In brief: Huq set to shun Olympic relay

The television presenter Konnie Huq is set to pull out of her role in the Olympic torch relay in London on April 6 in protest at China's crackdown on Tibetan protesters... Newly divorced Sir Paul McCartney has been spotted on holiday in Antigua with American socialite Nancy Shevell, whom he was photographed kissing in the back of his pick-up truck last November... Sir Ranulph Fiennes, 64, is planning a second attempt to climb Everest, three years after he nearly died just short of the summit... Adolf Hitler was once the owner of one of the National Gallery's most popular paintings, Lucas Cranach the Elder's Cupid Complaining to Venus, the gallery has confirmed... Thomas Sangster, the 17-year-old London actor who has had roles in Love Actually and About A Boy, has been chosen by Steven Spielberg to star as Tintin... Blackpool has lifted its 44-year ban on the Rolling Stones after the band's 1960s concert ended in a riot... Steve Richards, chief political columnist for the Independent, is the latest name tipped to replace John Kampfner as New Statesman editor...