THE BEST OF WEEKS

John Humphrys

The 'Today' presenter accepted his Sony award for being the news journalist of the year in typically irascible fashion. "We [are] obsessed with personalities and celebrities," he grumbled. And the award for radio's grumpiest old man goes to ...

The Queen

Her Majesty arrived in the US for the first time in 16 years, with a little extra delay at the airport. Americans were issued with etiquette ideas before her arrival. Perhaps "find aircraft stairs that fit" was not included.

RichardHammond

Showing off his new, 175mph superbike, the Top Gear presenter said: "You don't know whether to pet it, caress it or leap on and cane it round the lanes." Did he lose his common sense in that car crash?

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