Elton John is to continue looking for an orphan to adopt, or so says the Sunday Telegraph. As previously reported, John was said to have been "devastated" when his plans to adopt a toddler from the Ukraine were scuppered by the country's adoption laws. He had previously revealed he wasn't convinced of his partner David Furnish's proposal they adopt a child until meeting potential adoptee Lev.
Despite those initial reservations, and the Ukranian knock back, the Telegraph reports that the couple of now considering other options, possibly adopting a child from Africa.
That said, one initial option down that road proved unfruitful. They quote Furnish as saying: "We were in Africa for the Aids Foundation and met a boy, and immediately thought about adopting him. we found out he had a maternal grandmother, and brother and sister, we realised it wouldn't be the right thing to take him away from the family he had there".
Confirming that Ukranian Lev was also not an option, he continued: "We would love to adopt Lev, but that does not seem possible under Ukrainian rules".