A man was caught on camera climbing onto a primary school worker’s motorbike and grabbing her hips as his friends laughed nearby.

Ellie, who has chosen not to reveal her surname, said she was horrified when the “inappropriate” man ran into the road in Manchester city centre and climbed onto her motorcycle without permission.

The 32-year-old later posted footage of the incident online, prompting an outpouring of support from social media users who condemned the man as “vile”.

The incident was recorded on September 12 by a camera attached to her friend Charlotte’s motorcycle helmet. The video shows Ellie waiting in traffic on Oldham Street on her bright green Kawasaki ER-6F.

Wearing black clothing and a black helmet, Ellie revs the engine as she prepares to move away from the traffic lights.

Without warning, a man in blue jeans and a grey jacket runs from the pavement into the road, climbs onto the back of Ellie’s bike and sits behind her in full view of passing pedestrians.

After finding his balance, he places his hands on the startled rider’s hips while people nearby can be heard reacting with screams of surprise.

Ellie shouts before striking the man across the face with her right hand. She then holds out her palm, appearing incredulous at what has just happened.

The man then holds his ear as though he is in pain before jogging back towards a nearby bar, where his friends are waiting and laughing.

Ellie looks sharply towards the group of men and shakes her head in disbelief after the unwelcome encounter.

At the next traffic lights, Ellie tells her friend, “I am shaking,” before the pair imitate the man’s pained reaction to being slapped.

The primary school employee said her “survival instincts” took over after the man climbed onto her bike.

“Never would have happened if I was with some of the guys,” said Ellie, who is from Salford.

“A man jumping onto a woman’s bike without consent is weird.

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“I was so focused on not dropping the bike that I genuinely didn’t even process how inappropriate the whole thing was until afterwards.

“Gave him a good whack though, so at least the survival instincts kicked in.”

Ellie shared the shocking footage online, where it went on to receive more than 387,000 likes.

She captioned the video: “Someone come get their grandad. He’s out here touching women and bikes.”

In response, one person wrote: ‘He wouldn’t do that to a man.’ 

Another viewer added: ‘Drunken over 40s men are so embarrassing. You didn’t hit him hard enough.’

Another wrote: ‘The way his friends are all laughing in the background too. It’s vile what men will do to women just to impress other men.’

And one social media user added: ‘This is disgusting oh my God, where do these men get the audacity?’

* Do you know the identity of the man? E-mail sam.lawley@dailymail.co.uk 

Award-winning Victorian psychologist Mohammad Yousuf has been prohibited from practising for six years after having sex with two vulnerable clients and advising a third where to self-harm to keep the scars hidden.

Yousuf also admitted disclosing confidential information about other patients and grooming one client into taking a job at the clinic where she was receiving treatment.

The misconduct occurred between March 2021 and January 2022, while Yousuf, who was married, worked at his parents’ medical practice in Gippsland.

In 2021, he received a Rising Star Award at the Victorian Rural Health Awards. However, an article celebrating the honour has since been removed from the Gippsland Public Health Network website.

His registration was suspended after the allegations emerged and was later surrendered. The Psychology Board of Australia subsequently brought the matter before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Yousuf now works in human resources for a government department in Canberra.

During treatment sessions with a client identified as YFX, Yousuf raised the possibility of an open relationship and directed her to websites featuring sexual “kink”, the tribunal heard.

He also speculated about how his wife might respond if she discovered him visiting such a website.

Yousuf encouraged YFX to wear a bikini and urged her to apply for a peer support worker position at the clinic where she was being treated. She was later hired, the tribunal heard.

After her treatment ended, he engaged in sexual activity with her three times between September and November 2021—at her home, in her car and at his home.

On August 30, 2021, Yousuf sent YFX messages describing sexual fantasies involving his sister-in-law. The following day, he asked her to delete the messages, saying he could “get in trouble with the Board”.

Three days later, he told her his wife had left him, that he was suicidal and that he had “nothing good in his life”. He also said they could not be friends for two years because of ethical concerns.

He suggested they meet secretly, provided his home address and warned that they should not use the messaging app because other people “may see the messages”, the tribunal was told.

A second client, identified as NUJ, attended treatment between August 2021 and January 2022. During their sessions, Yousuf gave her his personal email address and Snapchat username.

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NUJ said Yousuf told her he had entered an arranged marriage because he wanted to have sex, explaining that, as a Muslim, he could not have sex unless he was married.

He also told her that he “liked to please women”. After her treatment concluded, he had sex with her on five occasions, the tribunal heard.

