Someone is selling a sony one in the for sale section for £40. And I would second the TZ8 recomendation, recently got one myself and its really good, super wide angle, and then large zoom. It has the options to play with the settings like a DSLR but also has a shed load of iA settings so you can let the camera do the work.
Some pictures taken with the TZ8
And playing with the exposure settings
All images are un-processed straight out of the camera