The siege of a mosque in Islamabad ended yesterday, after seven days of fierce fighting.

A female juror has ben arrested, after it was discovered that she had been listening to her MP3 player during the presentation of evidence in a murder trial.

Liverpool appear to have fought off interest from Arsenal to sign Dutch under 21 star Ryan Babel. The fee is expected to be around £13.5 million after Ajax rejected an initial £10 million offer.