In brief: Diana inquest costs £2.4m

Lord Justice Scott Baker, the coroner overseeing the inquest into the 1997 death of the Princess of Wales, said bills for the marathon hearing had topped £2.4m; the total cost to UK taxpayers for public investigations into whether Diana was murdered is believed to be £6m... Meanwhile the former head of MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove will give evidence at the inquest next week, to refute Mohamed Fayed's claim that the Paris crash was a murder plot led by the British secret service... Jamie Oliver breached broadcasting rules by plugging his own kitchen utensil range on the Channel 4 cookery series Jamie at Home, advertising watchdogs have ruled... Descendants of JRR Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, are suing New Line Cinema, claiming the film company has not paid them a penny from the £3.7bn that the films, DVDs and other products have taken worldwide... Actress Julia McKenzie, currently appearing in the BBC's Cranford, is to replace Geraldine McEwan as the seventh screen Miss Marple for the ITV drama series... Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty is to play London's Royal Albert Hall in April in what will be his biggest solo show yet... ·