Geri’s bad luck continues, her Notting Hill home is ransacked - 21/03/01
This has not been a fantastic monthfor Geri, after her confession about her criminal past, her driving ban and the prospect of not being able to enter America again, her Notting Hill home has now been ransacked. Her home was burgled on Sunday night, a Metropolitan Police spokesperson has said "We are investigating a burglary in Notting Hill on 18 March." and confirming it was Geri’s home. The singer returned to her home on Sunday after a weekend away to find it had been ransacked and many of her personal belongings stolen. Ribena and milk had also been thrown around the flat, the culprits took her personal computer as well as a necklace which was once owned by actress Elizabeth Taylor worth an estimated ?20.000. Geri has now moved into a London hotel after the incident, which has no doubt left her afraid to be alone. The flat is part of a Georgian townhouse which has a video camera security system. A neighbour said: "This is the best policed area in London and it’s very rare for people to be burgled."

Geri reveals her beauty/body secrets in new book - 19/03/01
Geri Halliwell is to disclose the secret of her fantastic new figure in a new fitness and beauty book. The former Spice Girl was the envy of millions of women when she first revealed her beautifully honed shape on holiday in France with Robbie Williams last year, and then again at the Brit awards last month. Geri’s toned body - the result of a strict diet and rigorous regime of yoga and other exercise - has attracted approvals in the media, who used to dismiss her as a pudding in a miniskirt. Now the 28-year-old singer plans to reveal just how she achieved her washboard tummy and whippet-thin waistline in a new health and beauty book. Her success has already started to rub off on her friend Robbie Willams, who has shed pounds and is looking ’his best in years.’


Geri fined and banned from driving - 14/03/01
Geri Halliwell was today banned from driving for 42 days and fined ?400 for speeding, Geri who admitted driving at 60mph in a 30mph zone in her Aston Martin DB7 on the A411 towards Watford, Hertfordshire, on October 31 last year. Geri today appeared before Watford Magistrates under her full name of Geraldine Estelle Halliwell, accepted "the gravity" of the offence and was "very very sorry", said Nicola-Jane Taylor, defending. She was also ordered to pay ?35 in costs.
After sentence was passed, Geri smiled at the magistrates’ bench, gave a little wave and said: "Thank you. Have a nice day. Goodbye." Geri, who has been driving since she was 17, pleaded guilty in writing in February, but was ordered to appear in person for sentence.