Style icon, one of Vogue’s most prolific cover stars, Queen of Cool – Kate Moss has been one of the world’s most ubiquitous supermodels ever since she was famously scouted at New York’s JKF Airport at the age of 14.
She was the woman responsible for the skinny jeans that dominated young women’s wardrobes in the noughties, for the queues outside London’s “Big Topshop” (RIP) thanks to her coveted collaboration with the high street chain, and for single-handedly catapulting bare legs and muddy wellies back into the upper echelons of festival fashion.
Now, as Kate Moss celebrates her 50th birthday on 16 January, what better way to mark the cultural impact of one of the most photographed women in the world than with a look-back at her life in pictures.
Image: Moss became BFFs with fellow British star Naomi Campbell, turning the so-called ‘Big Five’ most bankable supermodels of the era into the ‘Big Six’. Here they are pictured at the London Fashion Awards in 1993
Image: The model’s relationship with Hollywood star Johnny Depp in the 1990s kickstarted the world’s fascination with her love life. Pic: John Barrett/MediaPunch/IPX
Image: When Stella McCartney was a fashion student at Central St Martin’s, having a friend who happened to be one of the most famous models in the world must have helped when it came to presenting her degree collection
Image: Moss became famous for modelling for Calvin Klein, most notably with the now Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg – known to most as ‘Marky Mark’ (of Funky Bunch fame) back then. Here she is surrounded by paps at the opening of a Calvin Klein store
Image: Moss was named female model of the year at the 1996 VH-1 fashion awards. She had become known for her slight frame, dubbed ‘heroin chic’, in comparison with the taller, more curvaceous supers of the time such as Claudia Schiffer and Elle Macpherson
Image: 1997 was peak Cool Britannia thanks to Tony Blair’s landslide general election win. First we had Geri Halliwell in her Brits Union Jack tea-towel dress, then Moss served her own tribute to launch London Fashion Week. Things could only get better…
Image: Sitting with fellow model Jade Jagger, Moss is pictured waiting to walk down the catwalk for Matthew Williamson – the pair reportedly waived their fees in order to keep their outfits…
Image: Another day, another catwalk: A pink-haired Moss joined forces with Campbell once again for Italian designer Donatella Versace (centre), for Gianni Versace’s Spring/Summer 99 collection show in Milan in 1998
Image: On the red carpet with fellow super Claudia Schiffer at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998
Image: Another catwalk, this time for designer Julien MacDonald (centre), walking with stars including Scary Spice Mel B at Camden Roundhouse as part of London Fashion Week in 1999. Spoiler alert: more catwalk pics to come
Image: Another Moss/ Versace/ Campbell reunion in 1999
Image: As well as her outfits and relationships, the world has also been obsessed with Moss’s hair. Here she is pulling off a much shorter, more severe do on a Gucci catwalk in Milan in 2000
Image: Then came the elfin crop, debuted here alongside former South African president Nelson Mandela and behind fellow supers Naomi Campbell, Erin O’Connor and Elle Macpherson in 2001
Image: Moss modelled for pal Sadie Frost for FrostFrench, the label created by Frost and Jemima French, during London Fashion Week in 2002. At this time, she was pregnant with Lila Grace, her daughter with her ex Jefferson Hack, a journalist
Image: You could create a gallery dedicated to Moss’s Glastonbury looks alone. Here she is looking effortlessly cool in what appears to be her first photographed attendance in 2003
Image: The Queen of Fashion matches the actual Queen in royal blue, at a reception for women achievers held at Buckingham Palace in 2004. Also pictured but not matching the Queen are JK Rowling, Heather Mills and Charlotte Church
Image: Immortalised by artist Sam Taylor Wood in Jimmy Choos and Cartier jewellery only. This was one of a series of nude portraits – also including Victoria Beckham – auctioned at Christie’s to raise funds for the Elton John Aids Foundation
Image: Glastonbury has hosted headliners from Elton John to Beyonce – but this from 2005, of Moss in a gold mini-dress and wellies, with then boyfriend Pete Doherty, will always be one of the festival’s most famous images. Pic: Anna Barclay/Shutterstock
Image: Moss has been the face of many brands over the years, including Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle. See also: Calvin Klein, Rimmel – get the London look – and even Diet Coke
Image: In 2005, she was dropped by some brands after photos of her apparently taking cocaine were published in the Daily Mirror. Designer Alexander McQueen came out in support of the model with this T-shirt at one of his catwalk shows a few weeks later
Image: In recent years, several stars who have died have been brought back to life through holograms. Kate Moss, though, is a woman so famous she gets one while she is alive – this was at an Alexander McQueen show in Paris in 2006
Image: Moss pictured at the Unique fashion show by Topshop in London in September 2006. We smell a collab coming on…
