Opposition supporters rampaged through Malawi’s streets after electoral officials declared President Bakili Muluzi’s designated successor the winner of the impoverished southern African country’s third multi-party elections.

France’s Prime Minister says he has heard the message from voters who showered support on the opposition left and reinforced the far right in the first round of regional elections.

A Catholic former soldier passed himself off to colleagues as a relative of the leader of the notorious loyalist gang the Shankill Butchers, it was claimed today.

Eight men appeared in court in Belfast today charged with belonging to the outlawed loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force.