Peaches gets a makeover by penny-pinching grannies

A GROUP of grannies gave Peaches Geldof a makeover today using clothes found in charity shops where they work.

The blonde socialite, who normally decks herself out in pricey designer gear, was styled on a shoestring by the pensioners and fashion expert Mary Portas.

They chose a vintage, fifties-style red dress for the writer, which had been donated to one of the charity shops Portas has been working with for a new BBC2 TV show.

Portas fronted two series of Mary Queen Of Shops, where she attempted to turn around struggling fashion boutiques, but will focus on charity shops in the forthcoming series.

She has spent the past six months revamping Save the Children, MIND, Barnardo's and North London Hospice, and believes charity shops are the key to dressing during the recession.

Portas said: "I brought my style volunteers up to London Fashion Week to give a message to the fashion world that charity shopping is not just great for the environment and for a good cause. These are places where you can get unique, fashionable outfits that are on trend and look great."

The pensioners also gave charity shop makeovers to supermodel Erin O'Connor, actress Natalie Press and DJ Jodie Harsh at their stall, backstage at London Fashion Week in the Science Museum.

Octuplets mum's baby bulge- pic

NADYA Suleman, the Californian mother who gave birth to octuplets, is pictured here eight days before the children were delivered.

Suleman has been widely criticised for undergoing fertility treatment when she already had six kids, but has expressed confidence in her ability to care for them.

She has created http://www.thenadyasulemanfamily.com which is dedicated to her brood of eight newborns.

Uri Geller, spoon-bender, buys an island

CELEBRITY 'psychic' and all-round spoon-bending oddball Uri Geller has bought a Scottish island with links to Arthurian legend.

The TV presenter said he was "thrilled" at his £30,000 purchase of Lamb Island, a volcanic outcrop in the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh.

It is one of three islands whose layout mirrors that of the Egyptian pyramids at Giza, earning them the title "Great Pyramids of Scotland".

The islands are recorded in folklore and are said to have links to King Arthur, Robert the Bruce and to the ancient Kings of Ireland.

Lamb Island is also a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest with a colony of seabirds.