British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in the Seychelles yesterday for a sunshine break with his wife and three children.
Escaping Britain's dank winter weather, the Blairs landed on the island of La Digue for a holiday which officials said would last a few days. The family is staying in a house believed to be owned by President France-Albert Rene of the Seychelles.
The Blairs paid for the holiday themselves. An Air Seychelles spokeswoman said two club-class tickets plus three discounted children's fares could cost about £3,000 each for the adults and £1,500 for the children - a rough total of £10,500.
Rock music devotees are preparing bids for an electric guitar unintentionally damaged by those masters of onstage destruction, The Who. The instrument was hurled in the air by Pete Townshend when the group's 1973 Quadrophenia tour visited Newcastle-upon-Tyne. For once he tried to catch it, but missed.
It is the prize lot in a sale to be held in Leominster, Herefordshire, on January 7th. .
The film Titanic soaked up $44.6 million at the box-office over the long Christmas weekend, breaking two records, according to figures released yesterday.
Director James Cameron's epic, which cost more than $200 million to make, has hauled in $88.4 million since its December 19th opening.
The movie, about the luxury liner that sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, made $36 million from Friday to Sunday.
It broke the previous three-day record set by Scream 2 earlier this month of $28.6 million. It also set a one-day Christmas record of more than $9 million, topping Godfather 3.
In second place was the new James Bond thriller Tomorrow Never Dies, which earned $26.4 million over the weekend.