AS the daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, Peaches Geldof has grown up in the glare of the celebrity limelight.

Hardman television sleuth Ray Winstone followed in the footsteps of real-life detectives to investigate a murder.

A claim that kidnapped journalist Alan Johnston has been killed remains unconfirmed today.

The mother of an eight-year-old boy who weighs 14 stone was anxiously waiting today to find out whether her son was to be taken into care by social workers.

Coleen McLoughlin launched Children’s Hospice Week in the UK today.

ACCORDING to the Irish Examiner, “Dr Graham Barnfield, a media lecturer at the University of East London, has blamed MTV stunt shows such as Jackass and Dirty Sanchez for the rise of ‘happy slapping.’”(Gardaí investigate ‘happy slapping’ attack, August 3).

The demeanour of US President George W Bush in advance of tomorrow’s opening of the G8 three-day Gleneagles summit, indicates strongly that what is good for the American economy is his main concern.

Hopes of a deal curbing greenhouse gases at this week’s G8 summit in Gleneagles are looking slim today as US president George Bush made clear he was not ready to sign up to any legally-binding limit on emissions.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair can expect no special favours from the US at this week's G8 summit in return for his support over Iraq, US President George Bush made clear yesterday.

There was a culture of “dreadful inertia” at collapsed car company MG Rover, its former design director said today.

Coronation Street triumphed at Briatin's National Television Awards tonight – and little Sam Aston was the star of the show.

Actress Patsy Kensit has been nominated for the Most Popular Newcomer category in the National Television Awards – for her Emmerdale role.

Actress Leslie Ash said today she is ready to draw the curtain on a “traumatic year” as she began promoting a lingerie range.

Actress Leslie Ash insisted her husband Lee Chapman was “not a wife-beater” in their first joint interview since she was admitted to hospital amid claims of domestic violence.

MILLIONS of TV viewers saw former FA secretary Faria Alam break down in tears as she told of her love for Sven Goran Eriksson in an interview broadcast last night.

Millions of TV viewers will see former FA secretary Faria Alam break down in tears as she tells of her love for Sven Goran Eriksson in an interview to be broadcast tonight.

The woman at the centre of the Football Association sex scandal will not dish the dirt on England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, her publicist revealed today.

The woman at the centre of the scandal which has rocked the Football Association is to sell her story, it emerged today.

The wild child daughter of Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne spoke today about her spiral into drink and drugs – and blamed it on wanting to escape her “chubby English girl” image.

NEARLY 300 Iraqi detainees, some weeping, were released from the Abu Ghraib prison yesterday, a day after Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise visit, insisting the Pentagon did not try to cover up abuses there.

Some of the most recognised faces in journalism joined the family of ITV reporter Terry Lloyd today to pay tribute to the news stalwart on the first anniversary of his death.

A MOTHER in the UK cleared of killing her babies has launched an attack on the professor whose controversial expert medical witness helped jail her for murder.

A knife-wielding maniac who murdered a jogger as she ran through a park has struck again, police fear.

EastEnders made a clean sweep of the National Television Awards tonight and trounced arch rival Coronation Street.

Soap rivals EastEnders and Coronation Street will tonight battle it out for top TV honours at this year's British National Television Awards.

EastEnders and Coronation Street will battle it out for the honours at this year’s British National Television Awards.

Jungle quitter Danniella Westbrook revealed today how she learned from her stint in I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! that her “whole world falls apart” when she is alone.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair seems to be losing the support of two key cabinet ministers and touch with reality, a leading British political editor warned yesterday.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair scrambled to rally support yesterday for his tough stand on Iraq as the threat of a ministerial resignation over war rocked his government.

UN SECRETARY GENERAL Kofi Annan piled pressure on US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday with a warning that the legitimacy of any military action would be “seriously impaired” without a new UN mandate.

Well over half the British public disapprove of Tony Blair’s handling of the Iraq crisis, according to an opinion poll tonight.

A TERMINALLY-ILL man ended his life yesterday at an “assisted suicide” clinic in Switzerland.

Pop eccentric Michael Jackson is to be given fly on the wall treatment after Martin Bashir followed the star for eight months, it was announced today.

A WOMAN has become the first in Britain to give birth using her own frozen eggs.

SUPERMARKET chain Iceland has withdrawn a range of Indian pre-prepared food from its Irish outlets after an investigation by ITV found unhygienic practices at a supplier’s food production plant.

SUPERMARKET chain Iceland has withdrawn a range of Indian pre-prepared food in its Irish outlets after an ITV investigation found unhygienic practices at a supplier’s food production plant.

Edwina Currie tonight received a warm welcome at her first public appearance since she revealed her four-year affair with John Major.

Edwina Currie is to give her first TV interview since she revealed her four-year affair with John Major.

TV favourite John Thaw is up for a posthumous title to crown him telly’s most popular actor at the UK's National TV Awards, as the short-list was announced today.

The parents of missing teenager Amanda Dowler have told of their torment after news that the missing Soham schoolgirls were dead was announced.

THE parents of two missing schoolgirls made a desperate televised appeal to their girls’ abductor to release them last night, as British police made their first breakthrough in the case.

The police chief leading the hunt for missing 10 year olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman was tonight making a direct television appeal to the girls’ abductor to let them go free.

The anguished parents of missing schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman today begged for their safe return, amid growing fears they could have been snatched by someone they knew.

THE anguished parents of missing British schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman last night made a desperate plea for their daughters’ abductor to bring them home.