ENGLAND: If Spider-Man was real, he would be forever falling off vertical walls and struggling to maintain credibility as a superhero, new research suggests.

USA: Steven Assanti, of Cranston, refers to himself as a monster. He wants to eventually inspire others who struggle with their weight.

USA: A US TV news presenter has apologised for falsely saying that President Barack Obama had offered to pay for the operation of a museum of Muslim culture “out of his own pocket” during the government shutdown.

Jack White, the reporter whose story on President Richard Nixon’s failure to pay income taxes prompted Nixon to utter the famous line, “I am not a crook,” died today. He was 63.