BOB GELDOF, the pop star who raised millions for Ethiopian famine victims, was divorced from wife Paula Yates yesterday after 10 years of marriage.
Neither was present at the London divorce court when the uncontested decree was read out. It was granted on the grounds of Geldof's adultery with an unnamed woman and will be made absolute within six weeks. Geldof(41) and Yates (35) have three daughters, Fifi Trixibelle (12), Peaches (6) and Pixie (4).
A New Zealander became the first person to climb the world's highest mountain five times when he reached the summit of Mount Everest with six others yesterday.
Robert Hall (35) of Christ church, four of his expedition members and two Nepalese mountain guides reached the top of the 8,848 metre peak via the south east ridge route.
Plans by a Hollywood studio to bring the debauched head lines of BBC's Absolutely Fabulous to the big screen have been scrapped, and Roseanne Barr's version of the show has been shelved because of net work fears over the sex, drugs and booze lifestyle portrayed.
The Duchess of York has signed a £1.3 million book deal in the US with a manual for single parent mothers, the Daily Express reported.
Germany's finance minister Theo Waigel has appealed to Michael Jackson not to cancel his German tour in protest at a tax on foreign entertainers.