GUYANA'S president, Cheddi Jagan, has died in Washington. He was aged 78.
Jagan became Guyana's first prime minister after the former British colony was granted self-government in 1961.
Britain's Agriculture Minister Douglas Hogg, who recently survived a House of Commons censure motion on BSE, is on crutches after breaking a bone in his right foot when he fell down the stairs at home.
The crypt holding the body of former Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos glowed again yesterday after three days of darkness due to unpaid electricity bills totalling 5.6 million pesos (£134,000).
Using a second-hand generator, power was restored to the air-conditioned tomb in Marcos's home town of Batac.
Broadcaster Danny Baker has been signed by Britain's Talk Radio, after being sacked by Radio 5 Live - to host a show in direct competition with David Mellor's Saturday football phone-in 606.
The BBC sacked Baker on Wednesday after he made what were said to be "insulting" comments about football referees on last week's programme.