Paul McCartney has won a major US award for his work to popularise classical music. The former Beatle was given the New Horizon Award, run by National Public Radio, for his symphonic poem, Standing Stone.
The 75-minute piece has sold more than 250,000 copies worldwide and spent 11 weeks at number one in the US's Billboard classical chart last year.
Makers of Titanic yesterday apologised to a Scottish village for their portrayal of its most famous son as a cowardly murderer. The executive vice-president of 20th Century Fox, Scott Neeson, travelled to Dalbeattie after the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic - which was lost on April 14th, 1912 - to make amends to descendants of first officer William Murdoch and locals who have long regarded him as a hero.
In the film Murdoch, who was in charge of the liner's lifeboats, shoots two people and tries to ensure first class passengers' survival above others before shooting himself in shame. In reality, Murdoch was credited with saving several hundred lives. The first officer later drowned when the liner went down.
Coronation Street actor Adam Rickitt (19) gets 700 fan letters a month and lovesick girls camp outside his parents' Cheshire home.
Rickitt, who plays Nick Tilsley in the soap, is embarrassed by the frankness of some of the post he receives, and claims his sex symbol status has taken him by surprise.
Earl Spencer has borrowed several million pounds to finance the transformation of his ancestral estate into a shrine to Princess Diana. Diana's brother said he felt "battered" by accusations that he was profiteering from the princess's death and promised to open up the accounts of the Althorp memorial museum.