Tomorrow Rick Parfitt and his two sons will perform at the Caf?e Paris in London

Tomorrow, Rick Parfitt and his two sons will perform at the Caf?e Paris in London.In their first public performance together, I gather Harry (guitar), Rick (guitar), and Rick Jnr (keyboard) will play several “Quo” classics, including Rock All Over The World and Bye Bye Johnny .”Both boys are big fans of their dad,” says an organiser. “I think he saw his future more in line with Channel 4, and the Gordon Ramsay brand as more compatible with their values.”Ramsay is currently across the pond finishing a US version of the show, which saw one contestant receive £70,000 in compensation, following some sort of “confrontation”.He is to be replaced on ITV by Jean Christophe Novelli, a Frenchman whose command of Anglo Saxon may prove to be less irksome for the TV regulators.* Status Quo are to become the latest rock veterans to sire another generation. His new constituency includes the Redford and Dreghorn barracks, where two infantry battalions – and therefore several thousand angry voters – are based.A secret benefactor has given SOSR a £100,000 war chest for election time, and other Labour big-hitters in their sights include the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, and Adam Ingram, the Armed Forces Minister.* Gordon Ramsay has decided against making another expletive-strewn journey into Hell’s Kitchen .The cantankerous superchef has bid farewell to ITV – on whose airwaves he described Edwina Currie as “diseased,” “poisonous,” and “a pathetic bitch” – and signed a three-year deal with Channel 4.”The deal is golden handcuffs, as they say,” reports his spokesman. “Hundreds of years of tradition have been swept away and the scraps from the table that we have been offered are hugely insulting.”Darling has been targeted because, despite his job, he failed to speak up for the Scottish armed forces during the recent debate.Although he currently enjoys a healthy majority, Darling’s seat will disappear due to boundary changes. * Alistair Darling is about to find himself on the front line of the increasingly bitter battle to save Scotland’s Army regiments. Seymour Pierce downgrades its earnings forecasts.↓ Imperial Tobacco 1,398p (down 32p, 2.2 per cent) Profit-taking after recent strong gains..

Reports in the French press that Vincent Bollore is stalking the group.↑ Symphony Plastic 16.5p (up 4.5p, 37.5 per cent). Wins High Court case brought against the company by EPI Environmental of the United States.↑ Formscan 9.25p (up 1.75p, 23.3 per cent). Says it will return to profit in the full year.↑ Trafficmaster 61.5p (up 8p, 14.9 per cent). Wins a contract with MG Rover for its Smartnav product.↑ GW Pharmaceuticals 113.5p (up 8.5p, 8.1 per cent).

Wins approval for its Sativex pain reliever from drugs regulators in Canada↑ Bloomsbury 296p (up 22.5p, 8.2 per cent). Will publish the sixth in the Harry Potter series on 16 July.↑ MFI Furniture 124p (up 0.75p, 0.6 per cent). Numis Securities lifts its price target to 135p from 128p and tips the group as a likely bid target.↓ Highbury House Communications 6.37p (down 1.38p, 17.8 per cent). Warns that trading in Q3 and Q4 of the year have been worse than expected.↓ CFA Capital 0.25p (down 0.05p, 16.7 per cent). Stephen Barclay sell his 10.5 per cent stake in the company to Griffin Group.↓ JJB Sports 181p (down 3.75p, 2.0 per cent).

ING Financial raises its price target to 135p from 120p and tips the mobile phone group as a possible takeover target in 2005.↑ Persimmon 699p (up 20.5p, 3.0 per cent). Brokers welcome an upbeat trading statement from the house builder.↑ Regus 75.5p (up 2p, 2.7 per cent). Roger Orf, a non-executive director at the office space group, buys 300,000 shares at 75p each.↑ Avis Europe 51p (up 1p, 2.0 per cent). Director Murray Hennessy buys 50,000 shares at 51p each.↑ Aegis 103.25p (up 2.75p, 2.7 per cent). The UK-based oil and gas explorer raised £6.5m at 30p a share through Seymour Pierce with the stock closing at 30.75p.