PREMIER League footballer Titus Bramble told his brother’s rape trial yesterday that girls who go to footballers’ hotels after nights out were there for sex.

Premier League player Titus Bramble "strenuously denies any wrongdoing" after being arrested on suspicion of rape, Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn said.

US president George Bush said the enemy in Iraq was “far from being defeated”, but vowed not to be rushed into adjusting his strategy.

In a rout once considered almost inconceivable, Democrats seemingly won a 51st seat in the Senate and regained total control of Congress after 12 years of near-domination by the Republican Party.

The California Legislature became the first legislative body in the US today to approve same-sex marriages, as gay-rights advocates overcame two earlier defeats in the Assembly.