It is, quite simply, the biggest premiere we've ever seen in London town. Thousands of people packed Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square last night for the premiere of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, as the finale of the biggest film series ever was unveiled to the world.

Dame Elizabeth Taylor, one of the 20th Century's biggest movie stars, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 79.

The double Oscar-winning actress had a long history of ill health and was being treated for symptoms of congestive heart failure. Her four children were with her when she died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, her publicist said.