Charlie Sheen enters Rehabs for drug and alcohol abuse with pornstar in orgies.

For fans of Two and a Half Men, the news that Charlie Sheen would voluntarily enter a rehabilitation center was no doubt bittersweet: The 45-year-old actor could get the help that he needs even though his ...

Lohan snapped after freed from jain in bail.

Sesame Street pulls Katy Perry from show

Katy Perry's cleavage is fine for Russell Brand — not so for Elmo and Sesame Street. The children's show says it won't air a taped segment featuring the "California Gurls" singer and Elmo. The pop star — who is known for her risque outfits — wore a gold bustier top as she sang a version of her hit "Hot N Cold." But some felt it was too revealing for the kid set.

In this Sept. 12, 2010 photo, Katy Perry arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. Sesame Street says it won't air a taped segment featuring Perry and Elmo. The pop star , who is known for her risque outfits, wore a gold bustier top as she sang a version of her hit "Hot & Cold." But some felt it was too revealing for the kid set

'It’s hell. I can’t stand it!’ Carla Bruni reveals what Michelle Obama REALLY thinks of being First Lady

Michelle Obama thinks being America’s First Lady is ‘hell’, Carla Bruni reveals today in a wildly indiscreet book.

Miss Bruni divulges that Mrs Obama replied when asked about her position as the U.S. president’s wife: ‘Don’t ask! It’s hell. I can’t stand it!’

Details of the private conversation, which took place at the White House during an official visit by Nicolas Sarkozy last March, emerged in Carla And The Ambitious, a book written in collaboration with Miss Bruni.

However another book, an unauthorised biography about the French president's wife, offers an insight into an apparently testy relationship between the two women.


* New biography alleges rivalry between two women strained relations between the French and U.S. presidential couples

A wave for the cameras: The Obamas are greeted by the French president and his wife. Michelle is described in a biography of Carla as 'the only one in (Carla's) eyes able to challenge her for the title of the world's sexiest and most glamorous first lady'

Fergie in fresh cash crisis after struggling to pay £6,500 debt to the Queen... for stamps

Fresh cash crisis: The financially challenged Duchess of York faces a £6,000 postal bill from the Queen

The Duchess of York was facing fresh embarrassment today after running up a bill of £6,500 using the Queen’s special mail service.

The cash-strapped Duchess, 50, used the service to send out signed photographs and gifts to friends at home and abroad - and was warned she might be barred from using it further unless her debt was cleared.

Dancing With The Stars' Erin Andrews sues 'several' hotels after being filmed nude in her room by peephole stalker

Lawsuit: Erin Andrews is suing a number of hotels and her former stalker

Sports reporter Erin Andrews has launched legal action against several hotels after she was secretly filmed nude in her rooms by a stalker who then posted videos of her online.

Glamorous Miss Andrews, 32, who works for sports broadcaster ESPN, is suing both Marriott International and Radisson Hotels International for negligence, emotional distress and invasion of privacy.

Smiling Fidel Castro seen in public for first time since 2006

Rare appearance: Fidel Castrol looked healthy in pictures taken during a visit to a Cuban scientific centre

Heyday: A young Castro puffs on a cigar during an interview in 1974

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has made his first known public appearance in four years after visiting a scientific facility in Havana.

Photographs taken by his son Alex and posted on a state-run blog showed a smiling, healthy-looking Castro, 83, wearing a Nike tracksuit as he talked with directors of the National Centre of Scientific Investigation.

Fergie faces up to losing royal home after she's caught offering access to the Prince for £500,000

 
Sales: Princess Beatrice and Sarah Ferguson at the Butterfly Ball charity function in South London on Thursday. The Duchess of York is said to have offered seats at their table, with Elton John, for sale to an undercover reporter

Prince Andrew, pictured addressing delegates at an Islamic economic forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was unaware of the arrangement

Tired and emotional: The Duchess of York arrives in Los Angeles last night after she was revealed to have offered access to her former husband for £500,000

The Duchess of York has offered to quit Prince Andrew's royal residence after she was exposed offering access to him for £500,000.

