Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy playmate whose bizarre life careened from marriage to an octogenarian billionaire to the untimely death of her son, died today after collapsing at a Florida hotel, her lawyer said.

THE boss of a new travel company yesterday pledged to start a holiday price war and send 65,000 passengers a year on cheap breaks to the sun.

In a ceremony punctuated by screams and cries, reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith attended the funeral of her son in the Bahamas, nearly six weeks after he mysteriously died while visiting her in the hospital where she had given birth to a daughter.

A paternity battle is brewing over US model Anna Nicole Smith’s new baby, with two men both claiming to be the father of the girl.

Anna Nicole Smith’s 20-year-old son died from a lethal combination of methadone and two antidepressant drugs, a US-based pathologist who conducted a private autopsy said yesterday.

A lawyer for Anna Nicole Smith today said he was the father of the reality TV star’s newborn girl, who has been the couple’s one “ray of hope” as they have grieved the death of her 20-year-old son in the Bahamas.

Anna Nicole Smith was so distraught by the death of her son in the Bahamas that she had to be sedated and later suffered memory loss of the event, a lawyer for the celebrity said.

IRISH holidaymakers have never had it so good when it comes to choice and value, according to the organisers.

Richard Johnson took advantage of the start of Tony McCoy’s five-day suspension to cut the champion’s lead in this jump jockeys’ title race.

Trainer Philip Hobbs continued his fine form by winning with both his runners at Fontwell today.

Richard Hills was in double form at Newbury on Sunday as the track played host to the biggest day of Arabian racing ever staged in this country.