With just six months left until the opening ceremony, London 2012 has suddenly started to seem alarmingly close.

My parents were... two very different peas in a pod, I'm not sure quite how they ever ended up with each other. I love them dearly.

Taylor Momsen is reportedly dating Paul Weller's son.

Jude Law is being comforted by his ex-wife Sadie Frost in the wake of his split from Sienna Miller.

Kate Moss has reportedly got engaged to her rocker boyfriend Jamie Hince.

A group of British islands noted for wildlife and remoteness have been included in a list of the 10 best regions in the world for tourism by travel guide Lonely Planet.

*Frances Ruffelle is calling on old showbiz pals to jazz up her show. Tonight's features Sadie Frost, duetting on "My Best Friend". "I'm doing a film at the moment where I'm singing," says Frost. "I'm having lessons, but I know my limit."

It used to be the case that bloodthirsty vampires and fanged creatures of the night were the stuff of nightmares and terrifying children's fairytales.

Feeling sensitive? The BBC is – or so it seems.

The last time Pandora heard from Jonathan Aitken he was in darkest Kazakhstan, inspecting prisons. This time it's Russia, where he is up to "all kind of things". So he can't talk at length, you understand. But he has this much to offer: his backing for Diane Abbott as leader of the Labour Party.

My dad, aged 88, has Alzheimer's Disease (AD). He can no longer speak except with his eyes – and they still occasionally show the humour that is the stamp of his locked away former self. He is one of the more fortunate sufferers because for three years he has lived in a closed ward in a psychiatric hospital, not a private care home. His condition is recognised as an illness rather than the inevitable path of old age.

William Hague's long and lucrative association with the after-dinner speaking circuit has not ended on a happy note.