Monday, March 26, 2012 The world’s most popular free newspaper Damon’s back with yet another project Just don’t call it a supergroup, even if that’s exactly what it»p33-34 is Cowell ‘face to face with armed raider’ A WOMAN will appear in court by TARIQ TAHIR detained by Cowell’s security today after Simon Cowell came staff. Nothing was thought to have face-to-face with an armed intruder ‘over-zealous fan’. One friend been stolen from the property. at his £7.5million mansion. added: ‘It was a frightening expe- Leanne Zaloumis, from Catford, An arrest was made on Saturday rience. Simon’s fine but shaken up south London, has been charged night after reports of a disturbance – because he didn’t expect some- with aggravated burglary – defined at the pop mogul’s house in west thing like that to happen.’ under the Theft Act as a break-in London. The incident happened shortly involving a gun, imitation gun, Officers who arrived at the prop- after the first episode of Cowell’s offensive weapon or explosives. erty – the former French ambass- new series of Britain’s Got Talent Cowell who is estimated to be ador’s residence in Holland Park was aired on ITV. worth as much as £300million, – found a woman had forced her The intruder was said to have splits his time between homes in way into the premises. got in through a downstairs win- London and Los Angeles. Sources close to Mr Cowell, 52, dow, after evading extensive secu- Shaken up: Simon Cowell said the intruder was probably an rity at the property. She was THE VOICE PIPS BGT P9 « Belfast Dublin Amsterdam London Southend Waterford Jersey Barcelona Alicante Airport... hello Europe Mallorca Faro Ibiza Malaga Fly direct to 11 destinations from London Southend Airport. Flying in 2012 just got easier. 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As soon as we arrived, the Snow messing: a mind-boggling optical illusion. and made it look just like a cluster gusts of wind were making it hard Matteo Zanvettor Matteo Zanvettor produced of clouds. to get good shots but we soon dis- appears to have these stunning pictures after an Mr Zanvettor, from Merano, Italy, covered it was creating an unusu- his head in the expedition to the Alps was almost returned from last week’s trip to al haze above the snow. clouds thanks ruined by extreme weather. Lagazuoi, which is part of the Am- ‘It really felt like we were on a to an optical pezzo Dolomites in the Italian Alps, illusion created Winds of up to 160kph (100mph) cloud which merged together by winds on the left him and colleague Edoardo with some spectacular images. with all the others in the sky. Italian Alps, Brotto thinking about bailing out. The 41-year-old said: ‘I’ve nev- ‘It was kind of a surreal aspect which gave him But they couldn’t believe their er been on top of a mountain with to photography and something I some spectacular luck when the gusts whipped up such strong winds. will probably never be able to ex- images the frozen snow into a frenzy – ‘I was worried we might have to perience again.’ PICTURES: CATERS 4 METRO Monday, March 26, 2012 Rail watchdog METRO home digest Soldiers on standby over tanker strike gets huge rise TROOPS are training to stand in for petrol tanker drivers should they strike next month.