The Only Way Is Essex star — wearing sky-high platform stilettos — avoided getting her heels dirty as the burly man came to her rescue.
But she had to cover her modesty with the help of her large clutch bag.
Despite being carried the star obviously had an exhausting day as she tweeted today: “Going stay in my bed all day!! #chilledSunday.”
Later she posted a photo of the occasion saying: “@LaurenGoodger being carried around by a member of security at the Duke of Essex Polo, yesterday!”
Lauren, 25, tottered along at the Duke of Essex Polo event in Epping with TOWIE co-star Georgina Dorsett.
Tom Cleverley’s lover looked striking in a black mini dress with net skirt, while Lauren opted for a dotty peplum-style frock.
Nancy Dell’Olio wasn’t so lucky in getting a helping hand over the slippery pathways as she nearly came a cropper in her knee-high suede boots.
But the nimble former Strictly Come Dancing star, in snakeskin tight trousers and matching bag, managed to keep her footing.
And Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace turned heads in a clingy turquoise frock.
But the day wasn’t all fun as former Atomic Kitten star Liz McClarnon appeared to be having a blazing row with her partner.
And Elen Rives looked far from her glamorous self in a ruched peach dress which did little to flatter her figure.
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Comedian Steve Coogan to stand trial over speeding offence which could see him banned from the roads - Daily Mail
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Comedian Steve Coogan will stand trial today over a speeding offence which could see him banned from the road.
The 46-year-old is accused of failing to tell police who was driving his car when it was caught doing more than 30mph in Kingsway, Hove, East Sussex, on October 12 last year.
In May, Coogan, who lives in Ovingdean, Brighton, entered not guilty plea through his solicitor Andrew Bishop to speeding and failing to notify police who was driving his Range Rover.
Actor Steve Coogan was at Brighton Magistrates court to stand trial over a driving offence
If convicted, he could receive six points on his licence, which is expected to take him over the 12-point threshold for disqualification.
Coogan, famed for his alter ego Alan Partridge, will have his case heard at Brighton Magistrates’ Court.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Essex County Executive welcomes Miami Dolphins Tight End, Anthony Fasano to Verona Park - NJ.com
Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. welcomed Miami Dolphins Tight End and Verona native Anthony Fasano to Essex County Verona Park on Saturday, July 14, for the professional athlete’s 4th Annual Anthony Fasano Bocce Bash. This is the first time the charity event has been held in Essex County Verona Park and was made possible after Fasano organized a volunteer campaign to modernize the park’s facilities with four new bocce courts.
“In Essex County, Anthony has been a star on and off the field. When he’s not catching touchdowns, he’s giving back to the community by supporting programs for children with autism and bringing food and necessary supplies to needy families. He’s a role model for the community,” DiVincenzo said. “We are proud to have partnered with Anthony to replace two existing bocce courts with four new ones, which allowed Anthony to bring his tournament to Verona Park. It’s a great addition that the public will enjoy,” he added. The County Executive noted that he will name the bocce courts in Essex County Verona Park in Fasano’s honor because of his considerable donation to expand and modernize the facility.
“I want to thank my family, friends, contractors and others who donated their time, hard work and supplies to build the four new bocce courts and Joe D and his team for partnering with us so we could bring my bocce tournament home to Verona Park where it belongs,” Fasano said. “In addition to the great sense of pride for my family and friends involved in this project, the bocce courts serve as a symbol for the great things that are possible through community volunteerism. It’s been a wonderful experience working with everyone to get this done, and I plan on returning every summer to host my Bocce Bash right here,” he added.
For the past three years, Fasano hosted the Annual Bocce Bash in Montville, because the park there has four bocce courts and can accommodate the tournament. Earlier this year, Fasano and his representative Pat Capra, approached the County Executive with the idea to replace the two existing bocce courts with four new ones. Doubling the number of bocce courts in Essex County Verona Park enabled Fasano to relocate his tournament to Verona Park.
Essex County crews performed the construction work to remove the old bocce courts and grade the site and, when construction was completed, installed new park benches, bleacher seating and new landscaping. A team of volunteer contractors, family members and friends constructed the new bocce courts over the course of about two weeks in early July, completing in time for the bocce tournament. Fasano thanked the County Executive for helping the project move forward as well as the following contractors and friends: Carl Lombardi Construction, Kaslander Lumber, Yard Work Landscaping, Gary Mercadante, G Lombardi Pavers, Nevolis Contractor, Bo Battista, Pat Capra, Brett D’Alessandro, Coleen D’Alessandro, JR D’Alessandro, Greg D’Alessandro Sr., Greg D’Alessandro Jr., Ray DeCarlo, Jerry DeLuca, Steve DiGeronimo, Ken Dinolfo, Michael Fasano, Phil Ladato, Carl Lombardi, Bobby Lombardi, Richie Lombardi, Rich Mattesky, Ryan Mattesky, Gary Mercadante, Bill Montick, Drew Nevolis, Adrian O’Connell and Mark Panecki.
