The whiff of publicity stunt joined the smell of cow pie yesterday as the Dandy announced Desperate Dan would be returning, a week after he was dropped for being too old fashioned. Newspapers campaigned for his return, with the Sun demanding its readers "Save Dankind". Dan will be resurrected for the 60th anniversary issue next month.
The future of Gary Glitter's cameo role in SpiceWorld, the new Spice Girls movie, is hanging in the balance following his arrest and questioning over child pornography allegations. It could be too late to cut Glitter from the £10 million movie, due to open just five weeks from now.
Former Take That star Robbie Williams was told by a High Court judge in London yesterday he must immediately pay £90,000 in commission to Nigel Martin-Smith, his one-time manager and founder of the band which launched Williams to fame.
The ANC lashed out yesterday at Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, calling her a populist charlatan. She is seeking the second-highest job in the party, has castigated the ANC for failing to deliver the fruits of democracy, and said if she were deputy president she would serve the poor rather than the rich.
A shipment of fake video compact discs of Elton John's song Candle in the Wind, sung at the funeral of Princess Diana, has been seized by Australian customs. When played in a computer, the words scroll karaoke-style across the screen over a background of clouds and roses.