Foreign playboys descend on London with their supercars

£300,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom that was seen in Knightsbridge with black velvet trim just months ago is now PURPLE - with a gold trim

The Phantom caught the eye of passers-by in Knightsbridge last night as it sat parked on Sloane Street 

The exact same car, with the same reg plate, was seen in the area in December, but with an all-black 

velvet coating

It's said the supercar, which was seen on Sloane Street, is worth around £300,000. Its purple velvet body is touched up nicely with gold plating, with a black topping

The exact same car, with the same registration plate, was seen in the area in December, but with an all-black velvet coating

The capital has seen a boom in the number of Lamborghinis, Ferraris and Bugattis on its streets as rich Qataris, Saudis, Emiratis and Kuwaitis move to Britain to escape the Middle East's baking mid-summer months

Kensington and Chelsea Council last month began consulting with the public on a plan to tackle nuisance drivers from Gulf states who descend on the neighbourhood each summer

But proposed laws of a £100 fine will not put off some Middle Eastern supercar owners. One anonymous owner of a Dubai-registered Lamborghini, who shipped his 6.5-litre V-12 auto to London in June, told 7DAYS : 'The fine won't stop anything. What is £100?'

Another supercar driver from the United Arab Emirates, who lives in London with his brother is 'saddened' by the 'rude' attitude towards owners of flash vehicles in the UK

A black Rolls Royce Phantom was spotted in Knightsbridge in December. The owner now has now changed the colours to purple and gold

The black velvet Rolls Royce Phantom went viral on the internet when it was pictured in Knighstbridge in December 2014 

Despite their top speeds, many of the cars rarely get out of the gridlocked London traffic and often spend much of the time parked outside Harrods and other luxury hotels. Pictured is black Mercedes receiving a velvet makeover. Scroll down for to watch a video on how it is done




An Aston Martin Vanquish worth £190,000 was also pictured on Sloane Street in Knightsbridge yesterday. It is registered in Qatar and was given parking ticket outside London's five star Dorchester Hotel earlier this week

Qatari-owned supercars seen outside The Dorchester Hotel in London earlier this week. The Aston Martin Vanquish, left, worth £190,000 was given a parking ticket

The parking ticket placed under the wiper of an Aston Martin Vanquish worth £190,000 at the Dorchester Hotel in London on Wednesday

A yellow Lamborghini Aventador in Knightsbridge last night. This car is worth around £254,000

A white Lamborghini Aventador, worth £254,000, in Knightsbridge yesterday

A red Lamborghini Aventador supercar, worth £254,000, cruising down Knightsbridge last night as passers-by take snaps of the flash vehicle

Despite their top speeds, many of the cars rarely get out of the gridlocked London traffic and often spend much of the time parked outside Harrods and other luxury hotels. Pictured is a black Lamborghini Aventador, worth £300,000, at the Dorchester Hotel on Wednesday

Pictured is a black Lamborghini Aventador, worth £300,000, at the Dorchester Hotel on Wednesday. Westminster Council has previously revealed the parking fines handed out to cars registered in the United Arab Emirates have nearly doubled in the last three years

Cars from the Middle-Eastern country were given a whopping £57,060-worth of fines last year, up from just £31,780 in 2011/12. Pictured is an orange and black Lamborghini Aventador, left, worth £300,000 and a red Ferrari worth around £200,000. Both vehicles are registered to Qatar

A British company, Raccoon, was responsible for the UK's first velvet-covered car - a black Porsche that became an internet sensation when it was seen in London in 2013.

Created by Velvet Car, a French company specialising in luxurious films and accessories, the service involves ‘wrapping’ the cars in a durable and weather resistant fibre.

