograph every street in the country — an intrusive enough business in itself. For that, they required cameras. That’s all. But Google captured digital data. So why did the cars have this capability?
Now, you might very well say it was my own fault that my data was vulnerable to being stolen: I should have put a password on my wi-fi system. But, naively, like millions of others, I never saw the need.
Google's own Privacy Policy brazenly informs users that the company will 'automatically collect and store certain information' but few of us read this, let alone comprehend what it really means
I live in the countryside. The nearest neighbours are an elderly couple hardly likely to hack into my system. Besides which, why should anyone be obliged to anticipate the amoral acts of multinational corporations? Should we really be expected to guard against an enemy we didn’t know existed?
This isn’t about hiding immoral activities or matters of public interest. We all have the right to keep our personal correspondence, finances and medical histories private.
Or we did, anyway. Now the very concept of privacy is denied by the all-seeing masters of the internet. And in many ways the issue of whether one chooses to put a password on one’s computer is neither here nor there. From the moment we turn on our computer, iPad or smartphone we are effectively broadcasting considerable amounts of our lives to the corporations watching over us all.
Brazen
Google’s own Privacy Policy brazenly informs users that the company will ‘automatically collect and store certain information’. This includes, among many other things, ‘details of how you used our service, such as your search queries’. So they know exactly where you’ve been looking online.
The reason Google does all this snooping is very simple: to make money. In a world in which virtually all online content is free, the only way technology companies like this can make the vast sums they do is by harvesting personal information and then selling that to advertisers.
Google has become too big and too powerful for its own good. It is worth 120 billion, yet pays virtually no UK taxes. Its UK turnover is 2.1 billion, yet it pays UK tax of just 5 million.
All-seeing: Google's StreetView Trekker backpack camera will now allow Google to capture what it's cars and planes can not
It shrugs off the attempts of national governments to regulate or punish it. And it is subject to none of the transparency that it forces upon those of us who use it.
The time has come to say: ‘Enough!’
The Data Protection Act of 1998 states that personal data may not be obtained or processed without the consent of the ‘data subject’. The Street View camera cars did clearly breach that Act — just as Marius Milner warned it would.
Now, in order to get any damages for a breach by a company like Google, one has to prove it led to a financial loss on your part, which would be very hard to do.
However, if the ICO concludes that Google is guilty of a serious breach of the Act, it could fine the company up to 500,000. But there is a loophole that means any penalty placed on the company could be much lower, because until April 2010 the maximum fine for breaching the Act was 5,000 — and the majority of data was collected by Street View cars before that time.
Destroyed
Clearly, Google did steal data. Equally clearly, it would be very hard to prove any specific case, particularly since it appears the evidence has now been destroyed.
But there is something we can do — and I mean to do it.
The Data Protection Act gives us all the right to demand the information an organisation (whether public body or commercial corporation) holds about us. It’s called a Subject Access Request. It costs between 2 and 10, and a reply must be received within 40 days.
Do you know who's looking into your home: Google may have personal information on you without your knowledge
So I have decided to make my own small stand against the Google monster. I want to know what it knows about me, and what it might have stolen. If the Street View cars stole data from my system, and it hasn’t yet been destroyed, then I want to know what they’ve got.
And if Google has been passing my personal information on to third-party companies so they can bombard me with advertising, I want to know about that, too.
It’s our right to know what others know about us. So I urge all the readers of the Daily Mail to join me. Tell Google you want your secrets back.
Do you think Google took your private data? Email us at privatedata @dailymail.co.uk
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Lydia Bright leaves her Essex co-stars in the shade at TOWIE wrap party - Metro.co.uk
She had clearly opted to spread her wings away from the usual Essex attire in favour of a more sophisticated look for the end of season party last night, held at Sugar Hut in Brentwood.
The mustard yellow dress ensured Lydia stood out from the crowd while her co-stars, including Sam and Billie Faiers, Cara Kibey and Billie Mucklow, faded into the background.
The off-the-shoulder piece, from Virgos Lounge, was cinched in at the waist and then fell around her hips with a slit up the middle. She teamed the outfit with a matching yellow clutch bag and nude heels.
But, as if the dress wasn't enough of a statement, Lydia also chose last night to show off her new shorter hairdo.
The blonde beauty was clearly chuffed with her new look as she beamed proudly while posing for photos with new boyfriend Tom Kilbey, the brother of her best friend Cara.
He opted for a much more casual look in blue denim jeans and a plain black T-shirt with matching leather jacket.
Faiers sisters Sam and Billie also turned plenty of heads at the party, but not because their outfits oozed sophistication or glamour.
Billie had opted for a pale green Lipsy dress covered in gold studs and although it wasn't the shorted frock she's ever worn out, the low-cut plunging neckline left little to the imagination.
As she posed for photographers outside the nightspot, at one point she seemed slightly concerned she was about to suffer a wardrobe malfunction as she peered down at her bust to check they were still covered up.
Sam also had her cleavage on show in a dress by Virgos Lounge. It featured a white top with off-the-shoulder straps and a brightly cooured sequin skirt.
