Sir Cliff Richard led tributes for the queen of country music, Tammy Wynette, yesterday at a service of thanksgiving for her British friends and fans.
He praised the star, who died in April aged 55, saying: "She was not afraid to be sentimental."
More than 300 people gathered at St James' Church in London's Piccadilly to remember the singer who recorded her first single in 1966 and went on to sell more than 30 million records. She is best known for Stand By Your Man.
The British Labour Party has appointed the first woman general secretary in its 100year history - Margaret McDonagh (37).
Ms McDonagh beat off 15 other candidates for the £49,000-a-year post. She is seen as a Blair loyalist.
A younger sister of Siobhain McDonagh, the MP for Mitcham and Morden, Ms McDonagh started working for the party in 1987.
Former British tennis player Buster Mottram has come under a volley of fire for insisting that women players did not deserve to be paid as much as men.
He also claimed: "Until recently even heavy dosages of Viagra would not have made 90 per cent of women tennis players attractive to 80-yearold men in Lycra shorts."
Nancy Sinatra, whose duet with her father, Somethin' Stupid, was a number one hit 31 years ago, is re-releasing the song on CD as a tribute to Frank Sinatra. Proceeds of For My Dad will go towards the Frank Sinatra Foundation.