A third client, identified as IDV, was being treated for depression between June and November 2021. Despite her refusal, Yousuf encouraged her to resume using marijuana.

When IDV spoke about self-harm, Yousuf showed her where on her body she could do it “so people won’t be able to see the scars”, the tribunal heard.

The tribunal also found he disclosed confidential information about other patients without permission, including that one had an eating disorder and an Asperger’s diagnosis, and that he had arranged a job for another client.

Yousuf did not attend the hearing and did not contest the allegations, instead submitting an agreed statement admitting all 12 counts of professional misconduct.

He was reprimanded, disqualified from applying for registration until August 2031 and prohibited from providing any mental health, psychological or counselling services in any capacity, as an employee, contractor, manager or volunteer, until he is re-registered.

The misconduct came to light after notifications to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency in April and May 2022. 

Yousuf surrendered his registration in November 2023 rather than face discipline.

Yousuf declined to comment when contacted by the Daily Mail but said: ‘That’s fine’ when told a story would be appearing about the tribunal’s findings.

His parents, who still practise as widely respected rural doctors and are not accused of any wrongdoing, did not respond to requests for comment.

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Smoke and flames were seen rising near Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport today, following reports of explosions in the area.

Saudi Arabia had earlier warned of a “hostile aerial threat” and issued a series of emergency alerts across the kingdom, including in the capital, late Friday and into early Saturday.

Two residents of Riyadh told reporters they saw black smoke and flames coming from the vicinity of King Khalid International Airport.

Images from the scene showed dense plumes of smoke spreading across the Saudi capital’s blue skies.

Flight-tracking website FlightRadar24 reported significant disruption at Riyadh’s main airport, with flights cancelled and others delayed.

The airport was placed at the site’s highest disruption level, 5.0. That rating indicates “major problems with long delays and several cancelled flights.”

The disruption came after Saudi authorities issued an overnight air-raid alert—the first for Riyadh since fighting in neighbouring Yemen intensified earlier this month.

Hours after the early-morning warning, residents told AFP, speaking anonymously, that they heard what appeared to be another series of explosions reverberating across parts of the capital.

The alert marked the first such warning for Riyadh since the latest escalation with Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

No casualties or damage were reported after the alerts were lifted.

Saudi authorities did not say what triggered the alerts or explain the cause of the reported explosions. They have previously said that incoming Houthi missiles and drones were intercepted.

Earlier this week, the Houthis were accused of launching a drone towards the holy city of Mecca.

The latest developments come amid growing fears of a new global oil supply crisis after Houthi rebels seized the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea, following an attack on a Saudi pipeline.

The Iran-backed group has been fighting a civil war in Yemen against a Saudi-led coalition since 2014.

The conflict involving Iran has forced Saudi Arabia to redirect some of its exports away from the Persian Gulf, after Iranian attacks disrupted shipping through the waterway’s only exit, the Strait of Hormuz.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree swiftly rejected Saudi claims that the group had targeted Mecca, following widespread condemnation.

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“Our operations target its oil facilities and military bases, which are far removed from the sacred sites,” he said.

Mecca is regarded as the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and is the holiest city in Islam.

Muslims who are physically and financially able are required to make the pilgrimage to the city at least once in their lifetime, with millions travelling there each year.

Major General Turki al-Maliki, the spokesman for the Saudi-led Coalition Forces, condemned the attempted attack on X, writing: ‘This hostile attempt will also remain a black mark in the record of violations by the extremist terrorist Houthi militia, as a deliberate act intended to provoke the feelings of millions of Muslims.’

He vowed to take any ‘necessary and deterrent measures’ against the group.

The U.N.’s most powerful body said late Friday that the Houthis’ military escalation, attacks and threats ‘risk further expanding the conflict, threatening maritime security and international trade,’ while undermining regional and international efforts to secure peace in Yemen.

It warned that continued escalation would exacerbate the already dire humanitarian situation in the country.

The council’s 15 members called for ‘practical cooperation’ to prevent the Iran-backed Houthis from acquiring arms, military training, financing and other military-related assistance needed to carry out their attacks. 

They stressed that all countries must enforce the U.N. arms embargo against the rebel group. 

It also came as Iran’s state TV reported on Saturday that a man identified as Hossein Pedram was executed after being convicted on charges of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad.

The report said Pedram passed on to Israel classified information on ‘sensitive military sites’ in Iran’s Isfahan province. 

It didn’t say how he accessed the classified information.

Pedram was reportedly arrested after those sites, which included missile bases, were targeted in the 12-day air war by the U.S. and Israel against Iran in June last year.

