Beckham's blow £35,000 on Christmas decorations



Beckingham Palace: Due for lavish Christmas makeover



Most mere mortals could never afford to spend £35,000 on buying a car.

 

But Christmas decorations?

 

Yes, that is the mind-boggling sum which David and Victoria Beckham have reportedly blown on...wait for it...Christmas trees and baubles!

 



By all accounts, football's most celebrated couple are 'going big' as they celebrate baby Harper's first Christmas in their self-styled Beckingham Palace mansion.

 

According to the Daily Mirror, the Beckham's have splashed out the huge sum on six bespoke, 10-foot trees at a cost of £5,000 each which, it was stipulated by Victoria, must be glass and silver!

 

On top of that, the couple have splashed out an additional £5,000 for extra decorations to be carried out around their palatial Hertfordshire home.

 

The trees were purchased from the Queen's favourite supplier, ­Fortnum & Mason, and the Beckham's decorations will be styled on the trees in the exclusive London store's 'silver room'.

Crash killer Hughes in trouble once again!



Lee Hughes: In trouble once again



Notts County have confirmed that bad-boy striker Lee Hughes is in trouble again - this time on suspicion of an alleged sexual assault.

 

A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed the striker has been released on bale, having been taken into custody following the alleged incident involving a woman at the team's hotel in Croydon the night before an FA Cup fixture against Sutton United.

 

A club statement said: Notts County can confirm that the club are aware of an alleged incident involving one of our players at the team's hotel on Saturday, December 3.

 

'As this is a police matter, the club will be making no further comment on this incident.'

 

This latest incident comes seven years after the former West Bromwich Albion player was imprisoned for six years after being found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving on a road near Coventry in his £100,000 Mercedes.

 

Hughes - who did not turn himself into police for 36 hours - was eventually released from prison in 2007 and has been able to pick up the pieces of his football career, first with Oldham Athletic before moving to Notts County in 2009.

 

His arrest comes just a day after another former West Bromwich Albion star, Ronnie Wallwork, was jailed for his part in a stolen car buyer scam!

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Former Man Utd ace Wallwork jailed in stolen cars scam

Ronnie Wallwork: Had fallen on hard times

Former Manchester United starlet Ronnie Wallwork has become the latest high-profile footballer to fall foul of the law, having been sentenced to 15 months in prison for his part in a stolen car buyer scam.

The 34-year-old - who was later one of West Bromwich Albion's highest paid players - was found guilty of selling on parts from nicked motors worth around £43,000 whilst working out of a scrapyard in Newton Heath.

After Wallwork had pleaded guilty at Preston Crown Court, judge Simon Newell said: “These were high-value items that were stolen.”

“It seems to me they were taken in a professional and sophisticated way. It also seems clear to me that they were taken to go into the black market either to be sold on or broken down and sold on.”

It's not the first time that Wallwork has made the headlines from the wrong reasons.

In 1998 he received a rare life ban (later reduced on appeal) from the game for grabbing a referee by the throat while on loan to Royal Antwerp in Belgium.

Wallwork also made the news in 2006 when he was lucky to escape with his life after he was stabbed several times with a fish knife, following a violent altercation with his girlfriend's ex at a Manchester nightspot.

It was revealed in court that Wallwork had fallen on hard times since his retirement following a series of disastrous business ventures.