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Britney Spears' father, Jamie Spears, allegedly made comments about her weight, called her a 'w****e and told her she was a terrible mother' in the days and weeks after she began her conservatorship in 2008, according to a family friend.  It was just days after Britney's second release from a psychiatric hospital, when the disparaging comments began, family friend Jacqueline Butcher told The New Yorker.  Already, Jamie, who had just taken over as his daughter's conservator, was planning Britney's comeback, starting with a guest appearance on the hit TV show How I Met Your Mother. Butcher was present in Jamie's office while they discussed the appearance. Britney Spears with her father, Jamie. Shortly after he took over as her sole conservator in 2008, he reportedly made disparaging comments about her weight and called her a bad mother, according to accounts from a family friend  Family friend Jacqueline Butcher (far left) recounted the cruel conversations. Sh

A father, son and their friend are lucky to be alive  after the boat the men were travelling on capsized into a crocodile infested river.  Albert Withers took his son Brayden and his friend, 23-year-old Connor Redshaw, on a fishing trip out on Proserpine River in Queensland's Whitsunday area last Monday.  'It started off like a normal day,' said Redshaw. 23-year-old Connor Redshaw at Prosperine Hospital, suffering cuts and bruises after the boat he was travelling in capsized during his first fishing trip on Proserpine River The trio had left the boat ramp around 12pm, not long after they were treading water when the boat they were travelling on capsized 'To go out on the boat to have a flick and a fish on the river.'  It was Connor's first fishing trip on the Proserpine River and certainly his most memorable.  The trio had left the boat ramp around 12pm but shortly after they found themselves treading water after their boat capsized. The next thing he knew the m

A small number of Special Forces troops from the British army are set to stay behind in Afghanistan as Western troops withdraw 20 years after the US-led invasion following the September 11 attacks, it has emerged.  The SAS soldiers are expected to remain in the country in an 'advisory' capacity while also helping to train soldiers from the Afghan military.  It comes as the last regular British troops left Afghanistan on Sunday, ending a costly involvement in which 454 UK soldiers and civilians have died in the country since the launch of the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom.    A former SAS soldier, who was recently in Afghanistan, told The Telegraph a small number of troops will remain there as an 'advisory group'.  The last Union flag of Great Britain flying above the skies of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, is lowered by Captain Matthew Clark and Warrant Officer 1 John Lilley in October 2014 The last of the UK's 750 soldiers were due to leave on Sunday as the Tal