But now France's party-pooper politicians want to tame the decadent Pampelonne Beach clubs beloved of celebrities and hedonists alike. Dominic Midgley reports from his sun lounger... more
The West End is dramatically outperforming shopping areas elsewhere in the country with foreign shoppers snapping up 'bargains' such as £14,500 handbags... more
On the day when RBS announced it was handing out £1.6billion in bonuses, a mystery banker runs up a bar bill of almost £44,000 at Mayfair club Aura... more
Beyoncé and Jay-Z clearly have no time for the C-list. The music royalty slapped a strict no-WAGS-and-footballers rule as they took over Movida.... more
I wonder if any of the starry-eyed young hopefuls currently lining up in front of Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell really know quite what they are letting themselves in for? ... more
It is the most expensive celebrity wedding deal ever to be signed by a glossy magazine – but the £2.5million Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin will receive will pay for a mere fraction of their extravagant dreams.... more
Pamela Anderson showed she was back to her raunchy best during a photo-shoot for E! cable TV channel. The blonde bombshell straddles a unicorn on a kiddies' carousel and swigs sexily from a bottle of Crystal champagne
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From the outside, Lounge Lover seems an unlikely spot for Madonna's latest glamorous party but Toby Young discovered that you shouldn't judge a bar by it's cover.... more
Kingslee Daley's feisty 12-year-old sister raised him in a north London hell-hole and kept the drugs and guns at bay. Now it's his turn to take the music world by storm.... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports