S Club and 365 Children attempted the World Record for largest Chinese Whisper to Launch ‘Am I Listening’ Campaign for Childline on Thursday (November 1, 2002) at the London Eye.

The object of the game of ‘Chinese Whispers’ is to see how a phrase changes as it passes to several speakers. Players sit in a circle, and the first player thinks of a phrase and whispers it into the ear of the next player. The second player whispers it to the third, and so on, until it gets back to the to the first player who announces both starting and ending phrases.

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S Club will release their 3rd album, ‘Sunshine’, in the US on November 19th, almost two years after ‘7’ was released in the there. The album will feature their latest single “Don’t Stop Movin’.” Also, their 4th album ‘Alive’, will be released in the UK on November 25th and in Canada the next day.

The Sun spoke with S Club 7’s Paul Cattermole before his send-off from the group at Monday’s royal gig. Paul admits, “I will look back on yesterday as one of my greatest moments ever. I really feel so lucky. There were no tears and it was a joyous day.” He also said he’ll still see plenty of S Club, as girlfriend Hannah Spearritt will be staying with the band, despite reports otherwise. “I’m going to tag along sometimes to see her. As for trips abroad, I’ll go on one or two with her then I can knock on everyone’s doors and say hello,” he said.

BBC reports S Club 7 member Paul Cattermole has announced he is leaving the band for a solo career. The remaining six members plan to carry on without a replacement, and will film a movie and a fourth TV series in 2002. Read more.

The Sun spoke with S Club 7’s Tina Barrett and Hannah Spearritt who backed the decision by Hear’Say to hold auditions for a Kym Marsh replacement. Tina said, “It’s best to take on someone you know and like. You spend an awful lot of time together.” Hannah adds, “I can see why they did the auditions in case they met someone really outstanding.”