Carole Caplin would be appalled – fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has advised Cherie Blair about the British prime minister’s wardrobe.

By Jon Smith BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair's official spokesman insisted yesterday it was entirely up to the premier and his wife if they saw lifestyle guru Carole Caplin "in a personal capacity".

CONVICTED conman Peter Foster, the man at the centre of the Cheriegate controversy, is on his way back to Australia following his deportation from Ireland.

CONVICTED fraudster Peter Foster yesterday portrayed himself as the victim of a blackmail plot and media character assassination — and said he had never set out to “sting” the Blairs.

THE Dublin-based mother of the convicted conman at the centre of the Cherie Blair affair in Britain may have had her phone tapped, it has emerged, after transcripts of tapes were published in a London newspaper.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair last night directly challenged critics of his wife, Cherie, to put any evidence they had of “criminal, illegal or improper” behaviour to the proper authorities.

Fresh claims have emerged that Cherie Blair knew more about convicted fraudster Peter Foster's past than she has acknowledged.

CHERIE BLAIR, the wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, broke down in tears last night as she tried to explain away the controversy surrounding convicted fraudster Peter Foster’s role in buying two flats for her and her husband.

Cherie Blair has broken down in tears as she issued a public rebuttal to allegations surrounding her association with a convicted fraudster.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair insists his wife did not meddle in moves to deport the conman who helped her buy two flats.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today insisted Peter Foster’s deportation case had been “handled entirely properly”.

Cherie Blair today admitted that convicted fraudster Peter Foster had helped her buy two flats in Bristol at a discount and said any “misunderstanding” between No 10 and the media on the issue had been entirely her fault.