Death comes to the festivals

The 26 year-old man who was taken to hospital in Yeovil after a suspected OD at Glastonbury has died, it has been reported.

Meanwhile, another 26 year-old man has died after collapsing at the Knowsley Hall festival on Merseyside.

Neither death is thought to be suspicious.

Meanwhile, police at Glastonbury are hailing the "slight drop" in crime this year:

The spokesman said this increase was due to the "proactive operation" of both police and security on site

By 0900 BST on Sunday there had been 236 reported crimes, down on the 267 incidents at this time in 2005.

Of these 158 were drug related, compared to 183 in 2005.

In other words, if you strip out the drug crimes - which, after all, tend to worry the police more than individual festival goers - the extra security measures have managed to reduce crime by five incidents.

Joss Stone likes the whip

It is, of course, hilarious that Joss Stone has issued an 11-page for rider for her appearance at the Knowsley Music Festival, but we were impressed to see that she wants Miracle Whip. Tesco have just stopped stocking this after a glorious period where it was available, and that's a bit of a shame as it's back to having to buy it imported from the US if you want it now, which is expensive and environmentally horrible.

Meanwhile, Victoria Newton is sucking her teeth:

I can reveal she will sing footie anthem You’ll Never Walk Alone after claiming: “I’m a massive Liverpool supporter.”

Sounds like a bid to win over the locals to me.

Yes, because women who grew up in the South of England can't be proper Liverpool supporters, and if they claim to be, they're probably just lying to try and win over Scousers, eh?