Sorry, mate, you're too fat: New Zealand kicks obese chef out of the country because at 20 stone six pounds he is too heavy...

Albert Buitenhuis, who weighs 130kg, was told that it may place demands on the New Zealand health services (Stock image)...

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An obese chef has been told he is too fat to live in New Zealand, even though he has lost 66lb since moving there six years ago.

Albert Buitenhuis, who weighs 20 stone six pounds, was told that it may place demands on the New Zealand health services.

He and his wife Marthie are now facing deportation from their Christchurch home and are living with his sister in Auckland as they fight the decision.

New Zealand is the third most obese nation in the developed world, coming behind the US and Mexico.

Albert is five feet ten inches tall and has a body mass index of 40, making him clinically obese.

But, he weighed 25 stone two pounds when he arrived in New Zealand as he had quit smoking.

His wife Marthie said that his weight had not stopped Albert from working 40 hours a week as a chef.

She added that their annual visas have been approved every year since 2007 with little problem.

Marthie told The Press: ‘We applied for [them] year after year and there were no issues. They never mentioned Albert's weight or his health once and he was a lot heavier then.

‘We've committed no crime and did nothing wrong other than my husband being a foodie.’

You want me to put WHAT on my face? From bee venom to snails, some women (and Simon Cowell) will use ANYTHING to banish their wrinkles...

Freaky facials: A woman undergoing a new beauty treatment in Tokyo where live snails slither across the face to deliver antioxidants to the skin...

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Are there any lengths we won’t go to in an effort to defy the visible effects of age? The answer is no,  if the latest slimy trend in Japan is anything to go by. 

Earlier this month it was reported that people there are forking out £165 for a facial treatment where live snails are applied to the skin. 

Medical experts claim the sticky gel snails produce contains antioxidants that help the skin retain moisture, and remove dead cells. 

In fact, this freaky facial is far from the most bizarre – but do any of them work? We spoke to the experts to find out.

THE SNAIL TRAIL

FACIAL: Live snails slither across the face, delivering antioxidants to the skin. The garden variety are not recommended due to contaminants. This facial is available only in Japan but you can buy snail gel in the  UK (Dr Organic Snail Gel, 50ml, £19.99, hollandandbarrett.com).

CELEB DEVOTEES: Actress Katie Holmes is said to use the gel.

FARCE OR FACT: Chilean snail farmers noticed they had very smooth hands, and this sparked a skincare revolution. A study released this year showed that daily application of products containing snail slime improved fine lines. A 2007 clinical trial using snail gel on rats showed it was excellent for wound-healing.

EXPERT: Cosmetic doctor Dr Mervyn Patterson at Woodford Medical says: ‘The slimy mucus will have a moisturizing effect.’

COWELL’S CURE

FACIAL: VIP Stem Cell Facial,  £180, jillzander.co.uk. Stem cells are extracted from the placentas and umbilical cords of herds of sheep in New Zealand. The cells are flash-frozen and made into serums, which are applied as a face mask in combination with microdermabrasion, a glycolic peel and red-light therapy.

Simon Cowell is said to be a fan of VIP Stem Cell Facials which use stem cells extracted from the placentas and umbilical cords of sheep to be made into serums and applied to the face...

CELEB DEVOTEES: Simon Cowell and Kim Kardashian.

FARCE OR FACT: Clinical trials are under way – initial results apparently show ‘remarkable improvement in wrinkles and age spots’.

EXPERT: ‘When the placenta emerges from the sheep, it is full of stem cells,’ says Darren McKeown, a cosmetic doctor. ‘But by the time the cells have been processed, they are dead.’ Dr Patterson adds: ‘The glycolic peel will benefit skin tone.’

Italy's first black minister has a banana thrown at her during party rally speech

Integration minister Cecile Kyenge has angered far-right groups with her campaign to make it easier for immigrants to gain Italian citizenship...

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Italy’s first black minister has condemned a spectator who threw bananas towards her while she was making a speech at a party rally.

Integration minister Cecile Kyenge, who was born in Democratic Republic of Congo, has angered far-right groups with her campaign to make it easier for immigrants to gain Italian citizenship.

She has been a target of racist slurs since her appointment in April.