The prince last night arrived back from a visit to Singapore for crisis talks with the Queen on how to minimise the damage.

Fans' fury as comedian jokes Croc Hunter Steve Irwin's 'creepy' daughter Bindi 'needs a slap in the face'

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Huge fan base: Bindi, 11, playing around with a crocodile toy on tour in the US.Popular: Bindi is in Washington promoting her new movie with mother Terri and brother Robert.Daddy's girl: Bindi with father Steve Irwin, 'The Crocodile Hunter' and mother Terri.Under fire: comedian Fiona O'Loughlin

Bindi Irwin, the 11-year-old daughter of the late adventurer Steve Irwin, has been described as 'a bit creepy' by a female comedian - to a chorus of outrage.

With a gesture to the audience of a TV music quiz show, Australian Fiona O'Loughlin also suggested that Bindi needed a slap in the face.

Adding to the insults, Miss O'Loughlin then performed an exaggerated impersonation of the child star's voice.
Bindi and her mother Terri have come in for criticism by those who say the youngster has been groomed too quickly for showbusiness and is missing out on the fun that other children enjoy.

The claims have been denied by Mrs Irwin, whose husband died in 2006 when he was stabbed in the heart by a stingray barb off the Queensland coast, and by Bindi herself.

But Bindi, who has starred in her own TV show and sings and dances in Australia and the United States, also has a large fan base and her admirers have pounced on Miss O'Loughlin.
TV viewers swamped the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's switchboard after the show, describing her as 'tasteless', 'un-Australian' and 'a bully'.

Miss O'Loughlin defended her comments, saying she did not know what all the fuss was about.

'It was part of some banter on a comedy panel show,' she said.

'I'm a comedian and comedians make fun of people we know. I've said worse about myself.'

But her outburst stunned other panelists, among them Chris Durling, a former member of Bindi's singing and dancing group Bindi's Crocmen.

He said Bindi was 'gorgeous' and down to earth, adding, 'what you see is what you get'.

It was then that Miss O'Loughlin cut in with: 'Yeah, a freak show'.

Bindi and her mother are in America to promote Bindi's new film, Free Willy 4, and have not commented on the comedian's outburst.

Newspaper readers were quick to add their criticism, one commentator in Sydney's Daily Telegraph describing Miss O'Loughlin as being 'no better than a school yard bully.'

Find a Job Dating Wine E-Editions Feedback My Stories Saturday, Feb 20 2010 6AM -2°C 9AM 1°C 5-Day Forecast Tiger Woods apologises for cheating on wife Elin but refuses to name golf comeback date

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Golf star Tiger Woods has publicly apologised for his affairs in a televised address - but refused to name a date for his golf comeback.

The American, who cheated behind his wife Elin's back, read from a prepared statement in his odd appearance in Florida.

He said: 'I want to say that I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour.
I was unfaithful, I had affairs, I cheated. What I did was unacceptable.

'I've made you question who I am and how I could have done the things I've done. I'm embarrassed that I put you in this position.

'I know my actions were wrong but I convinced myself that normal rules didn't apply (to me). I was wrong. I was foolish. I don't get to play by different rules. I brought this shame on myself.'


Woods added: 'I hurt my wife, my kids, my mother, my wife's family, my friends, my foundation and kids all around the world who admired me.

'I know people want to find out how I could be so selfish and so foolish. People want to know how I could have done these things to my wife, Elin, and to my children.
'And, while I have always tried to be a private person, there are some things I want to say. Elin and I have started the process of discussing the damage caused by my behaviour. We have a lot to discuss and what we say to each other will remain between the two of us.'

Addressing his personal issues, Woods said: 'I've had a lot of time to think about what I've done. My failures have made me look at myself in a way I've never wanted to before. It's now up to me to make amends. And that starts by never repeating the mistakes I've made.

