The rise of the internet, mobile phones, text messaging and emails was today taken into account in an updated code of practice for British journalists working in newspapers and magazines.

Entertainer Michael Barrymore tonight denied claims he had lied to the coroner’s court which had investigated the death of a man found floating in his swimming pool.

The people of Northern Ireland were today waiting for a historic announcement from the IRA and the international decommissioning body that the group had put some of its weapons beyond use.

Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid has paid tribute to murdered investigative journalist Martin O'Hagan.