Naomi Campbell had her 35th birthday ruined after a thief stole more than £25,000 of jewels and clothes earmarked for a charity auction. The thief sneaked on board her yacht at the Cannes film festival by telling guards he was one of her entourage.

He searched the cabins before literally striking gold in the supermodel's room. Ms Campbell immediately arranged for replacement items to be flown out to make sure the Nelson Mandela Foundation didn't lose out. Nationwide, the biggest building society, believes the property market will stagnate by the end of the year. Previously it had forecast a 2% rise in house prices by the end of the year. This figure has now been revised to between 0% and 2%.

The society said it believed there would be a 'soft landing' for the housing market. It reported net mortgage lending had fallen to £10.9bn in the year to 4 April against £13.2bn last time.