Anna Friel has revealed she is thinking of having her eggs frozen - for when boyfriend Rhys Ifans feels ready to face fatherhood.

The only thing missing is a Benedict Cumberbatch cameo. But could he take a shift in the Wishy Washy?

Demand for A-level top-up sessions is increasing, says James Wardrobe

Victoria Beckham walking into a Notting Hill fish and chip shop wearing an £800 pair of knee-high Louboutins, carrying a handbag the size of Guernsey and ordering plaice and chips is a vision so unexpected as to be almost unreal. It's like finding the Princess Royal going through your bins.

Council at war in coastal retreat favoured by the rich and famous

37-year-old victim left 'highly traumatised' by random attack that saw him pass out while being choked

I had been planning to eat healthily. You see, I am getting married in two weeks and while I am not concerned that I'll block the aisle with my girth, I also think it's a good day to try to look one's best.

New figures provide good news for Charlton Athletic and Crystal Palace fans

This week's review comes with its own soundtrack – the bass-driven "I Shoulda Loved Ya", Narada Michael Walden's 1979 disco hit. Damn, that song is catchy. From the moment I booked a table at Restaurant Michael Nadra in Primrose Hill, it lodged as an earworm; I was still humming it while I waited for my guest in the restaurant's Martini bar.

The dispassionate political player who is 'up for anything'

Where are you now and what can you see?

Sentencing each individually, the judge told them to compare themselves to the athletes competing in the Olympics

As far as the art of pairing and chairing goes, Nick Barley, the director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, seems to be very inspired this year.

Julien Temple's kaleidoscopic portrait of London since 1900 is sprawling and uneven, yet vibrant and humorous, rather like the city itself.