Image: Moss has been the subject of many works of art over the years, including by Banksy – who immortalised the model Andy Warhol-style
Image: After her split with Doherty, Moss went on to date Jamie Hince of The Kills. Here they are pictured after the band’s performance at Glastonbury in 2008
Image: More Glastonbury, this time pictured with burglar-inspired onesie-wearer Jaime Winstone in 2011, when The Kills were playing once again
Image: In 2014, Moss accepted a Brit award on behalf of her friend David Bowie, with the prize presented by Noel Gallagher. The singer wanted someone who could pull off his famous Ziggy Stardust playsuit – there could only be one choice
Image: Moss, an icon of British modelling, pictured with the then up-and-coming Cara Delevingne at the presentation of a Burberry Spring/Summer collection in 2014. Delevingne later credited Moss with helping her at the start of her career
Image: Another iconic look – this one is a costume worn by Moss for the 2013 photograph Body Armour, by pop artist Allen Jones, displayed at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 2014
Image: The model channelled the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll when she starred in a specially filmed music video for The Wonder of You by Elvis Presley, wearing four of his most famous looks – including the black leather suit from his 1968 Comeback Special
Image: Moss has starred as herself in several TV shows and films, most notably the big screen debut of Absolutely Fabulous in 2016. She reportedly performed her own stunts, falling off a wall into the Thames. Pal Stella McCartney also co-starred as herself
Image: Another Moss artwork, this one a solid 18-carat gold bust by Marc Quinn which was shown as part of the Midas Touch auction, dedicated entirely to gold, at Sotheby’s in London in 2018
Image: Another pic with friend Rita Ora, this one at the Met Gala with designer Marc Jacobs in 2019. The theme? Camp: Notes on Fashion
Image: With open-top buses representing different decades touring London for the Queen’s Jubilee in 2022, it was Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell leading the 1990s party bus that we all wanted to see (apologies to Sir Cliff and Gary Lineker)
Image: Kate Moss was enlisted to model for Kim Kardashian’s Skims in 2021. Sadly, Sky News’ Moss 50th pic budget doesn’t stretch to those images, so here she is keeping up with Kourtney Kardashian and husband Travis Barker at New York Fashion Week in 2022
Image: Moss has been in a relationship with Count Nikolai von Bismarck for several years. Here, they are pictured at a Saint Laurent show in Paris in 2022. Pic: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP
Image: Imagine having a mum who takes you to the Met Gala? Pic: DPRF/STAR MAX/IPx/AP
Image: And makes you her Vogue wing-woman? Pic: Tim Walker/British Vogue
Image: Happy birthday, Kate Moss! Thanks for your service. Pic: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Three men have been jailed for a combined total of 99 years for plotting to murder a member of a gang that carried out Britain’s biggest-ever cash robbery.
Paul Allen, 46, was shot twice as he stood in his kitchen in Woodford, east London, on 11 July 2019.
He was a member of the Securitas heist gang that stole £54m from a cash depot in Tonbridge, Kent, in 2006.
The former cage fighter was living in a large detached rented house with his partner and three young children after being released from an 18-year prison sentence over the raid.
The attack at his home has left him paralysed from the chest down.
Louis Ahearne, 36, Stewart Ahearne, 46, and Daniel Kelly, 46, denied conspiring to murder Allen but were found guilty last month following a trial at the Old Bailey.
The trio were sentenced at the Old Bailey in central London on Friday.
Kelly was sentenced to 36 years in prison and an extra five years on licence, Louis Ahearne was jailed for 33 years, and his sibling Stewart Ahearne – 30 years.
Image: Damage to the kitchen door. Pic: Met Police/PA
Image: A bullet casing found in the back garden. Pic: Met Police
Prosecutors did not give a motive for the murder plot, though they described the victim as a “sophisticated” career criminal.
Detectives said the shooting could seem like “the plot [of] a Hollywood blockbuster” but added it was actually “horrific criminality” from “hardened organised criminals”.
In her sentencing remarks, the judge said she believed the trio “were motivated by a promise of financial gain”.
Judge Sarah Whitehouse KC said: “I have no doubt that this agreement to murder Paul Allen involved other people apart from the three of you and that you three were motivated by a promise of financial gain.
“The culpability of each one of you is very high.
“The harm caused to the victim was very serious – indeed, short of killing him it could hardly be more serious. He is currently paralysed and relies on others for every single need.”
The shooting was just the latest act in a long list of criminal deeds. The day before, Kelly and Louise Ahearne used a rented car to carry out a burglary in Kent, accessing the gated community by pretending to be police officers.
A month before that, the trio had stolen more than $3.5m (£2.78m) worth of Ming dynasty antiques from the Museum of Far Eastern Arts in Geneva, for which the Ahearne brothers had been jailed in Switzerland.