Shortly before the incident on Friday, members of the right-wing Forza Nuova group left mannequins covered in fake blood at the site of the rally in Cervia, central Italy.

This was in protest against Kyenge’s proposal to make anyone born on Italian soil a citizen.

'Immigration kills,' was written on leaflets accompanying the dummies - a slogan Forza Nuova has previously used when referring to murders committed by immigrants in Italy.

Although the bananas missed the stage where Kyenge was speaking, she responded to the gesture on Twitter, calling it 'sad' and a waste of food, considering the economic crisis.

Shortly before the incident on Friday, members of the right-wing Forza Nuova group left mannequins covered in fake blood at the site of the rally in Cervia, central Italy (pictured)...

EXCLUSIVE: Lord and Lady of the Manor! Kanye West and Kim Kardashian continue their spending splurge as they kit out Bel Air mansion with SIX £125k beds...

Hey big spenders! Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are said to have splashed out a staggering £750,000 for six special-edition luxury beds made by the company that supplies beds for London's exclusive Savoy Hotel...

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They've already splashed out a staggering £487,000 on four gold-plated toilets for their sprawling Bel Air mansion.

But it would appear Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's penchant for all things glitz and glam has been taken to a whole new level, with the Lord and Lady of the Manor now reportedly shelling out an incredible £750,000 on six special-edition luxury beds. 

Proving they will settle for nothing but the very best as they renovate their $11million home following the arrival of their newborn daughter North 'Nori' West, the couple have enlisted the services of the company that supplies beds for London’s exclusive Savoy Hotel.

Costing a whopping £125,000 each, the limited-edition Savoir Royal State Bed takes hundreds of hours to create from a unique combination of cashmere, carded Virgin lamb’s wool and Mongolian horse hair laid over hand tied, star-lashed springs.

Only 60 of the luxury items were ever created in honour of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, meaning Kimye are among a very exclusive group.

The bed, the headboard and the canopy are all covered in the same decadent gold silk used to create iconic Hermes ties, equating to some 1,600 miles of thread in total.

Fit for a king! Costing a whopping £125,000 each, the limited-edition Savoir Royal State Bed takes hundreds of hours to make from a unique combination of cashmere, carded Virgin lamb¿s wool and Mongolian horse hair...

With the design based on models used by monarchs of the 17th and 18th century, a unique coat of arms created for the king and queen of the showbiz world by the Royal School of Needlework will be included in the £125,000 a-piece price tag.

Alistair Hughes, managing director of Savoir Beds, told MailOnline: 'As a rule we never discuss clients’ particular orders. Suffice to say, with a bed like this Kim and Kayne will have little excuse to leave their bedroom.'

In splashing out on the lavish beds, the pair will join the likes of Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Elton John and Oprah Winfrey, who are all proud owners of the luxury items.

Splashing out: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are reportedly spending millions to furnish their new $11m Bel Air home which they will soon permanently move into with their newborn daughter North West...

Earlier this week, it was revealed that the couple had splashed out a whopping $750,000 on four gold-plated toilets for their sprawling abode.

Kimye have now joined the likes of other famous celebrities and members of royalty who also have gold plated plumbing featured their homes.

However, the couple cannot quite compete with the world's most expensive gold toilet, the $5 million Hang Fung Gold Toilet.

Gild The Throne: That includes $750,000 on four gold-plated toilets for their sprawling abode...

Pictured here is the world's most expensive gold toilet, the $5 million Hang Fung Gold Toilet

The 24k gold bowl is a feature of Hang Fung jeweler’s solid gold bathroom in Hong Kong.

The couple are also said to be blinging out their kitchen with a Swarovski-encrusted fridge freezer and almost $1 million worth of Electrolux appliances.

'They'll call us KKK!' Kim Kardashian reveals why she and Kanye West avoided a 'K' name for daughter North...

'They'll call us KKK!' Kim Kardashian reveals why she and Kanye West avoided a 'K' name for daughter North in a preview of Sunday's Keeping Up With The Kardashians...

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Kim Kardashian has revealed the real reason she and boyfriend Kanye West chose to name their baby daughter North.

The pair were widely tipped to be considering a 'K' name to reflect their own monikers.

