London, Apr. 24: Since Labour came to power in Britain in 1997, it has spent an astonishing seven million pounds on wine through the Government Hospitality Unit.

According to the Daily Mail, the incredible tab emerged a day after Chancellor of Exchequer Alistair Darling’s Budget revealed Government borrowing of 175 billion pounds this year and a national debt of 1.4 trillion pounds within four years. It was also a budget that slapped an extra two per cent on the cost of beer, wine and spirits.

London, Apr 24: David Beckham has declined offers to date Italian female fans to raise money for the victims of the Abruzzo earthquake – because of his love for wife Victoria.

While on a visit to meet earthquake victims in Italy, the footie idol left ladies heartbroken after he refused to auction himself off as a date.

"I''m ready to do everything I can to help - except betray Victoria,” The Mirror quoted him as saying.

London, Apr 24 : A Brit police officer has become the first Jedi cop to come forward and admit that she is a devotee of the Star Wars-inspired religion.

After 23 years of patrolling the mean streets of Glasgow, Pam Fleming is a beat officer, who has finally said, "I'm a Jedi and I'm proud."

Light sabre in hand, the cop has also admitted to using Jedi mind tricks during interviews with suspects in 'an effort to achieve the truth'.

However, talking to industry magazine Police Review, she has claimed of not using 'The Force' to influence what suspects say or do.

London, Apr 24: Popstar Lily Allen celebrated the end of her North American tour with a 2000-dollar ice cream fight in her dressing room.

The Smile singer revealed about her messy celebration in her Twitter account.

"Had a massive ice cream fight dressing room based, cost me 2000 dollars," the Mirror quoted her as saying.

"End of tour, time to get mashed," she added.

London, Apr 24: A Brit couple took their love for the film ‘Shrek’ to a different level all together, when they married donning costumes of the green ogre and Princess Fiona.

Groom Keith, 44, and bride Christine, 40, of Barnstaple, Devon, expressed their love for the flick by covering themselves in green paint and wearing full costumes, while walking down the aisle .

Keith revealed that his wife always thought that there is a similitude between him and Shrek.

London, Apr 24: Kate Middleton, touted as the royal bride-in-waiting, traces her lineage to the literary world, according to a new book.

Prince William’s famous girlfriend is not only a distant cousin of the late children’s author Beatrix Potter, but is also a long-lost relative of ‘Swallows And Amazons’ creator Arthur Ransome.

Claudia Joseph’s revealing new biography, ‘Princess In Waiting’, has claimed that Ransome’s sister Joyce was married to Hugo Lupton, the cousin of Kate’s great-grandmother Olive.