An 18-year-old Brit faces 20 years in prison in Dubai after being charged with having sex with a then-17-year-old during a family holiday. Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham, London, was held in a notorious UAE prison for days after police heard of his holiday romance from her ‘strict’ mother. The couple ‘had a wonderful time together’ on holiday in August, meeting up in secret as she feared she could not tell her mother she was seeing a boy. They hoped to continue their relationship when they were back in London.

While his wife Coleen is 10,000 miles away in the Australian jungle tucking into insects and unmentionable animal body parts, Wayne Rooney will be keeping track of his wife’s progress from Plymouth – no doubt with more palatable snacks to hand. The mother-of-four, 38, could be away from their sons for up to a month if she goes the distance in the contest. But due to Wayne’s commitments as manager of Plymouth, he will remain in Devon in his rented flat, while his mother-in-law Colette looks after the boys.

Bachelor alum’s Maria Georgas is setting the record straight about Pete Davidson amid rumors he recently entered rehab for the second time this year. On Tuesday, the reality star, 30, shut down speculation that the Saturday Night Live star, who turned 31 last week, was seeking professional treatment as she revealed he ‘has been sober for months.’ She also clarified that they ‘never dated’ and that she’s ‘just friends with his sister’ Casey Davidson.

Jeremy Clarkson today challenged the Government to ‘back down’ over its ‘cocked up’ inheritance tax (IHT) raid but Sir Keir Starmer insisted the ‘vast majority’ of farms will be unaffected. The former Top Gear host joined thousands of protesting farmers in the capital to demonstrate against Rachel Reeves introducing IHT on all previously exempt farms worth over £1m, at a rate of 20 per cent, in her autumn Budget . Farmers fear the change will prevent them passing their assets down through the generations as they will be forced to sell off parts of their businesses to pay the punishing death duties.

A train passenger who faces a criminal record and hefty fine for using an out-of-date railcard 30 times has bemoaned the punishment is ‘unfair’. The accused woman has racked up a bill of £1,100 pounds for her misuse of the card but insists this was a ‘human mistake’ and questioned why no one alerted her to the card expiring. Tash Bacarese-Hamilton, 22, from Wimbledon in London, told of how she had already been crying when she got on the train having just come from a funeral but that her grief was compounded when the ticket inspector arrived.

With colder weather forecast this week for much of the country, temperatures are beginning to plummet after a mild start to autumn. Earlier this morning, snow hit London with sleet blanketing the capital as an Arctic chill blasts Britain. Drivers have reported getting stuck on roads, trains have been cancelled and warnings of more icy weather ahead have been issued as temperatures plunged to -11.2C.