Daily Mail - 23.08.2019

Daily Mail, Friday, August 23, 2019 Page 15
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A cuckolded husband

is suing his unfaithful

wife after learning that

their eight-year-old son is

not his.

The pair have been embroiled

in arguments about money,

the child, and about the man’s

allegations of ‘deceit’.

The man had wanted the

woman, who was ‘full of remorse’,

to return ‘every penny’ he spent

on the child.

details of the case first emerged

in July when a High court judge

published an earlier ruling.

The judge explained then how

the man had been devastated to

learn that he was not the boy’s

father, and had launched a ‘raft’

of litigation.

Now Mr Justice cohen has said

that at a hearing in october he is

due to consider whether the

man’s claims relating to deceit

should be allowed to proceed.

He is then scheduled to oversee

a trial early next year relating to

how money should be divided,

following the breakdown of the

couple’s marriage.

Hearings are being held in pri-

vate in the Family division of the

High court in london.

The judge said the family could

not be identified in media reports

of the case. He has outlined a

hearing timetable in a ruling,

published online, on the most

recent stage of the fight relating

approach has ‘radically changed’.

He said the man wants to con-

tinue to play the role of ‘father’

and no longer seeks ‘reimburse-

ment’ of the sums that he had

‘expended on (the child) through-

out his life’.

The judge said the woman now

wanted him to ‘strike out’ pro-

ceedings relating to ‘deceit’.

He said he would consider the

woman’s ‘strike-out’ application

at a hearing in october, then ana-

lyse arguments over money at a

trial in January.

ordered the man not to publicise

the other man’s name.

The judge also said the boy

must not be told until ‘the time

was right’. He said a social worker

would give advice and decide

when the boy should be given

the information.

The pair had disagreed over

whether the child should be given

the name. The man had said he

should be told. The woman was

against such a move.

But Mr Justice cohen said, in

his latest ruling, that the man’s

What would Tom

say? Felicity’s rude

show causes a stir

Turning the air blue: Felicity Kendal, left, on stage with fellow cast

members Rupert Vansittart, Alice Orr-Ewing and Simon Harrison

SHe was the famously clean-cut

Barbara in The Good life. But

Felicity kendal’s latest role has

shocked some fans.

The actress, married to Tom in

the Seventies sitcom, stars in a play

littered with four-letter words, lead-

ing one theatregoer to complain

that she eventually walked out.

The Argument, by best-selling nov-

elist and screenwriter William Boyd,

is billed as a ‘darkly funny play’

name to this play’. Mrs clarke wrote

to the Bath chronicle: ‘I was given

two tickets by a dear friend as they

could not go. We thought great, a

night out. It was Felicity kendal.

‘Well I could not believe the number

of times the F word was used, and

one word was the c word which was

saved to near the end, otherwise I

would have walked out earlier.

‘I can’t believe someone has to pay

£85 [for two tickets] to sit and listen

to that sort of language. I’m not a

prude but I’m so glad I wasn’t the

one to pay for the tickets.’

Her letter, carried on the Bath

live website, drew critical com-

ments online. one called Mrs clarke

a ‘typical Bath snob’ while another

pointed out that the 75-minute play

had been described as ‘a dark and

waspish comedy of bad manners’. A

third wrote: ‘I’d recommend stay-

ing away from theatre in general if

you’re going to be offended easily.’

The Argument, which ends tomor-

row, has received several poor

reviews, with the daily Telegraph’s

critic writing: ‘Not even Felicity

kendal can save this summer

stinker.’ The Times called it ‘thin-

ner than an overstretched sitcom’.

By Izzy Ferris

‘Shocked she put

her name to this’

exploring the damage that can be

done by things said in the heat of the

moment. But lyn clarke said she

was disgusted by the foul language

when she went to a performance at

the Theatre Royal in Bath. She wrote

to her local newspaper to express

her disgust about the number of

times ‘the F word’ was used.

She said she had walked out when

‘the c word’ was used.

Mrs clarke, from Bath, said that

the character played by Miss ken-

dal, 72, did not swear – but she was

shocked the actress would ‘put her

‘They live in Hampstead

during the week and come

here at weekend’

Warning to

stay safe over

the baking

bank holiday

WITH this weekend forecast to

be the hottest August bank

holiday on record, people are

being urged to ensure they and

their pets stay safe.

Health officials are urging us to

keep our homes cool, stay hydrated

and wear sun protection as tempera-

tures reach up to 33c (91F) on

Sunday and Monday.

Among the measures suggested by

Public Health england are to cover

windows in at least one room, so

there is a cool place.

officials advise drinking plenty of

fluids and avoiding excess alcohol. If

going out, apply sunscreen and wear

a hat and light scarf, they say.

Pet owners are being urged to

ensure their animals do not suffer in

the heat as it is likely to beat the

record for the warmest August bank

holiday weekend, 31.5c (88.7F) set

at Heathrow in 2001.

Met office chief Meteorologist

Steve Willington said: ‘on Saturday

and Sunday there’ll be plenty of sun-

shine across the country with tem-

peratures reaching into the mid-20s

celsius (high 70s Fahrenheit) for

many. It’ll be warmest in south-east-

ern parts, 30c (86F). By bank holi-

day Monday itself, temperatures will

rise further with around 33c (91F)

possible in the South east.’

uV levels are expected to be high-

est in southern england over the

next three days but will be moderate

even in northern england and Wales.

The Met office is urging people to

take precautions to protect them-

selves against the risk of skin cancer

and skin damage by covering up and

wearing sunscreen.

The heatwave is expected to last

into next week. More fine, dry and

warm spells are likely, particularly in

the South, until mid-September.

WITH its hordes of tourists, urban

joggers and dog-walkers, it hardly

springs to mind as an obvious place

where sheep may safely graze.

But a flock will return to Hamp-

stead Heath next week for the first

time in 70 years. The five sheep will

act as natural lawnmowers five miles

north of the centre of London.

It is hoped the trial will cut the use

of machinery and boost biodiversity.

Karina Dostalova, chairman of the

City of London Corporation’s Hamp-

stead Heath management commit-

tee, said: ‘The heath has a long his-

tory of sheep grazing, with farmers

taking their flock to the site before

taking them to market in the City.’

By Richard Marsden

Under the lights: Felicity Kendal in The Argument

Husband sues his

wife af ter learning

son, eight, isn’t his

Wool I never!

Sheep flock back

to Hampstead

‘Must not tell him

until time is right’

to the child. Mr Justice cohen

decided, in his latest ruling, that

the woman must tell her hus-

band, and son, the name of the

man she says is the father. But he

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