TROUBLED Paul Gascoigne’s agent told last night how the soccer legend needs help “immediately” — as video emerged showing the tragic extent of the star’s public disintegration.
Terry Baker said he was “desperately worried” about Gazza, seen in a rambling ten-minute appearance at a charity bash. He added: “He immediately needs to get some help. His life is always in danger because he is an alcoholic.”
Yesterday we revealed how the ex-England star, looking far older than his 45 years, sobbed and shook uncontrollably during an interview with Terry before 500 guests in Northampton on Thursday.
Terry said Gazza was “incoherent and drunk” after a stay in a medical facility where someone died as he held their hand.
He added: “Maybe no one can save him, I really do not know.”
Fallen star ... Paul Gascoigne in show
Terry, who spoke to Gazza yesterday, said: “He has got to want to help himself. He has to recognise the problem, I think deep down he does. But he didn’t know he was shaking on Thursday.”
As the fallen star starts sobbing, Terry tries to hold his arm still and continue the interview. But Gazza is unable to remember the script. He slurs: “I’ve been on a whisky diet.”
With the audience walking out fearing Gazza was “dying in front of our eyes”, he is helped off stage.
The main tipped as the next big challenger to Cain Velasquez's UFC heavyweight title saw his championship hopes go up in smoke after a spectacular TKO loss to Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva at UFC 156
Saturday night's UFC 156 event at the Mandalay Bay Event Center proved that you can never take anything for granted in the fight game, and especially in the toughest arena for fighters, the UFC.
Jose Aldo survived a late flurry by Frankie Edgar to hang on to his UFC featherweight title in the night's main event, but that bout, entertaining though it was, was overshadowed by a huge shock in the heavyweight bout between Alistair Overeem and Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva.
Despite Silva's pedigree, Overeem's multiple world titles, coupled with his destruction of Brock Lesnar in his last fight, marked him out as the massive favourite going into the fight.
The Dutchman was already being lined up as the next challenger to UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, but those plans went up in smoke when Overeem was knocked out in dramatic fashion in the final round.
Overeem dominated rounds one and two, showing a blatant disregard for Silva's striking skills that bordered on cocky. That over-confidence backfired in the worst way as, at the start of the third round, Silva landed a huge head kick that rocked "The Reem".
Sensing his opportunity had arrived, the huge Brazilian threw the kitchen sink at Overeem, unleashing a salvo of huge punches that rocked, then knocked out, the Dutchman to leave the crowd stunned.
That wasn't the only surprise result of the night, as Jon Fitch, considered one of the best 170-pounders in the world, dropped to a decision defeat against Jiu Jitsu ace Demian Maia.
The Brazilian comprehensively out-grappled Fitch, effectively turning the tables on the American on his way to a shutout win on the scorecards.
Also on the card, Joseph Benavidez took a decision victory against fellow flyweight contender Ian McCall in the first bout on the main card.
Elsewhere, the co-main event between Rashad Evans and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira was the biggest disappointment of the night, with neither man really showing their best form in a dull three round contest that went the way of the Brazilian.
The bout was so bad, UFC president Dana White tweeted, saying he scored it two rounds to nil for Nogueira, and that nobody won the first round because "it sucked".
The England legend won the hearts of French fans last week after vowing to play at his new club Paris Saint-Germain for nothing
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David Beckham’s decision to give all his £3.3million football wages to a children’s charity was his wife Victoria’s idea, it has emerged.
The England legend won the hearts of French fans last week after vowing to play at his new club Paris Saint-Germain for nothing, the Sunday People has reported.
But it was Posh, 38, who suggested he give up his £150,000 a week pay – because she knows he is passionate about helping children. When she put the idea to Becks, he agreed immediately.
Victoria Beckham in London
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A source close to David, 37, said: “Victoria thought giving money to such a good cause would be a brilliant and kind thing to do.
“She and David don’t need the cash, they have plenty already. But they do like helping others.
“Victoria knows David loves playing football, he has never been doing it for the money. And he has always been keen on helping youngsters who are having a tough time. So when she mentioned it, he thought it was a great plan.
“They then told their management, who agreed it was a lovely, selfless thing for him to do.”
PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 31: International soccer player David Beckham attends the press conference for his PSG signing at Parc des Princes on January 31, 2013 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 31: International soccer player David Beckham poses with his PSG Football shirt after his PSG signature at Parc des Princes on January 31, 2013 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/Getty Images)
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After signing a five-month deal with French Ligue 1 side PSG, David said: “The money doesn’t interest me, I want to play for the best team, the best club.
“I won’t receive any salary. We have decided my salary will go towards a local children’s charity and that’s one of the things we’re very excited and proud to do. We haven’t decided the charity yet.”
Becks has worked tirelessly for good causes. He is an ambassador for UNICEF, a big supporter of the NSPCC, has worked on Comic Relief campaigns and last year took part in a Save the Children campaign, persuading Prime Minister David Cameron to take action on global malnutrition.
