Cancellation time. Stalwarts of the Freight Transport Association were looking forward to rolling in the aisles at the London Hilton where Rory Bremner was down to entertain their annual bash. But he's withdrawn and the Dead Ringers star Jon Culshaw has stepped in. He'll vie for laughs with the secretary of state for transport, Douglas Alexander. The lorry guys and gals can at least console themselves with the fact that this August is the first National Motorway Month, designed to explain and promote the benefits of motorways. No such luck for 37,000 Stones fans who bought tickets for the aged tearaways' gig in Valladolid this week. Mick Jagger's got laryngitis and the event's off and not likely to be rescheduled.
The football presenter Gabby Logan is diversifying into jewellery design, starting with a collarette necklace in memory of her brother Danny, a promising footballer who died suddenly from a heart condition at 15. Made from white gold and diamonds, it's worth around £10,000. Gabby, whose father Terry managed Wales after a long career with Leeds United, will see it auctioned next month for Danny's memorial charity at Freddie Flintoff's cricket testimonial bash at Grosvenor House in London.
Club Hedonism's benefit nights in London for Oxfam have helped jet-propel acts such as Editors, Pippettes and Boyfriends to success. Tonight's second anniversary evening sees potential successors play at the Bar Academy in Islington. The lineup includes Great Bear all the way from Stoke Newington and Soundtrack from the art colleges world in Canterbury, who've just recorded new tracks with Dan Austin, the producer for Massive Attack among others. Look out too for Jon Courtney and Chloe Alper who got together in Reading as Pure Reason Revolution.
