RED TOP REVIEW

Sun tracks down Glitter

It was only a matter of time. The Sun today scoops Gold in the hotly-contested Track Down The Pop Pervert event. "You Can Run But You Can't Hide," screams the front page headline next to a picture of Gary Glitter, who appears to have lost his wispy white beard and acquired a ginger wig and straw hat. "Paedophile Glitter has been skulking in a pal's secluded detached house since cops smuggled him out of Heathrow on his return from the Far East," says the paper. Thankfully, it gives would-be lynch mobs little in the way of clues as to where Glitter is hiding out. A map features a red arrow pointing from Heathrow in the direction of Hampshire. The house is worth £2m. That said, red-headed Hampshire chaps of a certain age might want to hunker down for a week or two.

X Factor faker begs forgiveness

Back to the X Factor faker featured in yesterday's Red Top Review. Regular readers will be aware that Alan Turner told Simon Cowell and Co (plus millions of viewers) a cock and bull story about growing up in a foster home. Yesterday, Alan's dad told the Daily Mirror he had spoken to his son just five weeks ago and was astonished to see him on television telling the world he would love to see his parents again. Today, it's time for poor Alan to fess up and beg forgiveness. "The emotion of the audition got to me," he tells the Mirror. "I didn't realise what I was saying would be taken that way. Please give me another chance. I'm not a bad person. I never meant to deceive anyone." Red Top Review is going out on a limb here: pantomime bad guy Cowell likes to deliver the occasional surprise; we think he will be merciful.

Octogenarian fights off robber

Remember the have-a-go hero? They were very popular once. And then there was a series of tragedies and having a go fell out of fashion. Well, the Daily Record tells today how an 81-year-old woman foiled a robbery at one of the city's concert halls. Vera Alexander, who works at the Queen's Hall, was confronted by the robber, who grabbed money from a cash box and started stuffing it down his shirt. Vera simply stuck her hand in his shirt and pulled the money out. The startled crook fled the scene, almost getting run over by a bus in the process. Adrian Harris, chief executive of the Queen's Hall, tells the paper: "I wouldn't want to take on Vera. She's a fantastic woman, she's indefatigable."

BUSINESS
By Nathalie Thomas

RBS bolsters top ranks

Royal Bank of Scotland this morning moved to ease long-standing shareholder concerns over its corporate governance with the appointment of three heavyweight non-executive directors.

In a long-awaited boardroom shake-up, the bank announced former Standard Chartered and Citibank executive John McFarlane, British Land chief executive Stephen Hester, and former Prudential Financial chairman Arthur Ryan would join its board from October 1.

However, although the City welcomed the move, analysts said it would do little to dampen criticism over the dominance of RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin after shareholders have had to endure a turbulent year.

Mamoun Tazi, banking analyst at MF Global, said the shake-up will do little to lift RBS's shares, and further changes were needed. "Even if it is a step in the right direction, it is not enough. We need to see more far reaching changes," he said. "While bringing in independent directors is good from a corporate governance point of view, materially what will it do to the shares? Very little."

TELEVISION
By Fiona Leith

Carr club

Before he heads back on to our screens with his Celebrity Ding Dong in October, here's a chance to see how the Sunday Night Project host handles a live gig all on his own some. Alan Carr has made the modern day Frankie Howerd shtick work for him, managing to become a household name, and arena star in a matter of a few years.

• Alan Carr: Tooth Fairy Live, Channel 4, 10pm

Springer's story

Jerry Springer's parents escaped to Britain at the outbreak of World War II, but his grandparents were not as lucky, and so the family roots were lost. Springer takes part in a particularly moving episode of the family history programme as he traces the story of his grandmother, who died in the Holocaust.

• Who Do You Think You Are? BBC1, 9pm

Addicted to love

Uma Thurman, Paddy Considine and Jonathan Pryce star in this TV adaptation of the David Hare play. Considine plays a recovering alcoholic who becomes entangled with his boss's wife (Thurman), herself a recovering cocaine addict.

• My Zinc Bed, BBC2, 9pm

FASHION
By Kayt Turner

Easy access

Do you think it a prerequisite of all Pamela Anderson's garments that they can come undone with just one fastening? It's obviously a given that she would wear a black bra with an off-white dress - far too classy otherwise.

Mellow yellow

OK, I have a big formal function coming up soon. What to wear, what to wear? If only I could lay my hands on a sheer yellow frock that is at least a foot too long for me. I could then decorate it with some extremely odd bobbles around my bosoms and to top that, wear black pants underneath. But where would I get such a number? Perhaps Eva Mendes could help me out.

Factor 50

I get that love is blind. And I'm sure that Boris Becker's delightful child-fiancée is only interested in his sparkling personality. Given this sunburn shocker, it certainly can't be his looks that she's after.

SPORT
By Graham Bean

Pavlyuchenko close to Spurs move

The Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko is poised to join Tottenham Hotspur after the London club agreed an undisclosed fee for the player with Spartak Moscow. Pavlyuchenko, 26, was outstanding for Russia during Euro 2008, scoring three goals. He also scored twice in the 2-1 win over England in a qualifying match last year.

His arrival at White Hart Lane could pave the way for Dimitar Berbatov's exit. The Bulgaria striker is in dispute with the management at Spurs and has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United. Any deals would have to be done before the transfer window shuts on Monday.

Black back at Tynecastle

Former Hearts midfielder Kenny Black returns to Tynecastle tonight where his Airdrie side are due to face the home team in the second round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup. Black was a key member of the Hearts side of the 1980s before moving into management with Airdrie.

Three other SPL clubs are in cup action tonight and all face away ties; Aberdeen travel to Ayr, Inverness face Arbroath and Kilmarnock are at Brechin.

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