The author grew up in the coal mining region of North Nottinghamshire, and would be surrounded by 'hard-working people' who were also 'great storytellers'.
Laura Whitmore had never made any public comments about Giovanni Pernice's training technique - but this afternoon she made a candid comment to "set the record straight".
Dave McKelvey said his private investigation firm had prosecuted four members of the China based group, involved in producing dangerous fake tobacco, because neither police nor HMRC chose to take on the case.
More details of an alleged 'bombshell' recording that Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice expects will exonerate him of wrongdoing have been released.
Sir Ian McKellen was seen with a shaved head and face while watching the final day of Player Kings in the wake of his tumble off stage which caused him to pull out of the West End production.
Detectives investigating the attempted murder of Anita Rose, 57, in Brantham, Suffolk, have released an image of the victim, taken on the morning of the incident from a doorbell camera.