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Sir Bradley Wiggins The first Mod to win the Tour de France has been offered freebies to The Who's Quadrophenia gigs, which ride into the UK in June. 'He has a free pass to any show he likes,' said Roger Daltrey, the band's singer, who directs the concerts. Tickets go on sale this Friday and Quadrophenia visits the O2 on 15 June. Luckily for Brad, that's between the Giro D'Italia and Le Tour. |
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Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John Sir Elton John and David Furnish's new baby - carried by a surrogate mum - makes his first public appearance today, via the pages of Hello! magazine. 'Our depth of love just grows deeper and wider,' said Sir Elton. |
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Cheryl Cole Looks like she's on the way back onto the X Factor judges' panel, following a crisis meeting of the show's bigwigs chaired by Simon Cowell. On the way out are reckoned to be Tulisa Contostavlos and Gary Barlow. |
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Julian Assange In a speech relayed from his hideout in the Ecuadorian embassy, Assange has hit out at The Fifth Estate, an upcoming film starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the WikiLeaks chief. 'The movie is a massive propaganda attack on WikiLeaks and the character of my staff,' said Assange, who has read the script. |
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Pigeon Poo Lucky London pigeons are to be fed a special diet that makes them sh*t soap, helping to clean the streets and clean up their crappy image. |
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Geri Halliwell Playing right against type, the Spice Girl takes on the role of a blinged-up freak in new Disney TV cartoon Henry Hugglemonster. 'My daughter helped me learn the songs,' said Halliwell. |
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The London Eye With rivalry from The Shard coming up next month, the London Eye reopened after a refit on the weekend, offering free rides and a photo competition, some of the results of which you can see here. |
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Snow Plenty of the white stuff is heading our way overnight and let's be honest, we're not exactly the best at dealing with it. So get prepared, wrap up warm and don't forget to save a carrot for your kids' snowman. |
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London Broncos The capital's rugby league look set to leave The Stoop, having shared the ground with their landlords the rugby union side Harlequins since 2006. |
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The Royal Tot We know what, now we know when: "Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to confirm they are expecting a baby in July," a St James's Palace spokesman said today. |
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The Shard London's tallest building is all set to open its doors to the public on 1 February 2013, with tickets for the first day already sold out. Here's our sneak preview of the sights to be seen from The View From The Shard... |
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Nick Clegg's Big Green Onesie The Liberal Democrat leader admitted live on radio today that he's been given a 'big green onesie' as a present. He said he's yet to wear it and will only do so in the 'privacy of his own home'. Plenty of time for that then after the next election, Nick. |
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London Underground Mind the age gap, the Tube is 150 years old today. To celebrate, the Royal Mail has issued stamps in the Underground's honour; here's a journey on the Central Line, and lastly, we have a Top Ten of funny Tube-based viral videos. |
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Harry Styles The One Direction star flew into Heathrow yesterday on his own after 'an almighty row' with Taylor Swift that looks to have ended the pop-country romance. The bust-up seems to explain Swift quoting one of her own lyrics - 'til you put me down' - on Twitter. |
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Kristen Stewart Wants to find a role in a West End theatre production, once she and Robert Pattinson have completed their move to Richmond, where they've been house-hunting. 'Kristen's really excited and has been saying how she'd love to star in a West End show,' an insider told The Mirror. |