"Pete knows how wonderful it is to be on stage and has told him he’ll do whatever he can to help out with his band."

Pete is worst dressed celeb - Dec 12 2006
Troubled rocker Pete Doherty has been named the worst dressed man in a new survey.

The dishevelled Babyshambles frontman beat less than snappy dressers like Pete Burns and Russell Brand to take the top spot in the Heat magazine Readers’ Poll 2006.

"Nasty, baggy-a**ed, trying-to-be-skinny jeans, grubby T-shirts and weird mismatched shoes? They’re all in the grungy wardrobe of Pete Doherty," said the mag.

Pete Burns came second, Russell was third and Simon Cowell and Big Brother winner Pete Bennett rounded out the top five.

Glamour girl Jodie Marsh, known for her flesh-flashing outfits, was named the worst dressed woman, ahead of fellow pin-up Jordan and BB’s Kinga.

Pop princess Britney Spears slipped into fourth place and BB’s self-styled ’ghetto babe’ Aisleyne was fifth.

Elsewhere in the poll, which asked readers to vote for the highs and lows of the year, Love Island’s Bianca Gascoigne was named most orange celebrity.

Ant and Dec were named best TV presenter and Doctor Who star David Tennant won in the best TV acting performance category.

Fashion flick The Devil Wears Prada was named film of the year and the Scissor Sisters’ Ta-Dah scooped album of the year.
 
Pete to duet with Amy - Dec 6 2006
It’s a match made in rock and roll heaven - Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse are to collaborate on a new track.

Soulful Amy, 23, has confirmed they will write a song together, according to the Daily Star.

They have more in common than their musical talents - both hang out in the same North London watering holes, like their booze, and adore old jazz singers.

Amy explains: "Pete wanted to do a Billie Holiday cover and I was like, ’No, let’s write something together’.

"I like writing songs. He’s an amazing songwriter and I’d love to be able to say I wrote a song with Pete Doherty."

A source added: "Pete and Amy have formed a bit of a mutual appreciation society.

"It’s early stages and they’re still hammering out what label the new material will come out on.

"But, time permitting, they’ll be in the studio early next year."

Death fall at party attended by Pete - Dec 6 2006
Police are investigating the death of an actor at a party apparently attended by the rock star Pete Doherty, it was disclosed today.

The man, thought to be 30-year-old Mark Blanco, fell to his death from a second floor balcony during a party at a block of flats in Whitechapel, east London, in the early hours of Sunday morning.

It is understood that the Babyshambles singer Pete had been at the party, but left before the incident.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 1am on Sunday to reports that a man had fallen from the second floor of a block of flats in Romford Street, Whitechapel.

"London Ambulance Service took the man to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. He subsequently died at the hospital.

"Officers believe they know the identity of the victim, but we await confirmation that all next of kin have been informed."