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Tuesday December 9, 2008

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David Ross quits Boris Johnson’s 2012 team

David Ross (pictured), who yesterday resigned from the board of Carphone Warehouse after it was revealed he had pledged his 136m shares in the mobile phone retailer as security against personal loans, is not having an easy time of it right now. This afternoon he announced that he is... [continued]

Conrad Black is supported by Moonies

It appears that Conrad Black, the former proprietor of the Daily Telegraph now jailed in Florida for corporate fraud, has a new supporter in his desperate bid to convince George Bush that he is deserving of a presidential pardon. Coming hard on the heels of Black's adulatory hymn to Dubya... [continued]

Conrad Black

In brief: Eva Mendes is no longer a model - official

Former Canadian supermodel Eva Mendes has become a little snooty about her time as a mannequin since turning to acting. Although she can be currently seen rolling around naked on an unmade bed in an advertisement for Calvin Klein's scent Obsession (pictured), she told the Daily Telegraph: "That was a... [continued]

Madonna wants £5m for wedding photos

Madonna is claiming £5m damages from the Mail on Sunday for breach of privacy after it ran a number of photographs taken at her and Guy Ritchie's wedding in Scotland eight years ago in October. In the High Court yesterday, it was revealed that the photos, which... [continued]

Lush man Constantine backs Plane Stupid

Anyone who missed their flight at Stansted when the airport was overrun on Monday by environmental protestors from the protest group Plane Stupid will probably think twice about buying products from the high street cosmetics chain, Lush. Why? The London Evening Standard reveals that Mark Constantine (pictured) , the company's... [continued]

Damon Albarn gets Blur back together for London gig

Graham Coxon, Damon Albarn, Dave Rowntree and Alex James (pictured from left to right) – aka the 1990s Brit pop band Blur – are reuniting to play a concert in Hyde Park in London on July 3. "It just felt it was right again," Albarn told the New... [continued]

Martin Brundle lays in to hotel staff

Martin Brundle (pictured), who was recently persuaded to leave his ITV commentating job to become the "voice" of Formula One for the BBC, is unlikely to be invited back to London’s Grosvenor House Hotel anytime soon. On Sunday night, he attended the magazine Autosport's annual awards at the Mayfair... [continued]

Von Bulow avoids Sunny’s funeral

While Claus von Bulow has said that he is mourning his former wife Sunny (pictured), who he was accused of trying to murder, the 82-year-old Danish aristocrat has decided to stay away from her funeral. "It would not be appropriate," he tells the Daily Telegraph. "The reason is that... [continued]

Telegraph axe AN Wilson and Brown

It seems that even big name writers are not to be spared from the savage cost-cutting taking place at the Daily Telegraph. In a move that will undoubtedly enrage the paper's readers, the humourist Craig Brown and the novelist and historian A.N Wilson (pictured) are both to be put out... [continued]

AN Wilson

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