Anne Robinson, The Weakest Link’s Queen of Mean, has drawn up plans to give her palatial country home a major facelift, it was revealed today.

Plans by actress Kate Winslet and her film director husband Sam Mendes to alter their British manor house retreat were today approved by a council.

Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes have asked a council for permission to make changes to their Cotswold manor retreat, it was confirmed today.