• Lily Allen has joined forces with London Mayor Boris Johnson to arrange a Knife Aid concert, which will raise funds to help the families of victims and will provide schemes to take knives off the streets. — Daily Star
• Anne Robinson has been banned from driving from driving for six months after admitting at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court her fourth speeding offence since September 2005. — The Mirror
• The life of Mark Speight, the children's TV presenter who committed suicide in April following the death of his fiancée, will be celebrated at a memorial service in London on 6 August. — BBC
• Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children has won the Best of the Booker title, as voted for by the public. — The Telegraph
• An independent production company has won worldwide rights to produce a documentary on the "pregnant man" Thomas Beatie for Channel Four. — Reuters

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