On every 5 May, the anniversary of Napoleon's death on St Helena in 1821, it is customary for the Bonaparte family, their friends and supporters, to lay a wreath on Napoleon's tomb in the Invalides. His memory is celebrated in a mass. But on 5 May last they were in mourning for the head of their family, Louis Bonaparte, Prince Napoleon. His Imperial Highness, as he was called, had died in Switzerland two days previously.

Arthur Pendragon, a druid whose sword "Excalibur" was confiscated when he was arrested at a London demonstration in support of sacked Liverpool dockers on Saturday, said he may go to the High Court to win its return. Mr Pendragon, 43, of Farnborough, Hampshire, is charged with possessing a sword with a blade longer than 7.62cm in Northumberland Avenue, in London's West End, on Saturday.

Grandparents have to tread a fine line between offering support and interfering. Now a new national network plans to help them get it right. Nicola Swanborough reports

A teenage girl accused of murdering the 18-year-old hairdresser, Katie Rackliff, admitted the killing to police then later retracted the statement, a court heard yesterday.

A girl accused of murdering teenage hairdresser Katie Rackliff was constantly preoccupied by the death in "chilling" diary entries in the years that followed, a court heard yesterday.

Pamela Harriman, the British-born US ambassador to France and grande dame of American politics, was gravely ill in hospital in Paris yesterday after suffering a brain haemorrhage on Monday night.

PETER YORK ON ADS: No 160: FAMOUS GROUSE

For Jerome Burne, godparents meant a glamorous film star and the promise - not kept - of a legacy. Hardly in keeping with tradition, but then what are godparents for exactly - apart from being tortured in toyshops at Christmas?

Sir: Mr Babbage (Letters, 22 November) misses the point. If golf balls were banned, a whole social circle would be lost. This is what will happen if shooting clubs are forced to close. For anyone, particularly those who are retired, social contacts via hobbies are an important part of life.

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