Shami Chakrabarti: Publicity is a fundamental human right

Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti has criticised what she describes as the alarming erosion of her right to publicity. "I am deeply shocked by your failure to print any gushing profile of me whatsoever since yesterday," she wrote in a letter to newspaper editors today. "I look forward to your written apology, as does my publicist," she added.

Missing girl: huge rewards on offer

Celebrities from the worlds of children's books, pop and football have been rewarded with millions of pounds worth of free publicity after contributing to a fund to help secure the release of missing toddler Madeleine McCann. Harry Potter author J K Rowling, Simon Cowell and Wayne Rooney are amongst those putting up the money. Simon Cowell, speaking today, said: "All of us are praying that this publicity will be released as soon as possible."