Taffy the pants-scoffing dog and singing knickers

• Spare a thought for Taffy the dog - the 18 month old pooch from Tamworth, Staffordshire, had to undergo emergency surgery after eating his 40th pair of underpants, reports the BBC.
• Paris Hilton goes out in her nightie! Some pics in the Daily Mail.
• Stars without their underwear: the story that just won't die. Christina Aguilera is the latest, says the Australian Daily Telegraph.
• Phrase of the day? "Singing knickers". It's how critics of Russia's "feeble" music industry refer to lip-synching girl groups, says the St Petersburg Times.