Beyonce enjoys 3,000 mile take-away

Beyonce Knowles enjoyed a curry in New York last week that had been couriered 4,828 kilometres (3,000 miles) from Britain.

The singer was one of 20 celebrity guests who were fed by Virgin Records boss Tony Matthews.

Extravagant Matthews spent around €6,000 on ordering the food from Lingfield Tandoori near London, after he remembered liking their curry while attending a Spice Girls concert in 1998.

Matthews said: "Takeaways in New York are not great so I flew a proper curry over. It seems extravagant but I did it because I could."

Lingfield Tandoori owner Muhib Miah said: "I part-cooked the meals and flew with them to New York. It was crazy. How many people ask for a takeaway to be sent 3,000 miles?"