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Rihanna flies her tattoo artists 1,500 miles to spend 11 hours making her New Zealand tribal art work 'pretty'

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Rihanna wanted to add to the tribal hand tattoo she got in New Zealand, so she called up her American ink artists. Only thing was their New York City shop was 1,500 miles away. Not a problem for the Diamonds singer - she just put them on an airplane to meet her in the Dominican Republic on Sunday, according to PageSix . The designers said it took them 11 hours to make the traditional marks 'pretty,' no doubt offending the ancient tribes. She showed off the new work during her Puerto Rico concert on Monday. More ink: While performing in Puerto Rico on Monday, Rihanna showed off her new henna-inspired tattoo on her right hand that covered up most of the traditional art work she got in New Zealand Before and after: Tattoo artist Keith McCurdy says he thinks he made her tribal art work 'pretty' She can't stop: It took 11 hours to add to her old designs, and she was left 'bruised,' according to her artist NEW ZEALANDER TATTOO ARTIST DEFENDS RIHA

Best friends, all four live in the same cul-de-sac. And they ALL found out their husbands were cheating on them

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They met in a quiet Cardiff cul-de-sac as they embarked on married lives, babysat each other's children and laughed together on Friday nights. But two decades later, Jan, Sarah, Jackie and Alison have more in common than just neighbourly bonds because, incredibly, within a year, all four discovered their husbands were having affairs. Here, they describe the very different ways they dealt with infidelity, and pay tribute to the friends who proved their salvation. Scorned: They met in a quiet Cardiff cul-de-sac as they embarked on married lives, but two decades later, all four discovered their husbands were having affairs I FORGAVE MY HUSBAND THREE AFFAIRS Jan Griffiths, 47, is mother to Aiden, 30, Lucy, 18, and Josh, 13. She married her husband Stephen, 47, an entrepreneur, in March 1992. Stephen has had three affairs - the last of which was in October 2010 - but they remain married. As I opened the letter, my jaw dropped in disbelief. 'Dear Jan,' it started

Terrorised by union bullies: How Labour's Unite paymasters intimidated managers and their children in bitter oil refinery battle

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The full extent of the Unite union’s campaign of bullying and intimidation against senior managers during the bitter Grangemouth oil refinery dispute is revealed today. In a disturbing echo of the union militancy of the 1970s and 80s, Unite leaders deployed a dirty tricks squad to personally target and humiliate executives of the Ineos chemical company and their families. The sinister unit – known as the ‘Leverage team’ – sent mobs of protesters to the homes of senior figures in the firm. One director last night said he had feared for the safety of his wife and his two young children after 30 Unite protesters descended on his drive during the school holidays. The Unite union bullied and intimidated senior managers during the bitter Grangemouth oil refinery dispute Police were called after the group approached his neighbours, telling them he was ‘evil’ in an apparent attempt to coerce him into giving in to their demands. The daughter of another company boss had ‘Wanted’ pos

Frightening scale of reoffending revealed: 148,000 criminals caught this year had at least FIFTEEN previous convictions

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Almost 150,000 criminals convicted or cautioned last year had committed 15 or more previous offences,  figures revealed last night. The ‘frightening’ re-offending rates mean this group alone have been responsible for  more than two million crimes between them. And shockingly, the number of such career criminals has increased by 14 per cent in just five years. Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said the figures exposed the abject failure of the criminal justice system to get to grips with repeat offenders and showed the desperate need for action to tackle persistently high reoffending rates. Mr Grayling said the public – and the Government – were ‘fed up with crooks doing their time and going straight back to crime’. The Justice Secretary has proposed radical reforms to the Probation Service aimed at reducing recidivism among hardened criminals. Charities and private firms will be paid ‘by results’ to engage with criminals and help them turn their lives around. But his reform

Peacocking to the max! Lady Gaga quickly discovers the perils of her outlandish feathered headgear as she struggles to fit inside a car

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She's never been afraid to push the boundaries when it comes to her outlandish sense of style. But Lady Gaga discovered the perils associated with her eccentric headgear on Tuesday night as she struggled to fit into a car due to a series of enormous feathers protruding from her crown. The 27-year-old singer appeared to have channelled a peacock when it came to her rather interesting - and revealing - choice of outfit as she arrived to film her segment on The Graham Norton show in central London. Now that['s what you call peacocking! Lady Gaga demonstrated her typically outlandish sense of style with a garish feathered headpiece as she stepped out in London on Tuesday night Making a daring sartorial statement, the Applause hitmaker adorned her head with huge 5ft-high feathers that swept back from her forehead in a dramatic fashion. But Mother Monster evidently wasn't content with leaving it there when it came to her outlandish, and flashed the flesh in a co

Belle of the Angel Ball: Rita Ora holds her own surrounded by a bevy of models in a striking gold gown at New York charity gala

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Rita Ora may have found herself surrounded by a room full of models on Tuesday night, but the British songstress certainly held her own. The 22-year-old looked a million bucks as she hit the red carpet at the Gabrielle's Angel Foundation 2013 Angel Ball, held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The benefit, in aid of cancer research, saw the city's sexiest women - not to mention some equally gorgeous men: Hello, Hugh Jackman! - don their finest gowns for the occasion. Holding her own: British songstress Rita Ora stood out from the model pack in her striking gold fishtail gown as she attended the Gabrielle's Angel Foundation 2013 Angel Ball in New York City on Tuesday Picture-perfect: The 22-year-old's shimmering frock perfectly enhanced her golden skintone and platinum cropped locks, while she added a pop of colour with cherry lips and matching nails The Hot Right Now singer most definitely lived up to her song title in her elegant gold fis