In Brief: Sarko says love is ‘serious’

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reportedly enlisted former England captain David Beckham to assist England's bid for the 2018 World Cup; Beckham met Brown for an hour-long meeting at Number 10 last night... French President Nicolas Sarkozy has hinted that Carla Bruni, the supermodel-turned-popstar he met less than two months ago, may soon be France's new first lady. "It's serious," he swooned yesterday at his biggest ever press conference... Benazir Bhutto's son Bilawal faced a media scrum - and a grilling from Jeremy Paxman - in London last night on his return to Britain after his mother's death; the 19-year-old Oxford student has become chairman of the Pakistan People's Party and told journalists he fears more for his privacy than his life... Tennis star Greg Rusedski is among the celebrities taking part in ITV's latest Dancing on Ice, along with singers Samantha Mumba and Gareth Gates... BBC children's TV presenter Mark Speight is no longer being treated as a murder suspect after his girlfriend, fellow presenter Natasha Collins was found dead at their home last week... Film director Tim Burton has complained about the way his partner Helena Bonham Carter's sartorial style is slated in the British press: "it's like we've got this reputation for being the neighbourhood weirdos," he told Esquire magazine...