'It's up to me to start living a life of integrity. It's hard to admit that I need help but I do. For 45 days from the end of December to early February I was in in-patient therapy receiving guidance for the issues I'm facing. I have a long way to go. I have taken my first steps in the right direction.'
Woods was injured on November 27 of last year when he crashed his car into a
fire hydrant and a tree near his Florida home after an argument with his wife.

Woods said he 'ran straight through the boundaries' that a married couple should observe.

He admitted: 'I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to, I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled.
Thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them. I was wrong, I was foolish. I don't get to play by different rules.'

Woods said his Buddhist faith would help him to 'be a better man' and 'stop following every impulse and to learn restraint'.

On the speculation that he had been attacked by his wife on the night of his crash, he said he was angered by the 'fabricated' accounts.There were claims that Elin hit him with a golf club.
He said: 'I have a lot to atone for but there's one issue I really want to discuss. Some people have speculated that Elin somehow hurt or attacked me on Thanksgiving night.

'It angers me that people would fabricate a story like that. Elin never hit me that night or any other night. There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage. Elin has shown enormous grace and poise throughout this ordeal. Elin deserves praise not blame.'

On his golf comeback, Woods revealed: 'I do plan to return to golf on day but I just don't know when that day will be. It may well be this year.'

Woods added that he would be returning for further therapy on Saturday.

After he spoke, Woods hugged his mother Kultida, who was in the front row of the specially selected audience. She whispered in his ear: 'I'm so proud of you. Never think you stand alone. Mom will always be there for you and I love you.'
The event was tightly controlled, with only a few journalists allowed to watch Woods live. He was dressed in a suit with an open collar shirt. There were no visible marks on him.

Woods spoke for 14 minutes from the clubhouse at the TPC Sawgrass, home of the US PGA Tour. About 40 people were in the room.

He added: 'In recent weeks I have received many thousands of emails, letters
and phone calls from people expressing good wishes. To everyone who has reached
out to me and my family, thank you. Your encouragement means the world to Elin
and me.

'I want to thank the PGA Tour, commissioner (Tim) Finchem and the players for their patience and understanding while I work on my private life. I look forward to seeing my fellow players on the course.

'Finally, there are many people in this room and there are many people at home who believed in me. Today I want to ask for your help. I ask you to find room in your heart to one day believe in me again.'



Tiger Woods would come up Trumps as a playboy - sound advice from American business magnate Donald Trump

American business magnate Donald Trump is recommending that Tiger Woods ends his marriage and becomes a playboy.

'Tiger's a friend of mine and I have a lot of respect for Tiger as an amazing athlete, but this whole thing has got totally out of hand,' said Trump in advance of the golfer's eagerly-awaited statement on Friday.

On the five-year marriage between Woods and Swedish ex-model Elin Nordegren - they have two small children - he added on the Fox television network: 'I have a whole question as to whether they should even get back together.
'It's so damaged and if the reports are just half true I would recommend Tiger just call it a bad experience, say bye-bye, go out and be a wonderful playboy and win tournaments and have a good life.

'I think the whole concept of them getting together is not in the best interest necessarily of either one.

'It's so badly damaged that every time they have a little argument she's going to look at him with blood pouring out of her eyes.

'I think the best thing he can do is go on his way, work hard on his game, win major championships and other championships and continue to be maybe the best golfer that ever lived.'

Trump, married three times, also believes the reaction to the sex scandal has not been handled well by the Woods camp, right up to today's announcement when no questions are to be permitted from the small number of reporters allowed in.
I would have rather seen him do this (returning to the public arena) a lot earlier,' he added.

'Just keep it open. To have such a controlled news conference where the golf writers association won't even attend ... I would just be advising Tiger much differently.

'The most important thing Tiger can do is get back on the golf course and win. This whole thing with sex rehabilitation, I'm not sure I'm a believer.

