Max Hastings, whose newspaper is at the centre of a High Court wrangle with Tory MP Alan Clark, yesterday described the author and politician as a man who "loves to be famous and loves to be naughty".
The editor of London's Evening Standard told of his "affection" for Clark, who complains that the newspaper's spoof of his racy diaries damages his reputation as a serious man of letters and historian.
Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone have been invited to celebrate Harley Davidson's 95 years of motorbike-making.
The tourism board of the resort of Faaker See, in Austria, said the movie-star owners of the US-made bikes had been asked to come to the $40 million party along with musicians David Bowie, Tina Turner, ZZ Top, Eros Ramazotti and the Backstreet Boys.
Chris Evans has increased Virgin Radio's Breakfast Show audience by 46.5 per cent.
The former BBC Radio 1 DJ was listened to by an estimated 2.359 million each week in November, compared with 1.610 million before he took over.
Oasis warned fans at Wembley Arena to be on their best behaviour or they would walk off.
The concert marked the London culmination of the second leg of the band's Be Here Now tour in Britain.