“THIS IS the room from which I will direct the war,” declared Winston Churchill shortly after becoming prime minister in 1940, as he toured the warren of underground rooms built to endure the German air raids on London.

Model Petra Nemcova has fuelled rumours she is to wed You're Beautiful singer James Blunt after flashing an expensive ring on her engagement finger to photographers.

Czech beauty Petra Nemcova, whose British boyfriend was swept to his death in the Asian tsunami, has set up a charity to help children orphaned by the disaster.

Supermodel Petra Nemcova has hit out at reports she was paid $1.5 million (€1.12m) by an American magazine to pose for pictures while laying injured in a Thai hospital.

Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova, who was injured in the Asian tsunami, arrived in Prague today, a news agency reported.