LONDON - CAN WE ALL PAYPAL SOME MONEY TO DIDDY?

Let's hope that when they find a way to help those being crushed by the rising price of fuel, first in the line for assistance is P Diddy. The man is suffering, damnit:

"Gas prices are too motherfucking high. As you know, I do own my own jet and I have been having flying back and forth to LA pursuing my acting career. Now, if I'm flying back and forth, like, twice in a month that's like $200,000 or $250,000 round trip. FUCK that. I'm back on American Airlines right now. Ok? Your boy Diddy right now is on American Airlines. Look. I want to give a shout out to all my Saudi Arabian brothers and sisters and all my brothers and sisters from all the countries that have oil, if you could all please send me some oil for my jet I would truly appreciate it. But right now, can you believe it, I am actually flying commercial. That's how high gas prices are ok, so I feel you. Look, I'm at the gate right now. This is proof that gas prices are too high, we need to do something about it, so tell whoever the next president is that we need to bring gas back down."

SIMON

LONDON - WAS I MENTALLY ILL BECAUSE I LISTENED TO SLAYER, OR DID I LISTEN TO SLAYER BECAUSE I WAS MENTALLY ILL?

In what we're sure is a well-researched study, the Australasian Psychiatry journal has announced that if you like metal, you're more likely to have mental health problems than if you don't:

A study, published in today's Australasian Psychiatry journal, found that teens who listen to pop music are more likely to be struggling with their sexuality, those tuning in to rap or heavy metal could be having unprotected sex and drink-driving, and those who favour jazz are usually misfits and loners, prompting a call for doctors to include musical tastes as a diagnostic indicator in mental health assessments.

LONDON - CURSE OF OASIS

That's Weston-Super-Mare Pier, which burned down on Monday.

That's Sister Ray records, which went into administration today.

Should New York be worried?

SIMON