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Woman in her 50s dies in mass crash before driver flees scene on foot – as cops launch major hunt for man, 23
POLICE are probing a horrific multi-vehicle crash which killed a woman on the M40 last night.
Warwickshire Police said a van driver left the scene as they appealed for help to trace a man called Akashdeep Singh “who may have information”.
Emergency services were called to the northbound carriageway between junction 11, for Banbury, and junction 12, for Gaydon, after several reports of a mass collision, just before 7.15pm, yesterday, Saturday, September 28.
Police said it involved five cars and a Peugeot boxer van. A passenger in one of the cars – a woman in her 50s – died at the scene.
Police said the Peugeot driver was believed to have left the area on foot.
Police inquiries were ongoing to trace him. The force said it wanted to speak to Mr Singh, 23, who was said to have links to the Oldbury area.
In a statement, police said: “Have you seen Akashdeep Singh or do you know where he is?
“We would like to talk to the 23-year-old as we believe he may have information about a collision that took place on the M40 motorway shortly before 7.15pm on Saturday evening, September 28.
“Officers and emergency services were called to the northbound carriageway between junction 11 (Banbury) and junction 12 (Gaydon) after several reports of a multiple vehicle collision.
“The collision involved five cars and a Peugeot boxer van, however the Peugeot driver is believed to have left the area on foot.
“Sadly a passenger in one of the cars – a woman in her 50s – died at the scene. Her next of kin has been informed and specially trained officers are supporting the family at this time.
“Investigations into the collision are continuing with officers keen to locate Singh (pictured below), who also goes by the name of Akash and has connections to the West Midlands – particularly the Oldbury area.
“If members of the public have information to help us find him or can share details about the collision, please get in touch.
“We’d also ask anyone who has dashcam footage of the collision, the Peugeot and the manner it was being driven prior to the collision to share it with us.
“If you can assist us, please contact us quoting incident number 303 of 28 September.”
Andrea Capone dead at 43: Former Serie A star who played in Zola’s retired shirt number dies as body found in hotel
FORMER Serie A star Andrea Capone has passed away aged 43.
The midfielder wore legend Gianfranco Zola’s iconic No10 shirt at Italian side Cagliari.
Zola hung up his boots after a spell at Cagliari in 2005 and his kit number was subsequently retired.
But two years later, Capone had the honour of wearing the No10 shirt for the club.
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Juventus legend Gianluigi Buffon marries glamorous ex-Sky Sports presenter in romantic and star-studded ceremony
GIANLUIGI BUFFON has married long-term beau Ilaria D’Amico in a lavish Italian ceremony.
The World Cup winner and the former Sky Sports presenter said ‘I do’ at the star-studded gathering on Saturday.
Buffon and D’Amico have been together for almost a decade.
The 46-year-old goalkeeper originally popped the question way back in 2017.
But the couple agreed to wait until the ten-time Serie A champion hung up his gloves to get hitched.
Buffon finally retired in August 2023, giving the pair the chance to start their post-football lives.
Saturday’s ceremony saw the pair wed in the sun-drenched area of Versilia, Tuscany.
Buffon’s Azzurri teammates Giorgio Chiellini, Luciano Spalletti, and Leonardo Bonucci were amongst the 250-strong guest party.
Some Hollywood glamour was sprinkled on the occasion by the presence of Tim Burton.
The Sweeney Todd director was there alongside his partner Monica Bellucci, who acted as Ilaria’s witness.
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Buffon and his new bride married on the grass outside a huge Tuscan-style mansion.
Ilaria wowed in a Luisa Beccaria lace dress, with Buffon sharing the moment with his 11 million Instagram followers.
He captioned the snaps: “Finalmente, NOI,” which translates to “Finally, WE.”
One fan responded: “Congratulations to a wonderful couple. Wishing you a wonderful and beautiful married life together.”
Another said: “My favourite couple in the world.”
Ilaria initially studied to be a lawyer before embarking on a media career, most notably with Sky Sports Italy.