But according to Kim they were anxious to avoid any inadvertent comparison to the supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan.

'If we name our kid with a K Name, which is kind of what we want, mainly just because Kanye and I are Ks, then they'll name us KKK,' Kim explained.

The reality star was talking on a preview of the next episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

The episode, shot while Kim was heavily pregnant with her daughter, also sees her family offer their views on the controversial final choice of North.

'I'm feeling North, North West,' Said Brody Jenner, her stepbrother.

Not long to go: Heavily pregnant Kim talks to her family about potential names for her daughter on their Greek vacation...

Plenty on her mind: Kim was also worried about whether she and Kanye should build a playroom for little North, fearing they might be spoiling her...

And sister Kourtney was equally quick to back the name: 'Me too. It's pretty. And cool. And it's not just, like tomboyish.'

And Brody was quick to offer his views on the KKK coincidence.

'That's a little crazy,' he argued.

Two California pot farmers 'kidnapped girl, 15, in April and kept her as a sex slave in 4-foot metal box'...

Captors: 30-year-old Ryan Balletto, left, and 25-year-old Patrick Pearmain, right, were arrested in May after the girl they kidnapped called police, and authorities traced the call to a motel in Sacramento...

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A teen who went missing in Los Angeles in April was discovered a month later in Northern California, having been kidnapped and used as a sex slave on a marijuana farm. 

The Los Angeles Police Department decribed the 15-year-old girl as a runaway. They believe she was kidnapped by Ryan Balletto, 30, and his associate Patrick Pearmain, 25, and taken to their growing operation in Lake County, California. 

According to a criminal complaint, when the girl wasn't being used to harvest marijuana she was locked for days at a time in a 4-foot by 2-foot metal toolbox.

Kidnapped: A girl who went missing in April in Los Angeles ended up being used as a sex slave on a marijuana farm in Northern California until she was rescued on May 1...

Prisoner: Balletto and Pearmain kept the girl locked in a 4-foot by 2-foot metal toolbox, sometimes for days at a time...

Trooper: According to the criminal complaint, Balletto called the girl a 'trooper' for not screaming in the box...

The Vamp in the Veil: Is she a Saudi princess - or a prostitute? As the High Court is gripped by wild tales of cocaine, sex and the occult, what is the truth about Sara Al Amoudi?...

Shrouded: Al Amoudi leaves the High Court with her retinue...

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She arrives at the High Court in London each morning in a black Rolls-Royce Phantom with a personalized number plate bearing the initials ‘HRH’. 

As cameras flash, a team of Middle Eastern security guards descend from a Range Rover to help her cross five yards of pavement to the building’s revolving front door.

Some are entrusted with her handbag. Others look after her £50,000 diamond-encrusted luxury Vertu mobile phone. 

A snappily dressed flunky named Mohammed pushes a wheelchair, in which she occasionally chooses to park her derriere.

This regal creature, who invariably has her face veiled, always wears a black burka, sometimes with gold silk stitching or a jewelled trim.

Underneath, you can catch a glimpse of  designer shoes with five-inch killer heels. Occasionally, she stretches out an arm to reveal a gem-studded Rolex and a wristful of gold jewellery.

The apparently wealthy woman calls herself Sara Al Amoudi. She claims to be 31 years old, though others say she’s 43. 

She has dark brown hair, greenish eyes and appears to wear a lot of make-up. 

Oh, and for most of the past month, she has been at the centre of one of the most sordid and downright surreal court cases in living memory.

Unveiled: Is Sara Al Amoudi really a Saudi heiress or is she a prostitute?..

The trial, which has just finished its third week, revolves around an alleged £14 million property fraud in which Ms Al Amoudi — who is widely known as ‘the Vamp in the Veil’ — stands accused of posing as a Saudi princess.

She assumed the false identity, according to her opponents, to conduct a ‘very accomplished’ con trick in which a middle-aged couple, one of whom is a friend of the Duke of Gloucester, were duped out of six high-end properties in London’s Knightsbridge.

So far, so straightforward.

Out of his mind! Bad boy free agent Ranger tattoos surname on the side of his HEAD...

Lost your mind: Ranger posted an image of his new tattoo on Instagram...

