THERE was no basis to accuse reality star Imogen Thomas of blackmailing Ryan Giggs, a court has heard.

Soccer star Ryan Giggs accepted today that there was no basis to accuse reality star Imogen Thomas of blackmail.

It seems Irish people are most interested in value for money when it comes to internet trends.

Katie Price's rumoured new boyfriend has been labelled an "absolute liar" by Imogen Thomas – who thought she was dating him.

PADDY Power will grow its British online betting business faster than competitors in an expanding market, chief executive Patrick Kennedy has claimed.

IN A parliamentary address yesterday on the riots in England this week, British Prime Minister David Cameron made a statement that caught a lot of people’s attention on Twitter: “When people are using social media for violence we need to stop them.”

FOOTBALLERS have gone to extreme lengths to prevent salacious tales making their way into the tabloids.

Eurovision stars John and Edward Grimes are reported to be entering the 'Big Brother' house this summer in its Channel 5 revival.

Imogen Thomas is set to appear in a TV dating show in the hope of finding a husband.

Footballer Ryan Giggs has become the latest celebrity to launch legal action against the News of the World over alleged phone hacking by the newspaper, his lawyers confirmed.

Twitter was there when Osama bin Laden was killed, and is credited with aiding the Arab Spring Risings, but it is often banal and goes over the legal edge when it comes to celebrities, writes Michael Clifford

RYAN GIGGS’S brother Rhodri is “in shock” after his world was “tipped upside down in one night” by claims the Manchester United footballer had an affair with his wife, a close friend said.

RYAN GIGGS and his brother had a furious telephone row over claims the soccer star had an affair with his sister-in-law, it was reported.

Users of Twitter could face legal action for contempt of court if they use the micro-blogging website to breach privacy injunctions, the UK's Attorney General warned today.

A TWITTER user has set up an account claiming to expose a series of celebrities and high-profile public figures who have obtained injunctions to prevent reporting about their private lives.

LET’S talk about sex. In Britain and France, they’ve been talking about little else. Across the Irish Sea, the travails of footballer Ryan Giggs have dominated media discourse such that the fall-out from his extra-marital affair has led to a potential constitutional crisis.

RYAN GIGGS might have kept his alleged relationship with reality TV star Imogen Thomas private if he had not taken out an injunction to protect his privacy, the model’s publicist has claimed.

Cars were vandalised today in a suspected attack targeting photographers outside the home of Ryan Giggs.

Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs was a notable absentee for training at the club’s Carrington complex this morning after finding himself at the centre of a media storm.

Britain's law on injunctions was thrown into further turmoil after the high-profile footballer at the centre of a controversial privacy case in the UK was named.

The footballer at the centre of a gagging order over a relationship with reality TV star Imogen Thomas was named by an MP in the Commons today.

The footballer at the centre of a gagging order over a relationship with reality TV star Imogen Thomas was named by an MP in the Commons today.

The Sun newspaper has lost a bid to lift an injunction banning the naming of a married footballer who is alleged to have had an affair with Big Brother star Imogen Thomas.

Lawyers for The Sun newspaper in the UK will ask for an injunction banning the identity of the well-known footballer at the centre of a controversial privacy ruling to be lifted, the newspaper said on its website.

A Scottish newspaper has become the first to name the footballer linked to a controversial privacy case.

Hundreds of people have now posted messages on Twitter allegedly naming the footballer who is the subject of a gagging order.

Speculation over the identity of the professional footballer who is taking legal action against Twitter reached new heights today as hundreds of users of the micro-blogging site claimed to know his name.

A professional footballer is taking legal action against Twitter after users claimed to have identified the player who allegedly had an affair with Big Brother’s Imogen Thomas.

A FOOTBALLER is suing Twitter after users of the social networking site claimed to have identified the player who allegedly had an affair with Big Brother’s Imogen Thomas.

A footballer is suing Twitter after users of the social networking site claimed to have identified the player who allegedly had an affair with Big Brother’s Imogen Thomas.

A TOP law firm that represents celebrity figures seeking injunctions defended the practice yesterday, denying it was a just a way for the rich and famous to avoid scandal.

A MARRIED British actor, described as world-famous, has won a gagging order to stop the media reporting his relationship with a call girl whose clients allegedly included Wayne Rooney.

CRISTIANO RONALDO paid a surrogate mother to have his baby son, it was claimed yesterday.

Troubled rock star Pete Doherty showed off his footballing skills today as part of the Celebrity Soccer Six tournament - and was cheered on by his number one fan, Kate Moss.