Other stars that donned their glad rags for the evening included Billi Mucklow, Cara Kilbey and Frankie Essex.
James Argent also scrubbed up for the occasion, no doubt trying to grab Lydia's attention in a dapper dark grey suit.
Joey too added a splash of style to the evening in blue jeans matched with a whit shirt and grey tie, as well as a pale blue jacket.
Although he was smiling as he arrived at Sugar Hut, he undoubtedly had a bigger smile later on in the night after Sam posted a cosy picture of the pair enjoying a smooch.
Source: www.metro.co.uk
TOWIE gang out in force at wrap party - The Sun
Series five of the hit ITV2 reality show finished last month, but the cast were seen being reunited on Wednesday night in a one-off Marbella special.
Lydia Bright was spotted arriving at the bash sporting a new choppy bob and fringe.
Earlier the 21-year-old had tweeted: "Love my new hair, my hair guru did me well once again thank u @robertkirbyuk @sanrizzsalons rocking out the fringe at the Towie wrap party x."
Lydia, who wore an off-the-shoulder mustard yellow frock, also posed arm-in-arm with new boyfriend Tom Kilbey, 21.
And the blonde later tweeted a pic of herself with mum Debbie, who also attended the bash, with the caption: "Me and my beautiful mother at the Towie wrap party."
Joey Essex, 21, donned yet another daring outfit for the party, teaming a tiny pale blue jacket with a shirt and tie, jeans and brown boots.
But the discomfort of his super-tight blazer obviously didn't stop him from enjoying himself last night, he tweeted: "Towie wrap party = SICK."
And he later added: "Towie wrap party was fun. Nice to see everyone happy x."
Sam Faiers, also 21, arrived at the do with sister Billie.
The girls looked stunning as Sam matched an off-the-shoulder white top with a multi-coloured sequinned skirt and Billie, 22, flashed her ample cleavage in a clingy light green and gold-studded Lypsy dress.
Both sported skyscraper sling-back peep-toe heels to the do.
Sam later tweeted a snap of Billie pouting at the camera writing: "Aww @BillieFaiers."
The photo also showed off busty Billie's incredible assets.
This morning Billie tweeted: "Morning everyone :-) had a brilliant time at the wrap party last night .. For all those asking, my dress i wore was lypsy xx."
Boutique co-owner Sam also posted a pic of her kissing boyfriend Joey.
She captioned the cute snap: "Just got home from the wrap party .. A tad drunk ?? Great night x x."
Charlie King, 26, who was pictured hanging out with pals "Little Chris" Drake, 25, and Bobby-Cole Norris, 24, tweeted last night: "What a great evening with amazing people- night all Or good morning x."
Charlie and Little Chris went for a smart-casual look, teaming suit jackets with jeans.
While Bobby opted to go a little bit more upmarket in a bright blue suit.
Cara Kilbey posed for a pic with close friends Frankie Essex and Billi Mucklow.
But she revealed she wouldn't be hitting the booze with her castmates at the bash, she wrote: "Being a good girl tonight on the water... #oooOoooOooo #H20."
The girls, all 24, looked gorgeous in a series of glam frocks.
Gemma Collins, who stripped off to her swimsuit to tell love interest Arg "You ain't ever gonna get this candy" in The Only Way Is Marbs, missed the bash.
The 31-year-old tweeted: "Gutted to have missed the Towie wrap party tonight hope everyone had fun off to the airport soon xx."
Newly-engaged Mario Falcone and Lucy Mecklenburgh were also absent, as they are currently in Dubai.
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Bolt planning on becoming 'living legend' at London Games - Daily Mail
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Usain Bolt intends to emerge from London 2012 as 'a living legend'.
The 25-year-old holds the Olympic titles and world records at 100m and 200m and hopes to emerge from the London Games having further enhanced his reputation.
He said in The Sun: 'After London 2012 I want to go into the press conference and say before anyone asks me a question, just say "You are now looking at a living legend".'
Living legend: Usain Bolt has lofty ambitions
The trials for the Jamaican Olympic team take place later in June.
He recently escaped unharmed from a minor road accident in Jamaica.
Bolt's team-mate and sprint rival Asafa Powell was said to be at the scene of the accident, but travelling in another car.
He also crashed a car in 2009, rolling his BMW in a ditch and landing upside down, but escaped with minor injuries.
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London 2012 Olympics: Locog release 50,000 more Olympic Park tickets on general sale - Daily Telegraph
Townsend added: "For those people who are no longer able to attend, or cannot give their tickets to friends or family, they can now use our resale platform. This will enable people to resell their tickets in a safe and legal way."
London 2012 have announced that the tickets will be validated and released for sale on a sport-by-sport basis. If a ticket is sold, the ticketholder will get an email and then a refund within 10 working days of the sale. The original ticket should go back to London 2012. If the ticket remains unsold it will be returned to the customer's account.
Tickets are on sale on the London 2012 Ticket website or by phone on 0844 847 2012. People who want to purchase tickets can only pay with a debit, credit or prepaid card.
Any potential purchasers wanting to check for wheelchair spaces should call the same number and speak to the London 2012 Accessibility team.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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