ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwe’s reigning Mr Ugly faces tough competition in this year’s contest, with organisers saying they received a record number of entries.

Eddie Shah, Former newspaper proprietor, has been charged with raping and abusing a young girl, police said today.

Detectives who arrested a former financial worker who orchestrated a campaign of harassment against a doctor believe they prevented him committing three murders.

Former frontman of The Verve, Richard Ashcroft, has been fined for being drunk at a youth club, police have confirmed.