If only kittens could sing ...

Could Simon Cowell be any more hated? Before Carla Lane put her Sussex mansion on the market, she recorded an "animal anthem" and sent it to Cowell's office in the hope that he might help save the animal sanctuary. "He also loves animals and he's got a record company. I haven't heard from him. I rang his office the other day and you can't get through. Somebody there said: 'Carla - forget it - he's never here, he's mostly in America, he's very busy and he's not really looking into things.' I don't know who else I can send it to." Someone with a heart not made of ice, perhaps? Daily Express, p15