The couple who had sex in Britain's Queen Elizabeth's front garden fear their drunken illegal romp could cost them their jobs.

Joy Taylor and Phil Carden - who stunned tourists when they stripped off and had sex in broad daylight on a private grass bank at Windsor Castle, where the 83-year-old monarch was in residence - are worried their employers will give them the sack for bringing their companies into disrepute.

Lily Allen has dumped boyfriends to improve her songwriting. The "Not Fair" singer - who has been single since splitting from art dealer Jay Jopling, 45, who she had a brief romance with over Christmas - has ended several relationships because she needed "inspiration" for new material.

She told Radio Times magazine: "I've actually broken up with boyfriends for inspiration. When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It's pretty mean but it's true."

Lady Gaga was almost arrested during a trip to Russia - because she was wearing leather. The "Poker Face'"singer was approached by officers when she visited St. Basil's Cathedral, in Moscow, over her choice of outfit.

She wrote on her Twitter page at the weekend: "They tried to arrest me in Russia, for leather at St. Basil's. But all is calm in the red square, as I leave the east Parisbound. [sic]"

Noel Gallagher and Russell Brand phoned U.S. President Barack Obama to quiz him about soccer. The pair made a call to the American leader during their radio show on British station talkSPORT, which aired Sunday night, to discover if Obama's confession he is a fan of English Premier League team West Ham United is true.

Russell - who supports the East London club - phoned the White House, and when he didn't get through left a voicemail message.

A former opera singer has completed the coldest marathon on Earth with 38 runners braving -33 degrees Fahrenheit temperatures.

Ted Jackson, 36, a former member of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, ran the freezing marathon in nine and a half hours, coming in at 26th place.