1. Musician Too Slim (Riders in the Sky) is 5'. Singer Suzi Quatro is 57.

2. What’s the thing you’d say if you spotted me in a fast, hot car?’ Interviewer: ‘Mid–life crisis?’ There is a little bit of rocker Suzi Quatro in us all, and 4x4s brought it to the fore.

3. Music Broadcaster of the Year nominees are Andrew McGregor (BBC Radio 3), Paul Gambaccini (Radio 2 and Radio 4), Suzi Quatro (Radio 2), Tim Westwood (Radio 1) and Zane Lowe (Radio 1). That Mitchell and Webb Sound, featuring Peep show stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb on Radio 4, is one of five nominees in The Comedy Award category.

4. Authorities said Abu–Jihaad spoke of hot meals‘‘ and cold meals‘‘ in conversations with associates to refer to intelligence that would be useful to strike American military targets. I ain‘t been working ah, in, in, in the field of making meals and or, you know, in a, in a long time,‘‘ Abu–Jihaad said in one call last year that was cited by prosecutors. I‘ve been out of that for, ah, over ah, quatro years, you know.‘‘ Authorities say that statement is an admission that he provided such intelligence four years earlier while he was still in the Navy.

5. It‘s the best news I have received lately,‘‘ said Jose Felix Urbano, 52, an administrative worker in Vitoria, capital of the Basque region. I hope that from here on I can live in a normal country.‘‘ Barbara Durkhop, the widow of ETA victim Enrique Casas, killed in 1'84, said she was hopeful but nervous. The first thing I thought was that now there will be no more deaths,‘‘ she told Spanish television station Quatro. This could pave the way, once and for all, to the peace process that we have waited for so long.‘‘ In Madrid, there was shock, and a bit of caution. It‘s amazing!