Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has this week swept to the top of the leaderboard of things the British public would prefer not to know about their politicians.
With the ink barely dry on his divorce, Sir Paul McCartney has fuelled speculation of a new romance by jetting off to the Caribbean with heiress Nancy Shevall.
After last year's floods, Brits will be pleased to know that they can concentrate more on life's pleasures this year as the Met office has forecast a 'typical British summer'.