Stop the Week: This Life

Women have been throwing their knickers at Tom Jones for years. That’s not unusual. But now the veteran crooner wants it to stop. “If I’m trying to create a mood and undies appear from nowhere then it’s a problem,” he complained. The last straw for Jones, 64, pictured right, came when fans began throwing knickers with the price tags still on. He told a fan at a concert in Las Vegas: “Love, you’re supposed to remove the price tag before you throw it, otherwise that takes all the fun out of it.”

Sporting gesture of the week

A Welsh rugby fan was so jubilant at last weekend’s win over England that he cut off his testicles. The 26-year-old bachelor, watching the match at a club