A sharp fall in the shares of drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline today prevented the FTSE 100 Index from closing at a four-year high.

A man described today how he heard a shot from an Official IRA gunman before he heard British army fire in the Bogside on Bloody Sunday.

A man described today how he heard a shot from an Official IRA gunman before he heard Army fire in the Bogside on Bloody Sunday.

Royal Marines hunting al-Qaida and Taliban fighters in Afghanistan foiled a rocket attack on one of their forward operating bases, a RM spokesman said today.

Falls in banking and telecom stocks have pushed the FTSE 100 Index down 26.2 points at 5163.5.

The FTSE 100 Index was down 30.7 points at 5159 at mid-morning, wiping out the gains made on Friday.