World Briefs
Snow ends hopes of early summer
Britain’s early summer was brought to an abrupt halt yesterday, as snow blanketed parts of the country.
Scotland was the worst affected, with snow falling in the Highlands, and dusting central parts of the country.
As an Arctic weather front bore down on the UK, the Met Office issued severe weather warnings for all of Scotland, as well as parts of northern England, Yorkshire and Humber, and the East Midlands.
Meanwhile a major rescue operation was launched this morning after a group of hillwalkers became stuck in the Cairngorms.
The three adults and six teenagers were stranded following the overnight snowfall.
Stage fight
Police were called after punches were thrown during a performance of hit West End show Chicago – over a row about noise.
Five people sitting near the stage at the Sunderland Empire were thrown out following a brawl which coincided with a courtroom scene in the popular musical.
It was a case of “the show must go on” for the actors - including EastEnder Stefan Booth and Tupele Dorgu from Coronation Street – who carried on amid the chaos on Saturday.
McCartney backs band of Beatles’ sons
Sir Paul McCartney’s musician son said he would be “happy” to form a new band with the sons of the other three Beatles.
James McCartney said the idea had been discussed with Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison and Ringo Starr’s son Zak Starkey, but it was more likely another of Starr’s sons, Jason, would be involved.