'I think the whole thing is crazy. Accenture have a tournament (in Tucson) and they were the first sponsor to drop Tiger.

'Look, Tiger will never again make the kind of money he was making because these great companies are probably never coming back no matter what happens.

'Tiger will hopefully be the greatest golfer ever again. I think the main thing is that he plays great golf and wins major championships. If he does that then not all of it is going to be forgotten, but a lot of it will be.'

Woods believes it will not be easy for Woods to close the gap on Jack Nicklaus's record 18 majors. He stands at 14.

'There's so much pressure on Tiger. The young kids coming up are phenomenal golfers,' he said. 'I think it's going to be very hard for Tiger to get back into that great, great group.'




Spotlight: Tiger enters the stage


Gaze: Tiger Woods talks to his mother Kultida after his statement

Watching on: The crowd gaze at Tiger Woods

Hand on heart: Woods admits his mistakes



Centre of attention: Tiger with his head bowed in speech

Apology: Tiger Woods in his televised address






Trump card: Donald Trump with his third wife, Melania.Advice Tiger woods to quit the marriage and be the world best golf player and continue to be a good playboy.

'Tough Guy' contest: Eight miles of mud, barbed wire, broken glass and fire... the race that defies our 'elf and safety culture

Flaming hell: Two competitors clears a fire obstacle during the Tough Guy Challenge this afternoon

In 1990 organisers decided to name females Tough Amazons. There was a mass outcry from the ladies shouting we are Tough Guys

The annual event to raise cash for charity challenges thousands of international competitors in a cross country run followed by an assault course consisting of 21 obstacles including water, fire and tunnels

For 20 years, consistant development and over £2 million has been invested in creating over 100 obstacles on our dedicated 150 acre venue

A competitor emerges from the water as he takes part in the Tough Guy 2010 race near Telford

Flaming hell: Two competitors clears a fire obstacle during the Tough Guy Challenge this afternoon

Endurance: A man calls out in pain as he crawls across chunks of ice beneath barbed wire

A competitor runs through the field of fire during today's 'Tough Guy' race

A racer comes up for air after crawling through a water-logged tunnel

The Tough Guy Race consists of a cross country run followed by an assault course

Tired, muddy but very happy: Two women competing in the Tough Guy Competition at South Perton Farm

Bloodied but unbowed, a racer crawls beneath barbed wire

Hotting up: A competitor leaps across flaming peat at the end of the Tough Guy assault course

More than 5,000 people worldwide descended on a small corner of farmland today to brave mud, rain, ice and fire on a gruelling assault course dubbed 'the world's hardest endurance test'.

Thousands of competitors, some in superhero fancy dress as Superman and Robocop, flocked to the 'Tough Guy' contest in Perton, Staffordshire, today to push their bodies to the limit in frosty temperatures.

The eight-mile long assault course features terrifying underwater tunnels, barbed wire fences and fire walks.

It sees competitors stretched to their physical boundaries as they clamber over nets, walls and even an electrified fence dubbed 'The Tiger'.

Brave Britons, Aussies, New Zealanders, Chinese and Japanese all took part in the rainy event - which saw its fair share of broken bones and bruised bodies.

Among the competitors were serving policemen and military personnel - but some of the more daring wore costumes, including 25 people dressed up as Liquorice Allsorts.

Event organiser Mouser Wilson, said: 'We' didn't have much ground space, we had about 7,000 people here and we had to shut the doors to the public because everybody wanted to do it.

'We have had to turn at least a thousand away.
We had plenty of military with us, many said that this course was harder than the army.

'I had a captain in Afghanistan write to me saying the British Army recognise Tough Guy as the most arduous test of physical and mental endurance.

'They want to send a lot of troops here to try the course before they send them off to Afghanistan.

'There is nothing like this in the world, and that is why people from all over the globe want to come here.

