British Labour peer Baroness Young of Old Scone was yesterday confirmed as the new BBC governors' vice-chairman. Lady Young, who was raised to the peerage last year and is a former chief executive of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, will start a four-year period of office on August 1st.
Veteran British actor Michael Denison who, with Dulcie Gray, formed one of the most famous and long-lasting husband-and-wife show business partnerships, died yesterday aged 82.
Denison was renowned for his very English roles in dozens of films and theatre productions.
Actor Robert Young, best known for his lead roles in the long-running television dramas Marcus Welby M.D. and Father Knows Best, has died of respiratory failure. He was aged 91.
Young appeared in more than 100 films but was insecure despite his professional success and fought a lifelong battle with depression and alcoholism.
Israel and the Palestinians agreed yesterday on one thing - both wished their neighbour King Hussein of Jordan a speedy recovery from suspected cancer.
The 62-year-old king, who made peace with Israel in 1994 and has acted as a go-between in Israeli-Palestinian talks, said on Tuesday that doctors at the Mayo Clinic in the US said he might require chemotherapy.
Fugitive businessman Asil Nadir drank champagne and ate caviar during his flight from British justice, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.
The former head of the Polly Peck business conglomerate celebrated in Vienna after fleeing the country where he faced trial on criminal charges in May 1993.
The details of Nadir's celebratory escape emerged during the trial of pilot Peter Dimond, the man who allegedly helped the 57-year-old tycoon breach his bail terms and evade trial by flying him out of British jurisdiction.