England: Corn-on-the-cob-consuming contestants have failed to break the sweetcorn-eating world record despite their “valiant efforts” in the UK championships.

ONE day it was the flowing locks on a client’s head; the next it was being stuffed in women’s nylons and on its way to help soak up the oil that has begun to wash ashore on the US Gulf Coast.

Pop star and animal lover Pink has been seeing red when she heard of ill-treatment of animals.