She worked as both a presenter and commentator for the broadcaster before leaving in 2018.
Buffon meanwhile played until he was 45, returning to his first club Parma in 2021.
Regarded amongst the all-time great goalkeepers, he made over 1,100 professional appearances in a career spanning almost three decades.
Man Utd switch up pre-match clothing for Tottenham clash as fans gasp ‘what an entry’
MANCHESTER UNITED arrived for their clash with Tottenham in style, and while honouring a club legend.
The Red Devils were in all blue as they wore their new Adidas tracksuit in memory of club icon George Best.
The squad arrived at Old Trafford wearing the all-blue tracksuit which draws inspiration from the club’s 1967-68 European Cup winning season.
Utd beat Benfica 4-1 in the final, with Best scoring in extra time at Wembley.
The Belfast-born superstar played over 350 times for the Red Devils and was voted in FIFA‘s Team of the Century.
Fans are hoping that the current crop can take inspiration from Best and his teammates and are convinced that the snazzy pre-match outfits are a good omen before their Spurs clash this afternoon.
On social media, one wrote: “That looks good! We deserve to win by a landslide.”
While another added: “Looking sharp, Reds! Let’s bring home the win.”
A third wishfully commented: “They look sharp! Let’s hope they play just as sharp”.
And a fourth gushed: “What an entry!”
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United launched a campaign for the new tracksuit and a whole range of different apparel earlier this week.
The George Best Collection features a shirt, jogging bottoms and a zip-up top, all decked out in an iconic Man Utd dark blue.
Current United stars Marcus Rashford, Casemiro, Mason Mount and Ethan Wheatley all modelled in the campaign alongside club legends like Andy Cole and Bryan Robson.
While the whole collection was photographed by Hollywood movie star Gary Oldman.
United face a challenge against Spurs with both sides having tumultuous starts to the season and sitting on just seven points.
Erik ten Hag and Ange Postecoglou will be hoping to put on a show for their fans to get the support back on side.
A-list Hollywood superstar opens the doors to incredible home – and fans can stay there for bargain price
AMERICAN actor and rapper Ludacris has opened up the doors to his incredible home- and fans can stay there for a bargain price.
The 46-year-old has teamed up with online travel company Booking.com to offer a fan experience like no other.
Some lucky fans will get the chance to have a two-night stay at the rapper’s 22-acre complex in Atlanta, Georgia which he has owned since 2003.
The incredible estate has five bedrooms and multiple bathrooms with some notable neighbours being Cardi B and Steve Harvey.
The rapper took to TikTok to gave fans the grand tour and gave them a glimpse of what they could expect.
To the heartbreak of fans “Ludacris is not included” but the house is bookable on for just $4.04.
The tour included shots of a huge pool, lavish living space and master bedroom and even includes a in-home cinema called the ‘Ludaplex’.
The A-lister’s home even stretches out onto an enormous on-site lake.
The father-of-four rose to prominence in the early 2000s for his string of popular hip-hop songs.
He released his debut studio album, Back For the First Time, on October 17, 2000.
Some of his recognizable songs include Rollout (My Business), Move B***h, Stand Up, Money Maker, and My Chick Bad.
Celebrity Net Worth estimates the star’s riches to be at an amount of $40 million.
Aside from music, Ludacris garnered attention for his film appearances as well.
His first starring movie role was in 2 Fast 2 Furious in 2003, and he’s become a franchise regular since then.
His other cinematic roles include Hustle & Flow, Crash, Show Dogs, John Henry, and No Strings Attached.
Ludacris is a three-time Grammy award winner and a one-time Screen Actors’ Guild recipient for blockbuster Crash.
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Inside Diddy’s ‘freak-off’ parties with NBA players, ‘terrified’ teen girls, piles of cocaine, and public sex
A SINGER who hung out with Sean Combs in the 1990s as a teen has further lifted the lid on his infamous parties after she was left terrified and trying to escape.
