Hockney Assistant Dies

Breaking news: one of artist David Hockney's studio assistants, named as Dominic Elliott, aged 23, has died. He was driven from Hockney's home in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, to Scarborough General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 06:00 GMT this morning. Humberside Police are trying to establish what happened to this rugby-playing young man. There were no signs of violence. Post-mortem tomorrow (CLICK). Above is David Hockney's Portrait of Dominic Elliott (2008).