SHAMEFUL: Drunk On Duty

A drunk Nigeria Policeman found unconscious by the people

THINK YOU CAN PLAY FOOTBALL? MEET RAQUEL AND ALICE. FEMALE SOCCER PROS FROM BRAZIL AND FRANCE

These girls got game! Female soccer pros go undercover at an all-male game - and put the men's skills to shame with their fancy footwork 

Raquel Benetti, from Brazil, and Alice Fougeray, from France, dressed up as unlikely players to surprise a group of male athletes

The two women are actually professional freestyle soccer players, and were more than happy to show off their impressive skills on the field

Girl's got game: In a new video, two women take male soccer players by surprise with their impressive skills

Unlikely pros: The two women dress to make themselves less intimidating; one wears a sexy red dress, and the other disguises herself as a grandma

Bedrudging teammates: The girl in the red dress asks to play with the boys - and while they don't seem thrilled to let her join, they still say yes



Tougher than they look: One man tells the girl in the red dress (left) that she looks like she's going to the mall; her 'grandma' (right) comes to the rescue after she falls down

Surprise! The two women shock the men when they show them how good they really are, with the girl in the red dress easily scoring goals against the other team

Where'd that come from? Even the 'granny' is good at the game, which she plays after taking out her false teeth



Think fast! Both women even perform tricks with the soccer ball, running circles around the male players

The girl says that she's fine, but insists that now her grandma has to play with her - enraging the other players, one of whom says they are turning the game into a 'circus'. 

Total pros: As it turns out, the women are professional freestyle soccer players Raquel Benetti (left) and Alice Fougeray (right)

Not fair: The video notes that while the 2015 Women's World Cup was the most-watched soccer match in US history, female athletes still aren't treated the same as men


Fooled you! As the girl in the red dress, the men mistakenly assumed that Raquel (pictured) wouldn't be a skilled athlete


Think twice, guys: The men also thought that Alice (pictured), dressed as a grandma, would turn the game into a 'circus'




Don't let the heels fool you: Brazilian player Raquel is one of the top freestylers in South America


Show them the money: Despite talented women like Alice (left) and Raquel (right), female athletes earn lower salaries than their male counterparts



So much skill: Alice, who is French, was the first runner-up at the Freestyle Football World Championship

CORRUPTION: Fashola spent eighty million to upgrade a personal website

Former Lagos Gov. Fashola Spent $400,000 To Build A Personalised Website

News report that former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola shelled N78.3million of Lagos tax-payers money on his personal website, has stirred a huge buzz on twitter.

A screenshot of Fashola's 78.3million naira

In tweets and retweets, commentators have been expressing derision and disgust that the former governor could have approved such a questionable expenditure under his watch.
The consensus is that the cost was grossly exaggerated and over-inflated.

A WordPress website, like http://tundefashola.com/ should not cost more than N3million, according to expert opinions.

The story was broken by BudgIT, quoting a budget report on the website of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency.

The contract was awarded in 2014 to “Info Access Plus Limited”. A Google search by TheNEWS did not turn anything out about the company.

Why we’re spending N180m to renovate deputy gov.’s residence – Kano Govt.

The Kano State government has defended its decision to renovate Deputy Governor Hafiz Abubakar’s residence with N180 million, saying the decision was taken to raise the property to a level befitting of Mr. Abubakar.


GANDUJE

The clarification came amid outrage following the government’s earlier announcement of its plan to spend the amount on a building that only three months ago, was home to the former deputy governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, who is now the governor.

The decision was further greeted with anger as it came alongside reports that the government was sacking 2,620 street cleaners who received N10, 000 monthly stipend.

In a statement Friday, the government denied dismissing the workers.

The commissioner for Information, Internal Affairs, Youths, Sports and Culture, Mohammed Garba, who signed the statement, said the programme was only “suspended” to allow a proper staff audit.

“To set the record straight, the appointment of the affected staff was not terminated but suspended pending the conclusion of screening exercise of all the staff by a committee to determine genuine, ghost, fake and non-existent staff among them,” the statement said.

“Government is very much worried and concerned with lack of proper documentation on each of the over 2,000 affected street sweepers who collect monthly N10, 000 allowance and, therefore, deemed it necessary to establish their true status in order to save public funds from been diverted using ghost workers or unjustifiably collected by absconded staff who only showed up at the cashier’s table at the end of every month.”

“All genuine and worthy staff will be cleared to resume duty at the end of the screening exercise,” the government said.