David, worth around £190million with Posh, has also declined to take fees from the sales of replica No32 Beckham shirts. All profits will go to PSG.
During his five years at his former US club LA Galaxy, he took 50 per cent of income from shirt sales.
David Beckham and Victoria Beckham with their three sons
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The source added: “David won’t be taking any money from merchandising at PSG. It’s about football for him. He is delighted to be there.”
Victoria will live in London with their four children, Brooklyn, 13, Romeo, nine, Cruz, seven, and Harper, one.
But the former Spice Girl turned fashion designer will take them to Paris to watch their dad play regularly.
Since returning from Los Angeles, the Beckhams have been living in a rented £20million mansion in Knightsbridge, central London.ew he had to be up but it would be fair to say he was given a bit of wriggle room because it was his birthday after all.”
Houses, restaurants, cafes and flats all converted from public toilets
Property for sale, no chain... It’s a perfect offer for a wave of people making their homes in old LOOS.
This is no potty scheme but the result of councils closing down sites and selling them to raise cash, the Sunday People has reported.
A deluge of old public lavatories has come on the market.
The British Toilet Association says more than 600 have been shut for good in the past 18 months – with planning permission for many to be turned into homes.
But buyers may need to spend a pretty penny doing them up.
It cost Laura Jane Clark £60,000 to convert an underground toilet in Crystal Palace, South London. Now it is her dream flat.
Her living room was the gents’ cubicles and urinals. Her bathroom was the cleaner’s cubby.
Thick glass tiles on the pavement are in her ceiling giving natural light to her one-bedroom home below street level. Laura, 32, said: “I love the originality of living in a toilet.”
AFTER: The public toilet following Laura Clark's conversion
Tracy Woodhouse and partner Graham Peck transformed a seafront public lavatory into a home with magnificent views in Scarborough, North Yorks.
A £35,000 refit turned the gents’ into the lounge and the ladies’ into the bedroom and bathroom.
Tracy, 47, said: “Some people joke about it. At work they’ll say things like, ‘Oh yes, you’re the couple who live in a lavatory.’
“We have a lovely little house with a sea view that used to be a loo. We understand the amusement it causes. It tickles us too.”
Jon Du Croz and partner Emma Lally’s project was doing up a dingy loo in Witney, Oxford.
They bought the site for £36,000 and spent £155,000 renovating it and a neighbouring substation.
Jon’s first plan was to build a house from scratch but he could not afford it. He said: “I had to see the potential in something that nobody else wanted.”
Builder Nick Willan paid £104,000 for a toilet block dating from 1900. It was a 30th anniversary present for his wife Sue.
Now it is their ideal home with sea views in Sheringham, Norfolk. Nick, 55, said: “It has awesome views. You just can’t beat it.”
A public toilet before Tracey Woodhouse and partner Graham Peck turned it into an apartment
The council shut the Victorian conveniences in 2006 because they needed a lot of improvements plus electrical work.
They opted to sell and put the proceeds into building a new lavatory block 300 yards farther along the beach. Nick is busy spending £30,000 adding an extra floor with a spiral staircase, balconies and big windows.
In a final creative touch the couple have decided to rename the property Wee Retreat.
Old loos across the land are being converted into homes AND business premises.
One was bought by a charity and turned into a cafe in Bristol. Takings will provide support for the elderly and disabled.
The toilets cost £20,000, snapped up by church-run Sea Mills Community Initiatives, who manage to raise £120,000 for the conversion.
Chairman of the trustees Andrew Street smiled and said: “It’s quite small but perfectly formed. We thought about calling it The Wee Cafe but decided against it.”
Toilets in Peckham Rye Park, South East London, have been turned into a thriving pre-school, the Rye Garden Day Nursery.
PTomlinson spent redundancy money from his marketing job converting a former public lavatory into a sandwich and coffee bar in Oxford Street in the heart of London’s West End.
The old attendant’s office has been converted into a kitchen and the urinals are now table tops in a project which has cost more than £100,000.
Peter, who calls his place The Attendant, said: “Everything has been jet washed. It smells beautiful down here now.”
An underground Victorian loo In Manchester became a bar called the Temple of Convenience.
An Edwardian block which contained TWO loos has been turned into the Toulouse restaurant in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
Facilities which had been shut for two years were available again because owner Colin Thorne opened his toilets to the public. Persistent vandalism to lavatories in Bearwood, West Midlands, forced a council to close them down in 2011. Businessman Barry Hall is developing them into a deli and restaurant but he also include new public loos.
British Toilet Association director Raymond Martin said: “It’s quirky and all very well for people to move into converted toilets but councils need to make sure they are being replaced.
“This does not always happen because councils are not obliged to provide toilets. The facilities can help bring money into an area by making it more attractive for shoppers and tourists to visit.”
