Rare Marilyn Monroe school graduation photo up for sale

A rare photo of Marilyn Monroe at her school graduation is to go on sale.
Amid a sea of fresh faces, the then innocent 15-year-old can be seen in the panoramic shot of the whole class year at Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High School in Los Angeles.

A copy of the school photo of Marilyn Monroe (centre), known then as Norma Jean Dougherty. 

Monroe was then known as plain Norma Jeane Baker in the summer of 1941 but within a few years would become a model, actress and global sex symbol.

Marilyn Monroe pictured in the school photo (6th row from top, 11th left).

The photograph, which measures 8 x 24 inches, is expected to sell for up to £1,500 when it goes under the hammer at the auction in Stockport, Cheshire, next week.

Auctioneer Paul Fairweather holds a copy of the image.

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Redknapp: Beckham could still play in Premier League

New QPR manager Harry Redknapp said he believes David Beckham could still play in the Premier League and has not ruled out trying to sign him to QPR. He told the BBC:

"I'm sure he could still play in the Premier League. I've not discussed it with the chairman so we'd have to look at that."
"He's a top fantastic player."We had him training at Tottenham and it was amazing to have him round the place. He is absolute class."

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Star of The Railway children dies

The actress Dinah Sheridan, who starred in The Railway Children, has died.

Ms Sheridan, 92, who also starred in Genevieve, died peacefully at her home in Northwood, Middlesex this morning surrounded by her family, said her agent Gareth Owen.

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Flooding chaos: Parts of Somerset village submerged in water

A boy inspects a 4x4 vehicle as it manages to keep above the water in the Somerset village of Ruishton, near Taunton. Credit: Ben Birchall/PA Wire/Press Association Images

A car is partially submerged in standing water in Somerset. Credit: Ben Birchall/PA Wire/Press Association Images

Parts of Ruishton submerged by flood water. Credit: Ben Birchall/PA Wire/Press Association Images

An elderly man keeps an eye on sandbags and the water level outside his property. Credit: Ben Birchall/PA Wire/Press Association Images

A resident checks the height of the flood outside his window. Credit: Ben Birchall/PA Wire/Press Association Images

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Former Chelsea manager Dave Sexton dies

Dave Sexton has died aged 82, the FA said. 

Former Manchester United and Chelsea manager Dave Sexton has died aged 82, the Football Association said.
The FA's director of football development Sir Trevor Brooking said: "It is a sad day for English football. Anyone who was ever coached by Dave would be able to tell you what a good man he was, but not only that, what a great coach in particular he was.
"In the last 30-40 years Dave's name was up there with any of the top coaches we have produced in England - the likes of Terry Venables, Don Howe and Ron Greenwood. His coaching was revered."

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Sebastian Vettel wins F1 drivers' world championship

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel has won the 2012 Formula One drivers' world championship after finishing the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos in sixth place.
The race was won by Jenson Button, in a McLaren, ahead of Fernando Alonso and his Ferrari team-mate

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Tough decision for PM when Leveson report released

The Prime Minister set up the judge-led public inquiry into press standards 18 months ago. Photo: PA Wire

Some MPs are not surprised by the front page of the Mail on Sunday today.
Five days before Lord Justice Leveson releases his recommendations on press regulation, the newspaper claims the Prime Minister will defy the judge if, as expected, he pushes for state regulation of the press.
It's a big issue which will come to a head on Thursday - and is likely to mean the Press Complaints Commission will no longer exist in its current form.
18 months after David Cameron set up the judge-led public inquiry into press standards, following claims reporters had hacked the mobile phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, the Prime Minister faces a tough decision.
Does he implement Leveson's recommendations even if the report pushes for state regulation?
Or, does he back away from such a heavy-handed approach and seek a lighter form of press control?
If he chooses the latter option, Mr Cameron risks undermining the very public inquiry he set up.

Lord Justice Leveson releases his recommendations on press regulation on Thursday. Credit: PA Wire

But the Prime Minister is not short on advice from senior members of his own party.
The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has made clear he thinks state regulation would threaten the freedom of the press.
The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said today he would always "err on the side of press freedom."
And even though he is in India this weekend, Boris Johnson said, "if you want to keep the gutters of public life clean, you need a gutter press."

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