Kelly is also wanted in Japan over the robbery of a Tokyo jewellery store in 2015 in which a security guard was punched in the face.
A man has been jailed for life for the murder of university lecturer Claire Chick.
Paul Butler was sentenced to a minimum term of 27 years for killing his estranged wife after a six-month campaign of stalking and harassment when he refused to accept their relationship was over.
Ms Chick, 48, was found seriously injured on West Hoe Road in Plymouth just before 9pm on 22 January. She was taken to hospital, but died the next day.
Previously known as Claire Butler, Ms Chick worked at the University of Plymouth.
Image: Paul Butler has been jailed for murder. Pic: Devon & Cornwall Police
She died after a frenzied attack outside her home – the attack a culmination of months of harassment, stalking and violence at the hands of Butler.
Following her death, Devon and Cornwall Police made a referral to the police watchdog due to previous contact prior to her death.
Jo Martin KC, prosecuting, said Ms Chick had made six statements to the police about Butler and he had been arrested three times.
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In her final statement to police the day before he killed her outside her own home, she said: “I only feel that Butler will kill me if further action is not taken. I am in fear of leaving my house.”
Butler was arrested around 20 miles away in the Liskeard area on 24 January.
He was sentenced on Friday at Plymouth Crown Court, having previously pleaded guilty to murder, and to one charge of possession of a bladed article.
‘I loved Claire’
The family of Ms Chick told the court how her murder left a “huge void” in their lives.
Her eldest daughter, Bethany Hancock-Baxter, described Butler as “evil”.
She said: “I want this evil man to listen to me. I want you to know what you have done to us as a family.
“Despite all the hate I have for you, I cannot bring myself to do what you did to my mum – that’s because I am not evil like you.”
Her sister, Lydia Peers, said Butler was a “parasite”.
After her short-lived marriage to Butler, Ms Chick began a relationship with another man, Paul Maxwell.
Mr Maxwell spoke from the witness box and repeatedly stared at the defendant as he spoke. Butler stared back at him.
“I loved Claire. She was beautiful, funny and kind,” Mr Maxwell said.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.
Following the funeral, and after nine days of mourning, cardinals from around the world will gather in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel to cast their votes, with white smoke announcing to the world when a new pope has been elected.
Image: Cardinal Vincent Nichols speaks to Sky’s Anna Botting
Cardinal Nichols told Sky’s Anna Botting: “I hope nobody goes into this conclave, as it were, with the sole purpose of wanting to win. I think it’s very important that we go in wanting to listen to each other… It has to be together, trying to sense what God wants next. Not just for the church.”
He described the procession that took Pope Francis to lie in state as “the most moving thing I’ve ever attended here”.
Describing the Pope as a “master of the gesture and the phrase”, he also recalled the pontiff’s last journey away from the Vatican.
Cardinal Nichols said Pope Francis had visited the Regina Coeli prison, telling the inmates: “You know, except for the grace of God, it could well have been me … Don’t lose hope, God has you written in his heart.”
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The Pope later told his doctor his last regret was not being able to wash the feet of the prisoners during that visit.
Becoming emotional, he also said the final message he would like to have given Pope Francis is “thank you”.
The 88-year-old died peacefully on Easter Monday, the Vatican confirmed.
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Talking about the seating plan at the funeral, Cardinal Nichols said he understood it to be “royalty first, then heads of state, then political leaders”.
Worldwide geopolitical tensions mean that many eyes will be on interactions between heads of state at the event, with particular focus on Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy following their tense meeting at the Oval Office in February.
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Looking back at the last papal funeral, Cardinal Nichols described the seating of the then Prince Charles one seat away from Zimbabwean present Robert Mugabe as “obviously a little bit tense”.
Cardinal Nichols explained event would be “exactly the same Catholic rite as everyone else – just on a grander scale”.
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In a break from tradition, Pope Francis will be the first pope in a century to be interred outside the Vatican – and will instead be laid to rest at his favourite church, Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome’s Esquilino neighbourhood.
He will also be buried in just one simple wooden coffin, instead of the traditional three coffins which are usually used for pontiffs.
Born in Crosby near Liverpool, Cardinal Vincent Nichols hoped to be a lorry driver as a child – but as a teenager reportedly felt the calling to join the priesthood while watching Liverpool FC.
As cardinal, he is known for leading the church’s work tackling human trafficking and modern slavery, for which he received the UN Path to Peace Award.
He was criticised by the UK’s Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which said he “demonstrated a lack of understanding” of the impact of abuse and “seemingly put the reputation of the church first”.
Cardinal Nichols, responding to the findings, previously told Sky News he was “ashamed at what has happened in the context of the Catholic Church” and promised to improve the church’s response.
He has appeared to rule himself out of the running for pope, telling reporters he was “too old, not capable”.