'Every year there's something new - we have a zipline this year which takes you down a 1,000 metres very quickly and if you don't let go above the water you'll go straight into the wall. 'We had a fair few broken bones.
But people attempt the course as a journey of self discovery, if people break their legs, they don't come whining like many in our blame and claim culture - they ring up and apologise saying "Please let me come back next year".'

Mr Wilson added: 'We've had more and more children asking to do it, so we're going to hold the first ever kids-only Tough Guy in October.'

One competitor, Liam Posthewaite, 32, from Bristol, said: 'This is the hardest thing I've ever physically done.

'Every single inch of you aches afterwards but the sense of achievement is so satisfying that it's worth the pain.

'This is the first time I've done it... but it won't be the last.'

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England captain John Terry booed on the pitch as affair with team mate's girlfriend is revealed -Surely the serial brawler, drinker and womaniser John Terry can't remain captain of his country?

Another night on the town: A bleary-eyed John terry leaving a London club

Family man: Terry and his wife Toni Poole take their twins for a stroll in 2006. Terry cultivate a family man to secure a 4 million pounds of advertisements.Leakage of affair with team mate wife can cause cancellation of these advertisements.

Feeling the pressure: A tired and sheepish-looking John Terry warming up with his Chelsea teammates at Turf Moor Stadium in Burnley today

John Terry leaves the Dunkenhalgh Hotel in Accrington, Lancashire, this afternoon. He is due to captain Chelsea in their match against Burnley

The triangle: Terry sitting beside Perroncel and Bridge during a Carling Cup match in 2007

Friends in high places: Perroncel pictured with fellow Chelsea WAG Cheryl Cole during a holiday in the south of France last year

Wayne Bridge consoles England team mate John Terry following defeat during the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 quarter-final

Betrayed: Father-of-two John Terry, pictured with his wife Toni, had an affair with his former Chelsea team-mate Wayne Bridge's girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel

Sultry: Apart from appearing in lads' mags Vanessa Perroncel she has also posed with Ali G

Friends: Toni Terry and Vanessa Perroncel spent time together during the 2006 World Cup in Germany

Advertising frontman: The revelation of adultery could prove damaging to Terry's many sponsorship deals

Living apart: Bridge, pictured with Miss Perroncel and their child, moved from his Surrey home to Cheshire when he transferred to Manchester City in January 2009

Lover: Miss Perroncel(Right) is understood to have been offered £1 in return for signing a confidentiality agreement

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England captain John Terry was booed on the football terraces this afternoon after it was revealed he had cheated on his wife with a team-mate's girlfriend.

Whenever the disgraced £170,000-a-week Chelsea captain touched the ball, he was jeered from the terraces of Turf Moor Stadium.

While the boos didn't appear to distract Terry from the game, he was given a yellow card just 18 minutes in after a foul.

His yellow card prompted fans to cheer 'same old Terry, always cheating', which appeared to have a double meaning now.

Terry's sheepish appearance on the pitch today comes after reports broke yesterday of his affair with French underwear model Vanessa Perroncel - his wife's best friend and the partner of fellow England defender Wayne Bridge.

Terry, 29, who has three-year-old twins with his childhood sweetheart Toni, is facing a backlash from players and fans fearing the storm will rock the England squad and ruin the team's chances at this summer's World Cup in South Africa.

Leading Chelsea out for their Premiership clash with Burnley this evening, Terry looked strained and tired as he walked onto the pitch accompanied by two young fans.

Earlier, he refused to talk about the allegations as he left the team's hotel in Accrington for the game, but stopped to sign an autograph for a fan.

An insider said Terry had to be consoled by staff on the teach coach and was 'in bits' after reading today's newspapers.

Celebrity publicist Max Clifford confirmed that he has taken on Perroncel as a client after she phoned him last night.

Mr Clifford, who is on holiday in Spain, said the woman is currently monitoring reports of the allegations and is considering what to do next.

'I think she really wants to read the papers, see what is said and decide from there,' he said.

