Tony and Cherie Blair have arrived in Malaysia for the start of five weeks of freebie holidays in the sun. The couple, who flew first class from London, yesterday enjoyed a quiet stroll through a butterfly park in Penang. Ahead of them are days of luxury on a beautiful island before they head off to Beijing for the Olympics and then wind down on a private yacht in the Mediterranean. It is, admittedly, a change from their traditional freebie summer at Sir Cliff Richard's villa in Barbados. But, as is customary, it is likely that the Blairs will still be enjoying the hospitality of rich friends.
Tony and Cherie Blair have arrived in Malaysia for the start of five weeks of freebie holidays in the sun.
The couple, who flew first class from London, yesterday enjoyed a quiet stroll through a butterfly park in Penang.
Ahead of them are days of luxury on a beautiful island before they head off to Beijing for the Olympics and then wind down on a private yacht in the Mediterranean.
It is, admittedly, a change from their traditional freebie summer at Sir Cliff Richard's villa in Barbados.
But, as is customary, it is likely that the Blairs will still be enjoying the hospitality of rich friends.
Brown will probably come back a week earlier than planned, to supervise the interrogation of disloyal, soon to be ex-Foreign Secretary Milliband.
Cameron will probably leave Cornwall for a month at his undersea base, where he will plot the next stage of his cunning plan for world domination as well as designing a complicaqted death trap for 007 to escape from.
For sale: 15th-century chateau in central France, recently restored, 43 rooms, 30 acres, many special features, including a glass sentry box once occupied by presidential bodyguards. €3m, ono. The former president of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing is having difficulty selling his family chateau in the Auvergne. The beautifully restored - over-restored, according to one expert - turreted, three-storey, cream-coloured mansion has been on sale since March. There have been few inquiries. So few that M. Giscard d'Estaing, 82, had to abandon his initially secretive sales strategy and sanction a three-page, promotional spread in the specialist publication Propriétés de France. Initially, in March, the Giscard family refused to confirm that they were selling the Chateau de la Varvasse, near Chanonat, which was bought by M. Giscard d'Estaing's father in the 1930s. The gushing article, published this week, presents the estate as the "domain of the President".
For sale: 15th-century chateau in central France, recently restored, 43 rooms, 30 acres, many special features, including a glass sentry box once occupied by presidential bodyguards. €3m, ono.
The former president of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing is having difficulty selling his family chateau in the Auvergne. The beautifully restored - over-restored, according to one expert - turreted, three-storey, cream-coloured mansion has been on sale since March.
There have been few inquiries. So few that M. Giscard d'Estaing, 82, had to abandon his initially secretive sales strategy and sanction a three-page, promotional spread in the specialist publication Propriétés de France.
Initially, in March, the Giscard family refused to confirm that they were selling the Chateau de la Varvasse, near Chanonat, which was bought by M. Giscard d'Estaing's father in the 1930s. The gushing article, published this week, presents the estate as the "domain of the President".
A Kent car dealer who was sent flying when a van struck a barrier was shocked to discover the driver was the German ex-Formula 1 ace, Michael Schumacher. Martin Kingham, 39, said he was closing the security gate at his premises in Lydd on Sunday afternoon when a Fiat van struck the end of it. The barrier hit his leg "sending him spinning" on to the bonnet of a car.Police called to the incident said they helped both men to swap details and no further action was needed.
A Kent car dealer who was sent flying when a van struck a barrier was shocked to discover the driver was the German ex-Formula 1 ace, Michael Schumacher.
Martin Kingham, 39, said he was closing the security gate at his premises in Lydd on Sunday afternoon when a Fiat van struck the end of it.
The barrier hit his leg "sending him spinning" on to the bonnet of a car.
Police called to the incident said they helped both men to swap details and no further action was needed.
BBC NEWS | England | Norfolk | Presenter bitten by dog at show
Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves has been taken to hospital after a dog bit his hand during a dog show. The terrier became annoyed while having its teeth and coat inspected during the show at a garden centre in Norwich.
Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves has been taken to hospital after a dog bit his hand during a dog show.
The terrier became annoyed while having its teeth and coat inspected during the show at a garden centre in Norwich.
