Leading evangelical Christian celebrity Sir Cliff Richard, who is now aged 67, thinks the church should be supportive of committed gay relationships and says he is sick of intrusive speculation about his own sexuality.

A group of Christian churches have failed to persuade the Tobago House of Assembly to join the call for a boycott of Elton John's appearance at the Plymouth Jazz Festival in late April.

Last year Sir Elton John said religion was bigoted and should be banned. Now anti-gay residents of Tobago want him banned from attending a music festival. The contest looks to be a non-event.