A highly-criticised undercover police unit was so secretive even Scotland Yard bosses were unaware that it existed, it has emerged.

Sixty people were arrested after far-right demonstrators clashed with police at protests in London yesterday.

A FILM about life in the Maze prison and the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA hunger strike was screened as part of the Cannes Film Festival yesterday to considerable critical acclaim.

Comedian Lenny Henry has accused the TV industry of racism.