A recent surge of executions in Iran prompted an international outcry by human rights groups.

David Dimbleby has said Princess Diana remains “deeply resented” at Buckingham Palace, as a fresh dispute over claims made by her brother, Earl Spencer, intensifies.

In his new memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, which is being serialised exclusively by the Daily Mail, Earl Spencer alleges that Prince Charles told him, “We’ll forget her [Diana] soon enough,” during a disagreement about Prince William and Prince Harry’s role in their mother’s funeral.

Buckingham Palace responded with what was described as an unprecedentedly forceful statement, suggesting that the Earl’s grief had affected his “reason, judgment and memory”.

Earl Spencer subsequently stood by his recollection, insisting that the passage in his book was accurate. “I can tell you here and now, those are exactly the words he said,” he said, as the royal controversy continued to grow.

Dimbleby, a veteran broadcaster who covered royal affairs for decades, said the Palace’s relationship with the late Princess of Wales remains fraught nearly 30 years after her death.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said: “Diana was the prime example of someone who didn’t act like the rest of the Royal Family – she was fresh, new and exciting to the public and they really adored her.

“And that was deeply resented in the palace. And still is. And this kind of tit for tat over who said what, and only two people know what was actually said just reignites all that.”

The broadcaster also recalled the widespread criticism of the Palace after Diana’s death, when many felt the institution had failed to grasp the scale of public grief and her extraordinary influence. He said the perception of a monarchy “behind the curve” was also explored in his 2025 documentary series, What’s The Monarchy For?.

‘And I think that’s the real problem,’ he added. ‘The monarchy is still not facing up to the biggest issues we dealt with [in the documentary]. 

‘About its wealth, its failure to pay tax, about its privileges, about the way it is going…. All those things get talked about but nothing ever gets done.’

Mr Dimbleby went on to describe the Royal Family as ‘a bit of a soap opera’, but warned against the monarchy becoming ‘trapped in this cycle of gossip’.

He added: ‘People are fascinated and I think whenever any tittle tattle reaches the public domain, people sort of think about it in terms of their own families. 

‘They all have problems and then suddenly… this family that is set up on a pedestal of being leaders of the country – they have problems too.’

The Earl on Friday insisted he is ‘telling the truth’ about his account of the phone call with Prince Charles in the days following the death of Diana. 

Speaking from his Althorp estate in Northamptonshire, Earl Spencer also questioned whether the official response showed whether the King was actually embarrassed.

And when pressed on whether he had evidence to back up the allegation, he said he told family and friends at the time what had been said ‘because it was so monstrous’.

‘I’ve only ever had two calls on the line with Prince Charles at any stage of my life,’ the Earl told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg.

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‘I was hyper alert to what he was saying and those are precisely the words that he said and I promise that to you now.’

Alluding to the Palace’s statement, he added: ‘Genuinely, that is what he said. I don’t hear him saying he didn’t say that.’

The Earl claims Charles ‘went ballistic’ and ‘ranted for a while’ after he tried to tell the future King that Diana would not have wanted William and Harry to walk in her procession.

‘And then he stopped and I thought, oh now, now he’s gonna pull himself together and say something more appropriate,’ he said.

‘And then, he said, “We’ll forget her soon enough.”‘

Earl Spencer added that the remark ‘stunned’ him, and that he hung up.

The book’s first astonishing extract made headlines around the world and is splitting society, with rival camps backing either side.

A second extract was published on DailyMail.com on Friday afternoon, in which the Earl alleges the Royals allowed a tormented Prince Harry to ‘spin out of control’ after his mother’s death.

Speaking of the day of the funeral, he writes: ‘I could not get over how tiny, and slight, and bereft, Harry looked.

‘Too small to be doing this, I thought, and wondered how on earth this heartbroken child could bear the ordeal of that moment, or how he could possibly be expected to deal with the agony that the day ahead would insist upon.’

The Earl also gives a heartbreaking account of how a friend drove him to Chapel Royal – a small place of worship across the road from St James’s Palace where Diana’s coffin was placed in the days before her funeral.

The passage reads: ‘I had come to sit with Diana, alone.

‘Dappled sunlight from the high stained-glass windows played across the coffin that both formed the focus of the room and presented me with the stark evidence of Diana’s death.

‘I sat down lightly beside it and began to talk to my sister for some time, expressing love and grief, and making promises on her behalf.

‘After a short while, I remembered that I had my eulogy in my pocket, and it occurred to me that I should read it to her.’