London, Apr 4 : Known as the scourge of the Catholic Church, Henry VIII has long been regarded as a religious sceptic, however, a "new extraordinary discovery" has revealed that he was a firm believer in the religion he later attempted to destroy.

A prayer roll (bede) once owned by Henry and inscribed with his own handwriting has emerged. The roll, which is around 13 feet long and 5 inches wide, will be kept for public display for the first time at the British Library''s exhibition ''Henry VIII: Man and Monarch,'' which opens later this month and marks the 500th anniversary of Henry''s accession.

London, April 5 : Jade Goody's beloved sons have paid tribute to their late mum in their own special way, by tucking in `miss you' messages in a bottle and launching it into the ocean from Australia.

The Brit reality TV star's five-year-old Bobby and four-year-old Freddie, on vacation with dad Jeff Brazier, marked their mum's funeral on April 4 by writing messages and drawing her pictures.

The lads were said to have had a private ceremony of their own with their father on the beach at a private resort near Sydney.

London, April 5: Whitney Houston secretly paid 400,000 dollars to drug gangsters to save her kidnapped ex-husband's life, claims a new book.

According to writer David Collins, her former husband Bobby Brown was `knocked out with one punch' and taken hostage at gunpoint by New York street gang called the Preacher Crew in April 1993.

"When he awoke, Bobby was naked and hog-tied, his mouth stuffed with a rag," the Daily Express quoted Collins as saying in his autobiography, Preacher of the Streets.

London, Apr 5 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a huge boost in the polls due to the success of the G20 summit and President Barack Obama's visit.

In the first survey since the summit ended on Thursday, 70 per cent of people thought the Prime Minister had handled events well.

Just 15 per cent believed Brown had done badly at the meeting, which pledged a one trillion dollars boost to the world's economies.

London, Apr 5 : Amy Winehouse is planning to buy a gorgeous Caribbean hideaway within weeks.

The 23-year-old Back to Black singer is apparently in love with a 3-million pound villa on sunny St Lucia - her new adopted home.

Winehouse, who spent three months on holiday, trying to kick her drug habit, now wants a permanent base there.

Last week, she flew out to St Lucia and told pals she is in the process of buying a luxury seaside retreat.

London, Apr 5 : Madonna''s plans of adopting Mercy James dealt another blow after the Malawian child''s "father" came forward and insisted that he was looking forward to being part of her life.

James Kambewa, 24, who fled in disgrace after Mercy''s mother Mwandida, who was a 15-year-old schoolgirl at the time, fell pregnant, told The Mirror: "She is my daughter and I want her to live with me."