Proceeds from the Bocce Bash help support holiday food and toy drives for families in need. The Anthony Fasano Foundation also runs an annual golf outing that raises money and awareness for REED Academy, a school for children and young adults ages 3 to 21 with autism. During the last three years, Fasano also has partnered with DiVincenzo, Feed Our Children and several local non-profit social service agencies to distribute food and personal care items to families in need.
Source: www.nj.com
London 2012 Olympics: American and Australian team buses get lost from Heathrow to Olympic Park - Daily Telegraph
Kelly said the bus was moving – unlike the miles of gridlocked traffic – but it emerged after several hours that the driver admitted to not knowing how to operate the inbuilt navigation system on board.
"He admitted this was the first time he had taken the route and no one had taught him how the navigation system works because it operates off GPS," said Kelly
"One of the doctors on board got it working for him, but then the Olympic Village hadn't been loaded into the system and everyone was trying to find the name of the street that the village was in. In the end another physio got out his iPhone and gave directors to the bus driver via his phone."
The experience of the Australians mirrored that of the US contingent.
Two-time world 400 metres hurdles champion Kerron Clement said his first impression of the London wasn't that favourable.
Clement tweeted from the lost bus: "Um, so we've been lost on the road for 4 hrs. Not a good first impression London.
"Athletes are sleepy, hungry and need to pee. Could we get to the Olympic Village please."
The 26-year-old, who won the world title in 2007 and 2009 before surrendering the crown to Great Britain's Dai Greene in Daegu last year, is the defending Olympic silver medallist.
A media shuttle bus also had difficulty finding its destination. The double decker, travelling from Russell Square to the Olympic Park in Stratford, pulled over 30 minutes into its journey.
The driver said: "Sorry about this." He then got out a map, before performing a U-turn and quickly getting back on the correct route.
This follows a bus driver getting lost on one of the two roads in the Olympic Park last week.
A Locog spokeswoman said: "We will do over 100 bus journeys today. It is day one and we have only had one or two issues where journeys have taken longer than planned. The vast majority of journeys have been fine."
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Suffolk/Essex: Population growth above national average according to Census figures - East Anglian Daily Times
The 2011 Census form was filled out by households on the 27th of March. The results of which was published today.
Monday, July 16, 2012
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THE population of Suffolk has grown by nearly 9 percent in ten years - higher than the national average.
The results of the Census published today shows the extent of the growth in England and Wales.
Between the last two Census surveys, the population of England and Wales surged by seven percent - the biggest growth seen in any period since records began.
In Suffolk the growth is 8.7 percent bringing the overall population to 728,200.
In north Essex the growth is 7.2 percent.
Every district in Suffolk and north Essex has seen an surge in resident numbers, except Tendring which witnessed a fall of 0.6 percent.
Nationally there were 56.1 million people living in England and Wales when the 2011 Census was carried out. This means the population had increased by 3.7 million since 2001, when 52.4 million people were counted.
The survey reveals an ageing population, with one in six people in England and Wales aged 65 or over last year.
Some 430,000 were aged 90 or over, compared with only 13,000 when the Census was carried out 100 years earlier, in 1911.
Source: www.eadt.co.uk
Athletes, visitors flock to London after security row - Reuters UK
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LONDON (Reuters) - The first wave of Olympic athletes and visitors began pouring into Britain on Monday and officials played down fears that a packed London would buckle under the pressure of its biggest peacetime security and transport operation.
An embarrassing shortage of security guards, fears over airport queues and questions about the capital's creaking transport system have overshadowed preparations for the Games.
Extra soldiers were drafted in to help police the Games after private security firm G4S said it had run out of time to train all its newly recruited staff. The company's share price fell sharply on Monday.
Less than two weeks before the opening ceremony on July 27, Prime Minister David Cameron said the G4S shambles would not compromise Britain's largest peacetime policing exercise.
"We had contingency plans, we are using those contingency plans and we will do whatever it takes to deliver a safe and secure Games," Cameron told a news conference.
The security fiasco dominated the headlines over the weekend and raised fears that Britain woulod struggle to cope with the Games. A cartoon in the Daily Telegraph newspaper showed a red-faced, overweight runner wearing a G4S vest, complaining: "I didn't realise I had to run all the way to the end".
Some 12,500 police will be on Olympics duty each day, backed up by soldiers, fighter jets and missile batteries on the top of apartment blocks near the Olympics site in east London.
Security chiefs said they had prepared for threats on the scale of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Four British Islamist suicide bombers killed 52 people on three trains and a bus in London on the day after the city was awarded the Games in July 2005.
RECORD AIRPORT NUMBERS
London's main Heathrow Airport was ready for its busiest day on record, while the Olympic village opened its doors to the first athletes.
The first arrivals at an airport notorious for queues at security checks and passport control said everything had gone smoothly.