Artist Good Fridae says she first met the now disgraced star at an autograph signing at a record store in Toronto to promote his 1999 album Forever.
In an exclusive interview with The U.S. Sun, Fridae said she sang for Combs, then known as Puff Daddy and later Diddy, before being invited to join a drug-fueled sex party in his five-star hotel suite with a girlfriend.
Fridae claimed she told the rapper and his security they were only 16, the legal age of consent in Ontario, Canada, although the legal drinking age was and remains 19.
She said they didn’t care about their age, and invited them to join adults who were openly having sex at the bash, which also had a second VIP “freak-off” room guarded by security.
Combs, now 54, remains behind bars in New York awaiting trial after being charged with racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
A federal indictment alleges victims were often forced to take part in his “freak-off” orgies and spent days recovering with IV drips, while 1,000 bottles of baby oil were discovered at his properties,
Fridae told The U.S. Sun, “There was a lot of sex going on, there wasn’t anyone underage, but a lot of dancers and hired people that were there.
“There were more men than women, everyone was drinking or doing lines of coke.”
Artist Good Fridae
“None of the artists that I saw were engaged in those activities, but there were a lot of NBA players and a lot of executives and whatnot with the girls.”
She claimed guests were having sex, “in chairs, in corners, in bathrooms, anywhere they could,” adding that she ran out of the hotel after being told to wait for access for the second, private freak-off party.
“There was pills and stuff, I knew that there was [ecstasy] there and snow … cocaine, in little baggies in a corner, they were on these like coasters in sections,” she said.
“People were just picking them up and taking them, people were offering me different things. I was saying no.
“There were different sections, and then the drink area. There was no bartender. You could make your own drink, or you could have someone pour it for you, like one of the security guards.
“There were more men than women, everyone was drinking or doing lines of coke except for me and a few other artists.
“I wanted to drink and have a good time like my friend and the other girls but I was too paranoid and needed to stay alert just in case I had to fight off one of the guys.”
ENCOUNTER WITH COMBS
Fridae said she initially felt uneasy after meeting Combs, who complimented her eyes and skin and encouraged her to ditch her friend, who later got lost in the crowd at the hotel.
At the autograph signing, she said she and her friend got theirs first after Combs was two hours late. And that’s when the night took a turn.
“My friend asked him what hotel he was staying at, he was like, ‘Actually, I’m having a party, you girls should come.’
“I told him, ‘Um, we don’t have our IDs, we’re underage.’ He was like, ‘Oh, I don’t check IDs at my party.’
“And then he’s said, ‘He’s gonna give you details.’ He pointed to one of his security guards to give us his details so we could get out of the way so the others could get their autographs.
“When I first initially met him, I didn’t like his energy. There was something about his energy, to me, that was off.
“I looked at my friend and she was all for it, I told her I didn’t think it was a good idea and didn’t want to go to the party, but she begged me and said there were probably more people that could help us get our big break,” she said.
“His security guards were trying to convince me to go as well.
“I finally agreed and off we went into the elevator to the party floor. Security guard was telling us about the vastness of the party and that there were two different parties and we were only invited to the one right now and would be asked to join the other party later.
“[Combs] wasn’t even there when we got there, when we first went into the party.”
But when he did arrive and she finally spoke to him again, she said, “He was like, ‘Yeah, you need to ditch your friend, she sucks.’ She was right there when he said this.”
But Fridae, who didn’t drink or use drugs, then lost her pal and went to mingle and talk to some NBA players and well-known artists, adding, “I’m sure that wasn’t their last Diddy party.”
She said Combs and a security guard commented on her looks.
Combs “was creepy,” she said. “He was like, ‘You have beautiful green eyes, your complexion’s very nice.’ And then he touched my cheek. I was [creeped out].
“One of the security guards did the same thing, he kept calling me a dime, he was like, ‘You’re a dime, you’re a dime.’
