In Brief: Sarko and Bruni holiday in Egypt

Paparazzi have descended on Luxor, in upper Egypt where French President Nicolas Sarkozy is holidaying with his new girlfriend, model-turned-singer Carla Bruni. The pair arrived in town on Christmas Day... Retired chat show host Michael Parkinson is to be knighted in the New Year Honours after a TV career spanning 35 years... Actress Dame Helen Mirren has told a Moscow newspaper of her joy at finding her long-lost Russian family, including a 16-year-old cousin, Anastasia Slutskaya, who she plans to help on a modelling career... The Yorkshire Tourism Board is trying to promote the county by putting its 'friendliest faces' on billboards - created by merging the facial traits of 14 celebrities including comedian Russell Brand, singers Dannii Minogue and Charlotte Church and chef Gordon Ramsay... Jockey Ruby Walsh steered favourite Kauto Star home to win the annual Boxing Day King George VI chase at Kempton yesterday... A letter written by the Queen Mother more than 80 years ago, in which the then-Duchess of York expressed concern over the high price of her clothes, is to be auctioned... ·