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Free agent Nile Ranger's attempts to remind the footballing world he is available to sign have gone to the extreme after he tattooed his surname on his forehead.

Not one to shy away from controversy, the former Newcastle striker inked the word 'Ranger' on the side of his head, before posting an photo of the job on Instagram.

Bad boy: Free agent Ranger is never too far away from controversy...

Ranger said on his account: 'My name RINGS BELLS #POWERFUL #RANGER #INKKING,' with his latest effort accompanying several other questionable tattoos, including a smiley face inked inside his lower lip.

The 22-year-old left Newcastle by mutual consent in March after playing just four times last season, and is yet to find a club to take him on for the new season.

Ranger's chequered history has hampered his career, with Alan Pardew telling him to clean up his act last year after giving him several chances to redeem himself.

Charming: Ranger recently posted this picture on Twitter...

He scored three goals for Newcastle, and had loan spells at Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday in 2011-12. His final appearance for Newcastle came as a second-half substitute in their 2-0 defeat at Brighton in the third round of this season's FA Cup.

He played a part in the Magpies winning the Championship in 2009-10 but struggled to win a permanent place in the first team once the club was established back in the Premier League.

Released: Ranger celebrates one of the three goals he managed to score for Newcastle in 62 appearances...

Culled from The Daily Mail UK...

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Man says he is 'sick of all this s***' before cutting his throat in front of benefits advice staff...

The bedroom tax was widely protested across the country - and was apparently too much for one man who slit his throat in protest about it...

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A man cut his throat with a knife in a benefits advice office in a protest about the controversial bedroom tax.

The middle-aged man said he was 'sick of all this s***' then dragged a blade through skin from his ear down to his throat on each side of his neck.

The wounds left him and the floor of the Runcorn office spattered with blood, a witness said.

The gory outburst happened at about 2pm on Monday, at Halton Direct Link in Halton Lea shopping centre.

Staff hit an emergency alarm during the incident.

The witness, who was waiting in line to see an adviser, said no other residents reacted to the outburst but that staff seemed 'a little bit shocked'.

He said: 'From what I could see, the bloke had gone to see an adviser.

Chancellor George Osborne's bedroom tax prompted the dramatic outburst...

'He was upset about the bedroom tax and wasn't getting through and he started to cut his throat on both sides and threw the knife on the floor and he had blood coming from his neck.

'There was a lot of blood but it hadn't come out of his artery, he wasn't gushing out blood.

'He went through the side of his neck from his ear to the front.

Everyone was just sat about waiting to go and see the adviser. I was in the queue. Nobody did nothing.'

A Halton Council spokesman said: 'We are aware of this incident. 

'The person concerned is receiving appropriate support and we are supporting our staff who witnessed the incident.'

Cheshire police officers have spoken to the man, who suffered 'minor injuries', about his well-being.

No criminal offences were reported.

In April the so-called 'bedroom tax' was introduced, which will see social housing tenants with spare rooms docked an average of £14 a week in benefits.

Around 660,000 people are set to lose some of their housing benefit from the change, which is expected to save the Government £465million a year.

The charge is aimed at reducing over-crowding in social housing and directing benefits towards those who are most in need.

But Labour attacked the move, with shadow chancellor Ed Balls denouncing it as 'possibly the worst, most cack-handed and massively unfair piece of policy-making I've ever seen'.

 

Culled from The Daily Mail UK...

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Troubled America's Next Top Model finalist Renee Alway shaves her head for court appearance after burglary arrest...

Hoping for a fresh start: America's Next Top Model finalist Renee Alway revealed a newly shaved head during a Palm Springs on Thursday...

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She had a shocking downward spiral following her appearance on America’s Next Top Model in 2007.

But Renee Alway is now hoping for a fresh start.

The troubled star was in court in Palm Springs on Thursday for a drug evaluation where she revealed a shaved head, as seen in a video provided by news station KESQ.

The 27-year-old was there to appear before a judge following her recent arrest which occurred after a six-hour armed standoff with police.

With her hands in handcuffs behind her back, Renee listened while the judge told her she needs to return to court in August, to which she nodded and replied ‘Thank you'.

