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If the citizens of New South Wales thought they knew anything about Gladys Berejiklian it was that the premier was always prim, proper and intensely private. The unmarried 50-year-old appeared to have no personal life outside her work and family commitments, or went to great lengths to keep it well hidden.  That all changed on Monday morning when tapped phone calls between her and disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire - her secret lover - were played at a corruption inquiry.  It was extraordinary enough that the premier's private conversations with a dodgy colleague were recorded but the intimate nature of those chats belied her demure public image.   The calls feature colourful language including swear words and offensive phrases coming from Mr Maquire's mouth which seem not to offend Ms Berejikilian's ears. Scroll down for video   Premier Gladys Berejiklian has admitted she shared a private relationship with disgraced former colleague Daryl Maguire while he was in office. Sec

Notorious bikie Shane Bowden was killed in an execution-style shooting on the Gold Coast in the early hours of Monday morning Murdered bikie Shane Bowden had been 'looking over his shoulder' for months before he was shot dead in an execution-style shooting on the Gold Coast. The 48-year-old was gunned down in a hail of bullets inside his BMW moments after pulling into the driveway of a home on Cox Road in Pimpama, about 12am on Monday. Bowden is believed to have been shot dead by members of the Mongols OMCG, the gang he was a senior member of until recently patching over to the Finks.  Trudi McPhee, Bowden's on-again-off-again girlfriend and mother to one of his two sons, told Daily Mail Australia that the heavily-tattooed bikie had been wary of a potential attack ever since he was shot in Melbourne on July 1. 'He believed people had been watching him ever since he got shot in Melbourne,' Ms McPhee said. 'He got shot and then he got COVID-19, and then he told me

A black man who was led by mounted police down a Texas street while bound with a rope last year is suing the city and its police department for $1 million, court documents have revealed. Donald Neely, 44, who suffers from mental illness and was homeless at the time, was arrested on criminal trespassing charges in Galveston, just outside of Houston on August 3, 2019. Images and video from his arrest - showing two white police officers leading him down the street handcuffed with a rope tied to their horses - sparked public outrage at the time and drew comparisons to the slavery era. In a lawsuit filed in Galveston County last week by Neely’s attorney Julie Ketterman, she called the officers’ conduct ‘extreme and outrageous’. The Houston-based attorney also argued the two officers ‘knew or should have believed that Neely - being a Black man - being led with a rope and by mounted officers down a city street as though he was a slave, would find this contact offensive.’ Scroll down for video

Betsafe allowed Tom Eaton, 34, to continue betting thousands of pounds even after concerns were raised about his account A major bookmaker bombarded a gambling addict with personal messages and showered him with cash bonuses of up to £500, secret documents reveal. Betsafe allowed Tom Eaton, 34, to continue betting thousands of pounds even after concerns were raised about his account. In fact, the £25,000-a-year finance manager was stealing from his employer, furniture company Dunelm, to fund his habit – and has pleaded guilty to taking £170,000 between 2015 and January 2019. He admitted forging an account book, submitting 20 bogus expenses claims and fraudulently obtaining three company credit cards.  He faces up to five years in jail when he is sentenced next month, and would leave his wife Sam, 29, to care for their two young children, aged one and four, by herself. The court heard he took the money to fund a ‘gambling addiction that had escalated out of control’.  On one occasion, E

A three-year-old boy has died after he accidentally shot himself in the head with a gun that he found inside a home in Oregon on Friday night. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a shooting in the 7100 block of SW Millennium Terrace in Aloha just before 10pm on October 9. Family members of three-year-old James Kenneth Lindquester called 911 to report that the toddler had found an unsecured handgun in an end table drawer in a bedroom and had shot himself in the head at around 9.50pm. Detectives from the Violent Crimes Unit and the Special Investigations Unit responded to the scene, along with EMTs. Little James was unresponsive upon arrival. Emergency responders took over from the family and began administering life-saving efforts. The boy was rushed to hospital after attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. James died from his injuries just under two hours later and was officially pronounced dead shortly before midnight.  Family members of three-year-old Jam

A train derailment in metro Atlanta early Sunday sparked a small fire, created runoff concerns and briefly forced some residents from their homes, a fire official said. The CSX train with about 170 cars, including three locomotives, ran off the tracks in Lilburn, according to Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services. Firefighters responded at 1.43am to an occupant report of a train derailment on the CSX rail line in the area of Main Street NW and Camp Creek Road SW. Scroll down for video  A train derailment in metro Atlanta early Sunday sparked a small fire, created runoff concerns and briefly forced some residents from their homes, a fire official said The CSX train with about 170 cars, including three locomotives, ran off the tracks in Lilburn, according to Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services Two employees involved in the derailment were able to get to safety and were being evaluated for possible injuries, the agency said in a Facebook post. No injuries were immediately re

A bank has banned its customers from using credit cards on any gaming or gambling services, sparking backlash from customers who claim McDonald's will be next for selling unhealthy food. Bank Australia has informed its customers they will not be allowed to make any gaming transactions on their credit cards from December 1.  'Effective from 1 December 2020 we are blocking all gambling and gaming transactions on credit cards,' the 'responsible' bank wrote to customers. A bank has banned its customers from using credit cards on any gaming or gambling services (Sportsbet pictured) Bank Australia has informed its customers they will not be allowed to make any gaming transactions on their credit cards from December 1 (Poker machines pictured) Chief executive of the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores, Jeff Rogut, told the Courier Mail the bank should not be controlling how customer's behave. 'I don't think the ­companies that are offering the servic

The RAF has been forced to strip parts from 17 fighter jets to keep the rest of the fleet operational. An official document released by the cash-strapped Ministry of Defence showed that British taxpayers paid £17.6 billion for 160 Typhoons. But new figures from this year show that the number of RAF Typhoons in service is only 139. The RAF has been forced to strip parts from 17 fighter jets to keep the rest of the fleet operational Four of the aircraft were never in the fleet, with three used for development flying, meaning 17 Typhoons are being used as spares to keep others flying in a project the RAF calls ‘reduce to produce’ in a bid to save money. The cost of the aircraft that have been cannibalised is £1.1 billion. An RAF sources said the planes that were stripped were at the ‘end of life’ or obsolete, adding: ‘Each aircraft releases millions of pounds worth of spares back into the supply chain. This represents excellent value for the taxpayer.’ The work is being carried out at RAF

The reek of the past still lingers within its walls and the influence of the woman who built it, a famously extravagant heiress, persists. But inside everything has changed. Take the vast drawing-room carpet, originally woven for Louis XIV. Once likened to 'stepping on $10,000 dollar bills', it has been replaced by a covering of warm, creamy pastels. And the desk where, in a rage, she swore out a warrant for the arrest of husband number two - she married and divorced seven times - after he had threatened to shoot her lover, has long gone. The bedroom where she pursued various amorous adventures also enjoys a much less active existence. While Winfield House has seen countless stylish gatherings, its renown springs from its first owner, Woolworths heiress Barbara Hutton But in one aspect, Winfield House in Regent's Park remains unchanged, and that is in its grip on history. For 65 years it has been the official residence of the U.S. ambassador to Britain - at the epicentre of