BRITAIN's Queen Elizabeth visited Heathrow yesterday launch the airport's 50th anniversary celebrations and was reunited with William Norris (78), a steward from the plane which brought her from Kenya to London on February 6th, 1952 after the death of her father.
Accompanied by the Duke of" Edinburgh, she inaugurated a £32 million refurbishment of the Terminal 2 departure lounge before going on to party in the specially built 50th festival site nearby.
Ex-lovers Woody Allen and Mia Farrow were back in court yesterday where two years ago a judge strictly limited the amount of time the film director could spend with his son.
Lawyers in the case are under a gag order and could not disclose what transpired when the couple met privately in an all day session at the Manhattan Supreme Court.
Simeon II, the Bulgarian king forced into exile when he was nine years old by the communists, is due back today for the first time in 50 years. The monarchist movement has put up posters in the streets of Sofia with pictures of the king in grey suit and blue tie to announce his return. He has been invited for a three week stay by a group of intellectuals who want him to take part in serious discussions about the future of the country".
An eight fingered man has been reunited with his wayward digits 25 years after losing them in an accident with a circular saw.
The two mummified fingers one with a nail described by police as nicely manicured were found in a pile of wall paper by workers demolishing a house in Sydney.
Actor Christopher Reeve, paralysed in a horse riding accident last May, is to direct a one hour film for cable television. Production will begin next October on In the Gloaming, which was adapted from an Alice Elliot Dark short story about a young man with Aids who returns home to die.
Good Morning with Anne and Nick came to an end yesterday after tour years on day time BBC1. Anne Diamond and Nick Owen said they were determined to look to the future despite having been trounced in the ratings by ITV rivals Richard and Judy.