On the renovation of the deputy governor’s residence, the government denied reports that the face-lift was for Mr. Abubakar’s “office”.

He said the plan was to refurbish the deputy governor’s “residence” to a level befitting of his office.

“As for the alleged approval of N180million for the rehabilitation of the deputy governor’s office, no organization or individual or group in the name of government or otherwise ever talked about that since the inception of the administration because the said office was renovated and occupied just four months ago.

“The amount is for the general renovation of the official residence of the Deputy Governor to a standard befitting his status,” it said.

Teen can’t live with his family anymore because a girl he slept with ‘lied about her age’

Zach Anderson is no longer allowed to live at home with his family.

He can’t use the internet, take a walk in the park or go shopping.

In his words, he’s an ‘outcast from society.’

Why? Because he had sex with a 14-year-old who claimed she was 17 and is now a registered sex offender.

The 19-year-old, from Indiana, met the girl via a dating app called Hot or Not, on which she told him she was over the legal age of consent. But Zach was arrested after the pair slept together. Then he was convicted. He now finds himself on the Elkhart County sex offender register alongside child molesters and rapists.

Zach said he feels like an ‘outcast from society’ (Picture: CNN/YouTube)

Even the girl’s mother testified in court that she didn’t want Zach labelled as a sex offender because ‘he really is not.’

In a letter written by the girl to Zach’s family, she said she was ‘sorry I didn’t tell you my age. I really don’t want you to hate me.

‘It kills me everyday knowing that you are going through hell and I’m not. I want to be in trouble and not you.’

But Judge Dennis Wiley was far from sympathetic. Sentencing Zach, he said: ‘That seems to be part of our culture now. Meet, have sex, sayonara.

‘Totally inappropriate behaviour. There is no excuse for this, whatsoever.’

See What The Burial Of A MAn With Hunchbak Caused In Kwara

Fear has gripped residents of Omu-Aran in Kwara following the reported burial of one Femi, a hunchback, who died in a motor accident on Aug. 3.



According to claims, by the tradition, it is a taboo to bury a person with hunchback in the community. The corpse of such person must rather be hanged on a tree otherwise an evil will befall the community. Femi and four others died when an 18-seater bus they were travelling with, from Omu-Aran to Lagos, had an accident.

Although, relatives of the deceased had refused to speak on the rumour of Femi’s burial, already apprehensive residents now hang Jatropha leaves, locally called Lapalapa, on the entrance to their houses, to ward-off calamity. One of the residents, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the relatives might have buried the deceased secretly to safeguard the body from ritualists.

“You know there are many traditions and ancient beliefs in this part of the world. “I think it is the fear that such body might be used for ritual purpose that forced the relatives to have a rethink and decided otherwise.” Pastor David Omorinoye, the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Irepodun Local Government, said that prayers remained the key to every unpleasant situation.

According to Omorinoye, people should refrain from ungodly acts that could lead to the derailment of their faith in God. Alhaji Abdul Azeez Adeniyi, Chief Olupona of Omu-Aran, urged the residents to always pray for the stability and progress of the community rather than spreading unwarranted rumours.

“As far as Islam is concerned such belief is fictitious and without any basis. “We should rather devote our time to seek the face of Allah through constant prayers for the growth, progress and development of our communities,” he said.

Britain to be as hot as the Canary Islands this weekend with temperatures set to hit highs of 28C

Britain is set to bask in sizzling sunshine this weekend with temperatures expected to hit highs of 28C

Hot weather expected to trigger school holidays' biggest beach rush with millions of visitors heading to coast

Mercury is expected to rise to 28C in London and other parts of the south east on Saturday and Sunday

Bookmakers have slashed odds on August being the hottest on record in the UK amid scorching temperatures



Britain is set to bask in sizzling sunshine this weekend with temperatures expected to hit highs of 28C, pictured hundreds of people relax and sunbathe on Brighton beach today






The improved weather this weekend will be a welcome boost for those holidaying at home, pictured people punting on the River Cam

Much of the country will bask in temperatures of around 25C or 26C over the weekend, pictured tourists in Cambridge today

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