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The Spice Girls step out tonight for the royal world premiere of their long-awaited film Spice World - The Movie in London, and…

The Spice Girls step out tonight for the royal world premiere of their long-awaited film Spice World - The Movie in London, and Prince Charles will be meeting them for the third time this year.

The premiere at the Empire, Leicester Square, comes on the same day the band launch their bid for the Christmas number one.

The cast includes Richard E Grant, who plays the slavedriver manager, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Ross, Jennifer Saunders, Michael Barrymore, Richard Briers, Richard O'Brien and Roger Moore.

Elton John, Elvis Costello, Bob Geldof, Bob Hoskins and Peter Sissons make cameo appearances. But Gary Glitter and Frank Bruno's roles hit the cutting room floor.

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The latest Teletubby phenomenon soon to hit the shelves is pink custard.

A deal is close to being secured after months of negotiations between the BBC and St Ivel over Tubby Tustard.

But the finest delicacy from Teletubbyland is set to become the latest nightmare for parents.

The mother of Paula Yates yesterday denied that Hughie Green was Paula's father. Former film starlet and Bluebell Girl Heller Thornton-Bosment (59) said her daughter was conceived two or three weeks after her marriage to Jess Yates - in a night of sex which broke the marital bed.

Newspaper reports said DNA tests suggested strongly that Paula Yates was the daughter of the former Opportunity Knocks presenter who died earlier this year. Jess Yates, former Stars on Sunday presenter, died in 1993.

Only Fools and Horses star Buster Merryfield was recovering at home yesterday after hurting himself in a tumble during the British Comedy Awards. The veteran actor, who played Uncle Albert in the popular BBC comedy, was treated in hospital after he fell trying to collect the award for Funniest Comedy Moment.

A guitar signed by Bob Dylan was sold for £6,000 at a radio charity auction in Bristol. The signed and dated acoustic guitar was bought by mother-of-eight Anna Gale, from Pilning, after half an hour of fierce on-air bidding.