I come back from holiday — nothing fancy, no yachts or villas, just camping in France — to a rich guy with mad hair who seems to think he is in charge, having been elected by nobody beyond a few thousand people in his own party.

Acclaimed hairdresser Vidal Sassoon has died at home surrounded by loved ones after losing a battle with leukaemia, his family said.

STARTING at £190,000 or E241,250, 15 apartments in a newly converted clothing factory in Manchester are on the market with Anthony O’Regan of Keane Mahony Smith’s Cork city office.

STELLA McCartney is a quintessentially British designer, but yesterday she paid homage to her adoptive Paris with tailored coats and feminine corsets inspired by the great tradition of French haute couture.