A beauty queen has relinquished her crown and the chance to compete in the Miss World competition after it emerged that she stole seven credit cards to go on a £3,500 spending spree. Ris Low, 19, crowned Miss Singapore World 2009 earlier this year,...

Whew! The writers’ strike is officially over. After 100 days on strike, the membership of the Writers Guild of America did as everyone expected them to do and voted to end the walkout today. Writers can go back to work as of Wednesday.