It comes as…
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- Damning indictment accuses rapper of holding drug-fueled Freak Offs that lasted days
- Diddy to remain in custody after being denied ‘$50 million bail’
- Star’s entourage ‘could be charged’ over ‘Freak Off supplies’ after 1,000 bottles of lube and baby oil seized
- Arrest took place in a New York City hotel in September
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“There was pills on the table, there was weed, the alcohol.”
Fridae went looking for her friend and was worried, saying, “It was disgusting, I was 16 years old, I was trying to bounce around and not be trapped in a corner by one guy, offering me this, this, and ‘Oh, I’ll make you a superstar.'”
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She said she felt “very uncomfortable,” like a “piece of meat,” and didn’t want to be there, but she wanted to make sure her friend was okay.
Fridae claimed she went in search of her friend in the multiple suites and tried to open a locked door, but was told to back away by a security guard who was keeping an eye on her.
Other outlets, including the Daily Mail, have spoken to alleged partygoers who attended Diddy’s parties and described them as being like a “Russian doll,” with different rooms and inner sanctums offering an even more hedonistic experience.
Friday said, “He [security] told us no phones, if we were caught with our phones out, they would be confiscated.
“So I presumed the other party was where more interesting things were going on. It was no secret.”
The security guard, she said, “stood in front of the door and grabbed my shoulders, and he’s like, ‘You’re not going anywhere.'”
She claims she told him no, and that she wanted to leave the area to find her friend, but he wanted her to stay put until Combs came out to invite her to the second party.
“I’m like, ‘You need to let go of me before I tell my dad, and he will come and deal with you guys.'”
Fridae says she managed to get out and then saw Combs coming down the hallway, appearing furious after being told of the disruption.
What happened during Sean Combs' 'freak offs'?
Sean Combs' infamous drug-fueled freak offs, first revealed by his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura's lawsuit in November 2023, have become a central narrative of the indictment, which alleges:
- The music mogul “manipulated women to participate in highly orchestrated performances of sexual activity with male commercial sex workers.”
- Freak offs “occurred regularly, sometimes lasted multiple days, and often involved multiple commercial sex workers.”
- Combs “distributed a variety of controlled substances to victims, in part to keep the victims obedient and compliant.”
- He and the victims “typically received IV fluids to recover from the physical exertion and drug use” after the freak offs.
- Cops “seized various Freak Off supplies, including narcotics and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant” from his homes in Los Angeles and Miami.
- Combs “hit, kicked, threw objects at, and dragged victims, at times, by their hair,” during and separate from the freak offs, which “often resulted in injuries that took days or weeks to heal.”
- He also used the “sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating recordings” that he made during freak offs as “collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims.”
She claims he started rushing down the corridor in the hotel and she feared what would happen.
“He just looked at me angry, kind of like, ‘I will eventually get you’. That kind of vibe, and it scared me,” she said.
She felt she was in trouble for trying to leave and pressed the evelator button, with the door opening just in time with the hotel manager and staff inside.
Fridae alleges they told Combs to turn down the music because guests were complaining. Then they asked her if she was okay.
“I like, ‘Oh my God, thank you, Lord’. And I ran into the elevator.”
She claims she hid and went to the lobby where she managed to reach her friend.
‘OPEN SECRET’
Fridae claimed his behavior was “an open secret in the industry” and everyone felt it was only a matter of time before he got caught.
He has now pleaded not guilty to all charges.
She said she was shocked but not surprised to hear of the allegations, which first came to light when his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, sued for rape and abuse last November.
He denied all wrongdoing, but eventually settled the suit before a bombshell video leaked from a hotel surviellence camera showing him kicking and dragging her down a hotel hallway.
“Cassie was the catalyst for the sealing of Diddy’s fate. She was the catalyst and I’m so greatful she did come out,” Fridae said.
“I should have said something, I should have something to the hotel [staff]. But I was 16 years old and that was a huge celebrity, everyone was talking about that party for months after.”