Mr Clifford said he plans to meet the woman tomorrow after he flies back to Britain.

While the rest of the parties involved have kept silent, her ex-partner Bridge released a statement through his lawyer today appealing for privacy.

He said: 'I have read the press reporting in the last two days. The reports deal with matters which are of a deeply personal and private nature.
'My primary concern is the welfare of my son. Therefore, I intend to make no comment whatsoever either now or in the future about these reports and ask that my privacy is respected.'

Within minutes of the story breaking on Friday, the internet was awash with angry calls for Terry to be stripped of the captaincy.

The Chelsea star had initially used human rights laws to obtain a gagging order against the press, claiming his right to a 'private and family life'.

But the judge who threw out the order said he thought Terry was more concerned about the threat to his lucrative sponsorship deals.

Even the existence of the so-called 'super-injunction' was supposed to be a secret. But in a landmark ruling for press freedom, Mr Justice Tugendhat ruled that the public had a right to know.

He told the High Court that people should have the right to criticise 'socially harmful' behaviour because freedom of speech is as important as the right to privacy.

Experts believe his ruling could open the floodgates to more revelations - high on the list being the identity of the Premier League manager recently accused of visiting a brothel.

The decision will shatter Terry's recently-acquired family man image and could lose him millions in commercial sponsorships.

But the judge said Terry had made no mention of personal distress and appeared to be 'a very robust personality.' He said the secrecy claim was more likely to be about 'protection of reputation' and was 'essentially a business matter'.

The judge was critical of the way Terry, his business partners and Schillings, one of the best-known celebrity law firms, had tried to keep the affair under wraps.

Terry, recently crowned celebrity 'father of the year', was not in court and kept out of public sight as the scandal broke.

He has long been close friends with Bridge and until recently they were neighbours in a gated community in Surrey. Bridge was with Terry at Chelsea for five years until he moved to Manchester City in 2008.
Until last week, no one knew that Terry was having a secret sexual affair with Bridge's girlfriend. When Miss Perroncel's relationship with Bridge collapsed last July, it was to Terry's wife Toni, her best friend, that she turned for support. The two women are even understood to have holidayed together.

The court has not said when Terry's affair began or how long it lasted, but there was one unconfirmed suggestion that it was still going as recently as last month.

The alleged relationship had 'consequences', the court heard - but their nature was not spelt out.

Sources close to Bridge said he was 'in bits'. The 29-year-old has a three-year-old son with Miss Perroncel.

Jaydon Jean Claude Bridge was born in November 2006 but when Bridge moved to Manchester City a year ago, Miss Perroncel remained in their Surrey mansion.

Bridge said nothing when he was asked about his teammate's behaviour yesterday as he left his club's training ground before returning to his £2million rented mansion in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.

But even fellow England stars - not always known for their family values - were privately condemning Terry for 'crossing the line' in sleeping with a teammate's partner.
He also faces the wrath of England manager Fabio Capello - the Italian has famously strict moral values. Capello will come under pressure to strip Terry of the England captaincy if his off-field behaviour is causing a rift in the team.

FA insiders claimed Terry's future depended on how fellow players react to him before a friendly against Egypt in March.

Yesterday there was no sign of Terry at his £4million home where, on Monday, he confessed his infidelity to his wife. Terry has previously admitted to cheating on Toni.

In 2005, two years before marrying, he said: 'I've misbehaved and slept with girls behind her back. I'm not going to cheat on her ever again and I want to marry her more than anything.'

But the day he was quoted, it emerged he had a fling with a blonde - and even borrowed his friend Bridge's £4million house as a love nest.

His alleged lover Shalimar Wimble, 25, told a Sunday newspaper: 'John never mentioned his fiancée Toni to me - I guess that's why he took me to Wayne's place.'
Yesterday the judge made it clear he thought Terry's history as a love rat was very much relevant in deciding whether he should be allowed to keep his latest transgression a secret.