"I was expecting a three-hour queue like everyone said. It took not even five minutes. It was flawless - good job London," said John Retsios, 36, who had flown from New York with the U.S. Modern Pentathlon team.
Airport operator BAA Plc, owned by Spain's Ferrovial, said it expected a record 237,000 passengers to use Heathrow on Monday, including 335 athletes. The busiest day for arriving athletes is expected to be July 24.
The first section of road reserved for Olympic athletes and officials began operating on Monday, when one lane of the motorway linking Heathrow with the western edge of the capital was closed to all non-Olympic traffic.
It will form part of a 30 mile (48km) network of road lanes designed to whisk 82,000 athletes and officials through London's notoriously congested streets. Critics have nicknamed them "Zil lanes" after the roads reserved for the limousines of senior officials in the old Soviet Union.
London mayor Boris Johnson said the city was ready for the Games, the transport system would cope and visitors would be safe.
"When the opening ceremony begins, then a lot of these issues that we are currently discussing will melt away," Johnson told BBC television. "There is a bit of 'pre-curtain up' jitters and casting around for things to talk about."
(Additional reporting by Omar Oresanya; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Tim Pearce)
Source: uk.reuters.com
London 2012: GlaxoSmithKline launches anti-doping ads - The Guardian
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is to launch a multimillion-pound ad campaign featuring a string of British athletes, including Marlon Devonish and Phillips Idowu to highlight its role running the anti-doping testing laboratory for the London Olympic games.
GSK, which on Monday 16 July is opening the laboratory it claims will run the biggest anti-doping operation in the history of the Olympic Games, is to launch a TV campaign breaking on ITV1 during Coronation Street.
The TV campaign, which features sprinter Devonish and the strapline "The crowd is my only drug", will run throughout the Olympic and Paralympic games.
"As an athlete it's so important to know that anyone who stands on the podium has got there through their own hard work and dedication, not by doping," said Devonish.
GSK is backing the TV push with nationwide billboards – which will feature athletes including Idowu, Beth Tweddle, David Weir and Graham Edmunds - which will include the giant advertising hoarding on the side of GSK's headquarters in Brentford, London.
GSK says that the billboard is wider than the wingspan of a Boeing 737 and claims it's the largest signboard featuring London 2012 advertising during the course of the games.
The billboards and posters will start appearing across the UK from 23 July.
The ad campaign was created by TBWA London.
GSK, which is the first private company to ever have responsibility for running drug testing at the Olympics.
Every medallist, and up to 50% of all competing athletes, will be tested over the course of the Games.
"Our ad campaign aims to showcase the hard work, determination and natural ability that is central to each athlete's performance," said Phil Thompson, senior vice-president of global communications at GSK.
Anti-drug testing has traditionally been carried out by the International Olympic Committee in conjunction with the World Anti-Doping Agency and the respective national authority of each country that hosts the Games.
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Bruce Springsteen sideman blasts London jobsworths as The Boss & Paul McCartney are cut off in their prime - Daily Record
Jul 16 2012 By Mark Jefferies
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IT was the jam session Bruce Springsteen had waited decades for – playing alongside former Beatle Paul McCartney.
But concert organisers at London’s Hard Rock Calling couldn’t even wait a few minutes to allow the 78,000-strong crowd to enjoy the rock legends’ duet.
As they prepared to launch into a final song, they cut off the sound from the stage in Hyde Park – meaning the pair couldn’t even say thanks to the audience.
Yesterday, Springsteen’s long-term sideman Steve Van Zandt blasted the “police state” tactics on Twitter.
He wrote: “One of the great gigs ever in my opinion. But, seriously, when did England become a police state?
“Is there just too much fun in the world? We would have been off by 11 if we’d done one more. Who were we disturbing?”
Macca, 70, was the last of several star guests to join Springsteen and his E Street Band in a three-hour performance. Springsteen, 62, welcomed him on stage and said he had “waited 50 years” to perform with him.
They sang I Saw Her Standing There and Twist and Shout before the microphones were cut off.
Even London mayor Boris Johnson slammed the decision to silence the stars on Saturday. He said: “If they had called me, my answer would have been for them to jam in the name of the Lord!”
Fans vented their fury on online forums, branding it “rock and roll sacrilege”. And actor Simon Pegg tweeted: “What joyless, bitter killjoy made that decision?”
Comedian Stephen Merchant also took to Twitter to say: “Ashamed to be British right now.”
Organisers Live Nation said: “The curfew is laid down by the authorities in the interest of the public’s health and safety.”
Other acts at Hard Rock Calling on Saturday included Scots singer Amy Macdonald.
Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk
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I bet the population of the EU has dropped at the same time
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Brenden Ward
Monday, July 16, 2012
Hardly surprising is it, immigration is ridiculous in this country and this county seems to have more than it's fair share. I'm all for asylum if it's legitimate and immigration if it adds to the country's economy, but come one come all is the way things seem to be run.
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geezer76
Monday, July 16, 2012