THE barrister who helped free the Guildford Four from jail has been asked to defend Saddam Hussein against charges of mass murder.

A CAR driver who caused the Berkshire rail crash in an apparent suicide was named by British police last night, as the first tributes were paid to the victims of the tragedy.

Former British parliamentary watchdog Elizabeth Filkin was today appointed to the board of Jarvis, the firm at the centre of the Potters Bar rail crash inquiry.

Survivors of the Florida rail crash have spoken of the moment the train hurtled off the tracks.

The death toll in the Selby rail crash has risen to 13, with a further 50 people injured - 30 of them seriously - following this morning's collision involving two trains and a Land Rover at Great Heck, near the Yorkshire town of Selby.