Mr Justice Tugendhat said it was crucial that newspapers should not be prevented from reporting things that were 'socially harmful'.

Even before the order was lifted, the internet was buzzing with details of Terry's infidelity. He was named on at least one football website, while posts on the social networking site Twitter ridiculed the England captain. One said: 'Everyone knew he was boffing the (rather gorgeous) girlfriend of Wayne Bridge - let the story run.'

The case echoes former England captain David Beckham's alleged affair with Rebecca Loos.

He was never forced to quit his post, but then again the England coach at the time, Sven Goran Eriksson, was busy having a secret affair of his own.
The underwear model and her friendship with the WAG next door

John Terry's wife and his mistress were the most unlikely of best friends.

Toni Poole, 28, is a working-class girl who shuns the public eye and is happy to stay at home with the twin children she has by her childhood sweetheart.

Vanessa Perroncel is a French-born lingerie model who has posed provocatively in a series of 'lads' mags'.
Yet they holidayed together last summer and were regular guests in each other's neighbouring homes.

Miss Poole, 28, had dated Terry from the age of 16, when he was a year older and an apprentice footballer on £48 a week still living with his family in an estate in Barking, East London.

She worked briefly as a beautician, but in an age of WAGs is more like the traditional footballers' wife - a loyal, quiet presence in the background.
She and Miss Perroncel became friends in 2006 after the exotic model, who is thought to be around 29, had begun dating Wayne Bridge. He was Terry's Chelsea teammate and neighbour - as well as an accommodating friend.

In 2005 a tabloid newspaper told how Bridge allowed Terry to use his house to have sex with a secretary when he wasn't there.

Afterwards, Terry apologised for his transgression and vowed that it would be the last. At the time, it was the eighth to be publicised in tabloid newspapers.

Whatever doubts his long-term partner might have had over Bridge, she quickly became friendly with his new girlfriend, despite their differences.

Miss Perroncel was certainly different-having made a career out of her body once she moved to the UK.

She posed provocatively in a whole array of downmarket lads' magazines including Maxim - where she was labelled a Maxim Mate - and Front.

Apart from her magazine appearances, she posed with Sacha Baron-Cohen's film creation Ali G, she in a white bra and red knickers as he lay between her parted legs.

Toni and Vanessa headed - along with the other WAGs - to Baden Baden in Germany for their now notorious stay during England's ill-fated World Cup campaign in 2006.

The friendship between the two women intensified after Toni gave birth to twins, son George and daughter Summer, and Vanessa had a son, Jaydon Jean Claude five months later.

The following summer, Miss Perroncel and Bridge were both guests when Terry wed Toni at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire and last summer they went on a 'girls' break' together.

Yesterday's revelations suggest another holiday is unlikely - and there is likely to be a distinct froideur the next time they meet in their Footballers' Wives estate.

After ten years of secrecy, a powerful blow for freedom

The John Terry ruling is a powerful blow against the growth of the privacy law used by celebrities to silence their critics and keep their bad behaviour secret.

For the first time in a decade a senior judge has come down against secrecy, and in favour of freedom of speech and the right of ordinary people to criticise the rich and famous.

The privacy laws have been built up by judges - and one judge in particular - without endorsement from Parliament. They have, for the first time in centuries, made it against the law to tell the truth about the wealthy and the powerful.

They have been based on the Human Rights Act and its guarantee of 'respect for private and family life'.

Yesterday's judgement from Mr Justice Tugendhat also signals the end for the celebrity super-injunction, which are designed to stop anyone revealing private information and are so secret that no one is allowed to mention their very existence.

Privacy rules reached their zenith in 2008 when the judge most associated with privacy rulings, Mr Justice Eady, found in favour of Max Mosley.

The Formula One chief said the News of the World breached his privacy when it reported his participation in a sado-masochistic orgy conducted in German with five prostitutes. Mr Justice Eady said that since Mosley's orgy was conducted in a private flat, it was not a matter that could lawfully be discussed by others, and nobody was allowed to report it.

