BRITISH motorcycle stunt man Eddie Kidd was fighting for his life in a Warwick hospital yesterday after crashing during a bike show.
Kidd (36) was breathing with the aid of a ventilator after suffering head and pelvic injuries in the dramatic smash in front of 5,000 spectators.
He lost control of his bike after making a 15-metre leap over a speeding car at a Hell's Angels rally on Sunday.
Spanish authorities tapped the phone of movie producer Roman Polanski for two months in 1992 on suspicion that he was involved in contraband while living in the Balearic island of Ibiza.
The Diario 16 newspaper said the phone taps were stopped after investigators determined that there was no evidence linking Polanski, who made Knife In the Water, Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown, to any illegal activities.
Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer is to visit the site of a Vietnam war battle in a private capacity when he travels to the country this week.
A veteran of the Vietnam war, Fischer will visit the site of the Long Tan battle in which more than 500 Vietnamese and 18 Australians were killed, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the clash.
The main statue of Vladimir Lenin was removed from the centre of the Kazakh capital Almaty overnight, leaving an empty red granite plinth in former Lenin Square yesterday.
The 10-metre, 16-tonne statue of iron and bronze reappeared in October Revolution Park on the outskirts of town. But Soviet state founder Lenin had been demoted to a concrete pedestal, his arm pointing at a nondescript apartment block.
Model Liz Hurley has declared she will never marry her long-term lover Hugh Grant or have his babies, according to reports in the Sun.
The face of Estee Lauder also admitted she still felt "like death" over Grant's encounter with Hollywood hooker Divine Brown. She said the thought of still being with him in 20 years filled her with despair but insisted it would be a "terrible shock" to lose him.