Ford are no friends of this site. They make dull cars for dull people, and everyone mistakenly thinks they’re British (they’re actually American). However the Ford Capri Mk 3 is an exception to this rule. It’s our very own Mustang.

The Lowdown:

For some inexplicable reason Ford has never officially shipped their Bullitt (DVDs) Mustang to the UK. Even the current 2005 update is forced to languish around import bays as a left-hooker, with only a handful of right-hand drive conversions making their way on to M1 traffic jams.

Back in the mid-1960’s, when the Capri was first conceived, Ford wanted to create their very own European Mustang. They succeeded too, because the Capri would make even ice-lolly cool Samuel L. Jackson blow a gasket. The Mark 1 Capri screeched onto the UK’s still dreamily empty roads in 1967, but we’re most interested in the final production Mark 3. Why? ‘Cos you can still buy a half-decent one if you look around.

Interesting point of fact for pub bores, the name Capri comes from a gorgeous Italian island and should be pronounced with the emphasis on ‘Ca’ and not ‘pri’. Now you know and, quite possibly, now you care.

What are the two best things in the world? That's right, bank holidays and kung-fu.

On a bank holiday, you become your own person again. For 24 hours, you stop being a company drone, and you're free to do whatever the hell you like. If that means drinking three cans of Tesco value pilsner and falling asleep in front of The Great Escape, so

***LATEST MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE ODDS! CLICK HERE!***

The Mercury Music Prize ceremony will take place on September 6th this year, so you've got plenty of time to bet on a winner.

We're all tediously familiar with the fact that The Kaiser Chiefs are way out in front to win the prize. But it doesn't matter. The Mercury Music Prize isn't decided by a public vote or how many albums are sold. The decision is made by a handful of people inside a room who must choose which album they think is the best.

So, in a sense, the odds aren't an indication of the result at all. And if the judges decide that ferocious angular squeaking honking free jazz is their thing, then even Polar Bear might win. That means that you can bet on anyone you like.

So here are the latest Mercury Music Prize betting odds this week from hecklerspray and Betfair.com...

That probably wasn't the thought going through his mind back in June, though. Back then, he was probably thinking "Why did Russell Crowe just fling a telephone into my face? And that huge ceramic vase? Why on Earth is he pulling those ridiculous karate moves?"

But now, Nestor Estrada is beginning to understand what a fantastic thing it is to have a movie-star settle out of court.

One of the biggest crimes against entertainment in the UK is a distinct lack of Aqua Teen Hunger Force DVDs. It's easily the best cartoon we've seen since South Park.

For those who don't know, Aqua Teen Hunger Force follows the adventures of Meatwad, Frylock and Master Shake - three sort of fast food knock-offs - as they do things like save the world

...or so say Channel 4.

Never the sort of chaps to shy away from controversy, the Jimmy Carr Network has now decided to subject viewers to something of a 'right royal romp' (copyright - the impending Sun headlines).

In a film due to be broadcast in the autumn, the Queen's late sister Princess Margaret - portrayed therein by actress Lucy Cohu - will apparently be 're-imagined' (as remake-peddler Tim Burton would waffle) through a puke-smeared filter of "excesses of hedonism."

Cohu has taken a somewhat strange approach to her starring turn. '"I hope we don't offend anybody," she mewled, "as I really like the Queen."

***LATEST MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS ODDS HERE!***

This Sunday sees the 2005 MTV Music Video Awards take place in Miami, and if you've been following our betting odds coverage, you'll have built up an encyclopedic knowledge of who's favourite to take each trophy.

Today is the last day of our MVA betting odds, and we've saved the best category for last. We're going to be looking at the top banana, the big kahuna, the cream of the crop. It's time to find out who's up for Video Of The Year. Which musicians have made the single most awe-inspiring music video of the last twelve months?

Let's take a look at the latest odds for the nominees in the MTV MVA Video Of The Year category, with a little bit of help from Betfair.com...

Steadfastly refusing to be content with a life of lie-ins and Loose Women, former popstar Myleene Klass has got a new job presenting CD:UK on the telly.

Kiddie music-fest CD:UK goes through presenters like Sharon Osbourne goes through friends. Stopgaps fill with robotically perfect co-host Cat Deeley until they are eventually exposed as unable to string a sentence together and sent on their way.

Who can forget much-hyped ex-Hollyoaker James Redmond taking to the presenting stage with all the confidence of a paraplegic doing his driving test? Although, laughing at Redmond’s inability to read an autocue did at least cheer us all up after a Friday night knocking back Flaming Sambucas.