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TWO DOGS belonging to Hong Kong governor Chris Patten, Norfolk terriers called Whisk and Soda, are likely to serve their six …

TWO DOGS belonging to Hong Kong governor Chris Patten, Norfolk terriers called Whisk and Soda, are likely to serve their six months in quarantine when Patten returns to Britain.

The news will come as a blow to the governor who, in a mounting campaign against current anti rabies measures, has urged the British government to scrap the quarantine system.

The rock star lover of Paula Yates (36) was yesterday arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs. Michael Hutchence (36) was arrested at Chelsea police station, west London, and bailed to reappear there in December. Yates was arrested earlier this week and was also bailed to December.

Sting has performed in Ho Chi Minh City after doubts over whether the concert would go ahead.

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Nigel Kennedy is to present tonight's Top Of The Pops on BBC 1. The violin player, whose own top selling record was Vivaldi's Four Seasons, will be introducing such acts as the number one Words from Boyzone, Diggity from rap artists Blackstreet and Tripping from British soul singer Mark Morrison. Kennedy has declared his most recent release was influenced by guitarist Jimi Hendrix.

Heirlooms belonging to Camilla Parker Bowles have fetched £30,000 at auction.

Lorena Gallo, who gained fame in 1993 after severing herb husband's penis in the US, has returned to a hero's welcome in her native Ecuador where she called for equality of the sexes.

Yesterday Gallo, a resident of the US state of Virginia, formerly married to John Wayne Bobbitt, had lunch with President Abdala Bucaram and met the congressional leader Fabian Alarcon.

Gallo told reporters here that her case "should serve as a point of reflection to narrow the gap between men and women."