She was the archetypal blonde bombshell, the epitome of femininity distilled into one perfect body.

Almost 50 years since the tragic death of Marilyn Monroe her image is still held up as representing the ideal of womanhood. Previously unseen photographs of the actor, published in a new book commemorating that grim anniversary, have been greeted with renewed praise for her “flawless complexion” and “sensational curves”.

Sir Ian Botham yesterday launched Beefy's Great British Walk 2012, the latest of his fundraising challenges, in Glasgow, describing the city as a special place.

As he arrived at the registry office to marry his Scottish fiancee Gemma Vosper, he was seized by two officers from the UK Border Agency, while she waited in another room.

Yesterday, after six weeks apart, the couple were reunited at Glasgow Central station.

It should be one of the most exciting days in a young couple's life but it ended in despair for Gemma Vosper, from Port Glasgow, after her fiance Aziz Hussini was detained as she waited for him at the registry office.

Instead of her groom walking through the door on Monday, two UK Border Agency officers appeared and told her college student fiance Aziz, 18, had been detained elsewhere in the building at Park Circus, Glasgow.