1. The medical document from the hospital confirms that the youth‘s left ear drum was punctured and that he sustained injuries in his ear lobe and upper lip.

2. Female officers may wear a small pair of stud earrings in the ear lobe only and these earrings may not be of the drop style or anywhere on the ear apart from the lobe.

3. The attack, which left the victim with cuts to the inside of his mouth and a tear to his left ear lobe, happened after Kirby boarded a train at Portsmouth Harbour at 11.30pm on January 21 following a night out to celebrate his forthcoming 26th birthday.

4. Beginning with the pseudo–scientific physiognomist Giovanni Morelli, on whose work Bernard Berenson based his own criteria for identifying Italian artists of the distant past, it was assumed – often correctly – that a painter will reveal who he is in those very parts of the painting over which he takes the least conscious control: the "handwriting", the squiggles and tweaks, with which he semi–automatically draws an ear–lobe, a nostril, an eye.

5. Post–facelift scarring ‘But what is really interesting to note is that at the bottom of her left ear lobe, just next to her earring, there is a small, raised white bit – a tell–tale sign of post–facelift scarring. ‘Although her forehead and eyebrows look slightly lifted and less droopy, as an actress it is unlikely that she has had any Botox because this can hinder expression. ‘Soft lighting, which casts fewer shadows meaning that you don‘t get light bouncing off crevices, cracks and wrinkles on the face, could be another factor in why she looks so great, and well–applied make–up is another possibility.‘ Although Miss Basinger has never admitted to having had any cosmetic help, she is said to be a fan of collagen therapy gel, a hydrolysed wheat protein system.