In brief: Daniel Radcliffe’s Obama offer

Daniel Radcliffe has offered to give Barack Obama's two daughters, Malia and Sasha, a private tour of the Harry Potter film set. "I would be honoured to be their personal tour guide," he told the US website the Daily Beast………… Despite one of the judges claiming the book was "flawed in many ways", Sebastian Barry won the £25,000 Costa Book of the Year Award for the love story The Secret Scripture on Tuesday night…………... Antony Worrall Thompson has closed The Greyhound, his Oxfordshire gastropub, after falling victim to the credit crunch…………. Jamie Bell, best known for role in the film Billy Elliot, has landed the part of Tintin in Steven Spielberg's forthcoming movie about the intrepid child reporter. Bond actor Daniel Craig will play Red Rackham……… Kate Winslet may have blown her chances of winning the best actress Oscar after her unintentional gaffe at the Golden Globes, according to the veteran film critic Barry Norman. Winslet could not remember Angelina Jolie's name when she was referring to her rivals, calling Jolie "the other one"............... Sir Paul Stephenson has been named as the London's new police chief following the departure in October of Sir Ian Blair. Sir Paul, 55, was chosen for the £253,000-a-year position by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, who conducted interviews jointly with London Mayor Boris Johnson...............

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