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Tuesday January 8, 2008

In Brief: Diana lover to give written evidence

Hasnat Khan, the heart surgeon Princess Diana described as "the love of her life", will not testify in person at the inquest into her death, but is expected to give evidence in writing... Boxer Amir Khan has been fined £1,000 and banned from driving for six weeks for driving at up to 140mph on a motorway on New Year's Eve 2006... Britney Spears has reportedly pulled the plug on her whirlwind romance with Birmingham paparazzo Adnan Ghalib and returned alone to her Beverly Hills home. The photographer was said to be looking after the troubled star after she was first released from hospital on Monday…Led Zeppelin's comeback gig was the most lucrative event of 2007 for both touts and fans: online ticket reseller, Seatwave, claims that the average price for tickets sold through the site for the concert was £7,425... Meanwhile, boxer Ricky Hatton's much-hyped bout with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas was the second most popular event, with tickets going for up to £3,050... TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has discovered someone took £500 from his bank account and signed him up for a direct debit to a charity, after he published his bank details in his Sunday newspaper column to prove that the loss of personal data was storm in a teacup... Francis Bacon's 'Black triptych', painted in 1974-77 after the death of his lover George Dyer, could fetch £25m - close to the world record for a Bacon - when it goes up for auction at Christie's in London next month...

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