But Mr Justice Tugendhat's 37-page judgment backed the right of newspapers to report and help form public opinion, and said that those who feel their privacy has been infringed should have to argue their case in open court.

His findings are an effective counterweight to the Mosley judgment and lawyers believe they will have been discussed with other senior judges, in particular the other two judges who deal with serious libel and privacy cases, Eady and Mrs Justice Sharpe.
Mystery of the £1 silence agreement

An extraordinary attempt to silence John Terry's lover Vanessa Perroncel was revealed by the judge.

In documents disclosed by Terry's lawyers to the court, it was claimed that she was offered £1 in return for signing a confidentiality agreement.
But Judge Tugendhat said he believed it could have been a nominal sum and she might have been given more.

The deal was done at a hotel after Terry became concerned about rumours circulating in the football world a week ago.

He believed a newspaper was about to expose his secret, and was warned the News of the World was 'all over it', although it is understood the paper had made no formal approaches.

On Friday January 22, two of Terry's business partners met Miss Perroncel at a London hotel and she signed two documents, the court heard.

The first was a short letter which said: 'I agree to keep such information private and confidential', and promising to pass any media inquiries on to one of Terry's business partners.

The second document said she agreed to keep quiet, 'in order to assist you in keeping such information confidential and in consideration of £1, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged'.

The judge said he was 'troubled' by the arrangement - and wondered whether the woman was really only paid £1. He added he did 'not feel confident' that the documents really expressed her wishes.

Judge Tugendhat also expressed concern that the business partners were not solicitors, trained in taking statements from witnesses.

'It is very important that information from witnesses should be what the witness truly believes, and that words should not be put into the mouth of a witness,' he said.

In a scathing remark, he added: 'Their business interest is to protect Terry's reputation. I am left in serious doubt as to whether the information sourced through the business partners is full and frank.'

The court did not name the two business partners, but said they were engaged in the promotion of the player for sponsorship deals and the protection of his image.

The Daily Mail contacted Elite Management, run by Paul Nicholls and Keith Cousins, who represent Terry, to ask if they were the business partners referred to. Neither was available for comment.

Terry's £4million sponsorship deal under threat

Sponsors are under pressure to ditch John Terry, potentially costing the player millions.

The England captain has a £4million contract to wear Umbro sports shoes at every match.

He has also appeared in adverts for the Nationwide building society and electronics giant Samsung.

In a scathing ruling, the judge made it clear he suspected Terry was more afraid of losing the commercial deals than anything else.

He said the footballer appeared to have brought his High Court action in a desperate move to protect his earnings - rather than the woman with whom he had been conducting his affair.

Terry's attempt at a cover-up came as golfer Tiger Woods was estimated to be losing $1million (£625,000) a day after sponsors deserted him following revelations of his extramarital affairs.

Mr Justice Tugendhat referred to Terry's 'number of high-profile sponsorship or endorsement deals for companies'.

The judge said that income earned from such deals for 'successful professionals' could be 'very large indeed', adding: 'But high-profile sponsors are sensitive to the reputation of the sports professionals to whom they pay large sponsorship fees for promoting the sponsor's products.'

Yesterday the silence was deafening as none of Terry's sponsors was prepared to discuss him.

An Umbro spokesman said: 'There is absolutely no comment about this at this time.' A spokesman for Samsung - which sponsors Terry's Premiership side Chelsea - was unavailable, while Nationwide was quick to point out it was the England team it sponsored, rather than Terry personally.

The player had an estimated personal wealth of almost £17million in April last year.

PR guru Max Clifford predicted that football fans would not be 'too concerned' at the actions of Terry and, because neither Nationwide nor Samsung was 'that family-orientated' it would be highly unlikely for those two firms to drop Terry.

He said: 'It all depends how sensitive the sponsors are to both their clients and their customers and I honestly do not think what John Terry has done is going to upset them.'