WINNIE Madizikela Mandela, exwife of President Nelson Mandela, denied a report yesterday that she offered British and South African television stations a tell all interview for $800,000.
She said: "It is absolute rubbish calculated to discredit women. This is how the white controlled, racist media continues to keep attacking black women to try to destroy them.
Sir Paul McCartney, whose wife, Linda, has been fighting breast cancer, said yesterday that he writes songs as a form of therapy to stop him "going round the bend".
"Music has always been a consolation for me," the former Beatle told the Times in an interview to mark the release of his new solo album, Flamingo Pie.
Oasis yesterday announced details of their first new record in 17 months.
Do You Know What I Mean will be released in July, the Manchester band's first single since Don't Look Back In Anger and the first taste of a forthcoming album with the working title Be Here Now.
The Duchess of York, in an interview with OK! magazine, spoke of an inner turmoil rooted in her childhood and revealed that she suffers "night tremors". She said: "I think it would have been a lot easier if Mum had not gone to live in Argentina when I was 12."
President Nelson Mandela yesterday honoured India's Mahatma Gandhi with a post humous award, marking his peaceful campaign for racial equality in South Africa.
The award, the Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, was accepted by the Indian High Commissioner, Gopal Krishna Gandhi, on behalf of his grandfather.