Millennium wheel has Paris in a spin

The future of the millennium wheel in the heart of Paris is to be settled by a court after the owner defied an order from the mayor to dismantle it.

A hearing has been set for Friday and the mayor of the French capital, Bertrand Delanoe, wants the operator of the near 300 ft high ferris wheel to be fined €15,000 (£11,800) for every day it remains in place.