Brief: Liam Gallagher launches fashion line

Liam Gallagher, lead singer of Oasis, is to launch his own fashion range. Called Pretty Green, after a song by The Jam, the range will include footwear, denim, T-shirts, hats, and scarves, all of which will be available online only from June. Said Gallagher: "I'm not here to rip anyone off and I'm not doing it for the money either. I'm doing it cuz [sic] there's a lack of stuff out there of the things I would wear".............. Possessions from the Italian lakeside home of the murdered fashion designer Gianni Versace sold for £7m at auction at Sotheby’s on Wednesday night - more than double the amount expected............. Irish poet Seamus Heaney has been awarded the £40,000 David Cohen Prize for Literature, honouring him for his lifetime's work.............. Leona Lewis, the 2007 winner of ITVs the X Factor, was paid £1m by John Caudwell, the billionaire owner of Phones4U, to sing at a birthday party for his daughter, Libby............. David Friehling, Bernie Madoff’s accountant, has been charged over his alleged role in his former client’s Wall Street swindle. He faces up to 105 years in jail for criminal fraud, and his family firm, Friehling & Horowitz, also faces civil charges.............. ·