In brief: Denise and Billie clash over school

Actresses Denise van Outen and Billie Piper (right) have clashed over their very different memories of attending London's Sylvia Young Theatre School, with van Outen defending the school over negative comments by Piper, who claims the drama school required her to be "lighter, smaller, thinner"... The Kiefer Sutherland drama 24 has become the most high-profile casualty of the Hollywood writers' strike, after Fox decided to delay the January start of the new series (Day Seven) until it can be sure it can be aired in its entirety... Former Chelsea FC coach Jose Mourinho is reported to have scrapped with a 12-year-old schoolboy, grabbing his hair and pulling his ears, after his daughter Mathilde complained the boy had insulted her... Heather Mills' lawyers Mishcon de Reya have announced they will no longer be representing her in her £50m divorce from Sir Paul McCartney following a recent string of TV interviews in which she lambasted the press and said she knew how Kate McCann (mother of missing Madeleine) felt... ·