Renee’s sister told TMZ that she wants to ‘start over’, and hopes that the drastic change will be the first step in that process.

Troubled: The 27-year-old was appearing before a judge following her recent burglary arrest...

In addition the website reports that Renee disliked the way her hair looked in her recent mug shot.

The shocking image, which was released earlier this month, shows the former beauty bruised and battered.

The ANTM finalist was arrested on June 28 for investigation of burglary, fraud, narcotics possession, committing a felony while on bail and other charges, the Palm Springs Police Department said in a statement.

Mugabe's British henchman: One of our worst slum landlords , he built a monstrous mansion in Sussex and had a rival murdered. Now the Mail can reveal Nicholas Van Hoogstraten's astonishing new life...

Anger: Robert Mugabe used the podium to blame Zimbabwe's ills on western politicians keen to promote equal rights for homosexuals during a rally this week...

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His Excellency was in mad, sparkling form. After thousands of supporters were bussed into a football stadium for an election rally this week, Robert Gabriel Mugabe used the podium to blame Zimbabwe’s ills on western politicians keen to promote equal rights for homosexuals.

Flanked by his wife Grace, who has been accused of having an affair with the country’s finance chief because her 89-year-old husband can no longer satisfy her, Mugabe promised to ‘chop the heads off’ gays, and took a swipe at Barack Obama and David Cameron for supporting their rights.

‘This homosexuality thing seeks to destroy our lineage by saying John and John should wed, Maria and Maria should wed,’ thundered Mugabe as his wife nodded approvingly alongside him. ‘Imagine this son born out of an African father — Obama — who says if you want aid, you should accept the homosexuality practice. We will never do that.’

In a long, rambling speech, the despot added: ‘If you take men and lock them in a house for five years and tell them to come up with two children and they fail to do that, then we will chop off their heads.’

He went on to accuse other African countries of ‘accepting the practice’ in return for aid donations from Britain and America.

Of course Mugabe, who, despite his infirmity and age, is fighting a general election this Wednesday, has long railed at interference by Westerners.

He notoriously drove the country’s white farmers — often of British descent — off their land in a prolonged campaign of terror, and is now introducing laws banning whites from owning businesses.

Yet, curiously, one British man is flourishing under Mugabe’s murderous regime. While his fellow white farmers have been murdered in their hundreds, and their land given to the despot’s cronies, this slight grey-haired individual has become Zimbabwe’s biggest landowner.

Close: Nicholas Van Hoogstraten has emerged as an intimate friend of ageing despot Robert Mugabe...

As well as owning a staggering 1,600 square miles of prime land in the heart of the country (Cornwall is only 1,400 square miles), the British exile also owns two sprawling homes replete with tennis courts, swimming pools and garish chrome architecture, with grounds patrolled by Mugabe’s secret police.

So who is this intimate friend of the ageing despot? Step forward Nicholas Van Hoogstraten, the self-confessed ‘amoral businessman’ who made his fortune as a slum landlord in Britain but is better known for being the brains behind the gruesome gangland slaying of a business rival, who was stabbed five times before being shot in the head.

PICTURED: Justin Bieber lives up to his 'pop brat' name as he spits over a balcony onto a crowd of adoring fans...

Spitting: Justin Bieber was pictured hurling saliva over a sea of waiting fans from his hotel balcony in Toronto on Thursday...

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He hasn't exactly been keeping a low profile recently, becoming known for his 'pop brat' antics.

And Justin Bieber was at it again on Thursday as he was photographed spitting over a hotel balcony onto a crowd of waiting fans.

Showing just what he thought of the throng of adoring girls, the pop superstar can be seen hurling saliva over them ahead of his concert in Toronto as his amused friends looked on.

After the disgusting act, the star seemed to be pleased with himself, turning to his group of admiring friends to laugh.

His impressed pals joined in with the tearaway teen and then they all crowded around him as he took a snap on his phone.

Seeing the reaction from his legions of loyal fans, Justin seems to get even more amused and starts filming them on his phone.

Disgusting: The singer was seen leaning right over so he could take aim at his legions of loyal fans...

Amused? The 'pop brat' seemed to find the whole episode hilarious as he turned to his friends and laughed...