Shrewsbury 3 Swansea 1

Gordon Brown today brushed off the latest attempt to oust him as British prime minister as “a storm in a teacup”.

THE Star Wars film empire struck back yesterday against one of the originators of the Stormtroopers.

DEFENCE Secretary Bob Ainsworth defended Britain’s continuing military role in Afghanistan yesterday after five more British troops died over the weekend.

The British Ministry of Defence conceded there were grounds for an inquiry into the deaths of up to 20 Iraqis whose relatives say they were tortured and killed by British troops in 2004.

QPR will this morning begin the search for their fifth permanent manager in the past 18 months after insisting they had no option but to sack Paulo Sousa.

A missing British Ministry of Defence computer hard drive may contain personal details of as many as 1.7 million people who have inquired about joining the armed forces, it was revealed today.

AFTER a remarkable 104 years of frustration and false dawns, Hull City stand on the verge of finally ending their wait for Premier League football after virtually securing a path to the Championship play-off final.

A STORMTROOPER straight from the Star Wars films invaded the High Court in London yesterday and stood glaring towards the judge as a multi-million pound battle began over the costumes used in the George Lucas films.

DOES anyone really want to be promoted to the Premier League this season?

STOKE billed this game as a ‘Kids for a Quid’ fixture, but they could now stand accused of cruelty to children after an absolutely abysmal advert for the Championship.

The British military is being stretched by its involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth conceded today.

QPR 1 Preston 0

Jose Mourinho’s claims that his seriously injured goalkeeper Petr Cech was kept waiting for an ambulance have provoked further reaction today.

The emergency services have backed Reading's account of events which followed Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech suffering a fractured skull at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday.

SOME people have been suggesting that Catherine Butler’s interview in The Village magazine is a Fianna Fáil attempt to rehabilitate Charles Haughey, but publisher Vincent Brown has more reason than anyone to realise that the role played by Fine Gael and Labour in the telephone tapping was the height of hypocrisy.

Teenage German midfielder Sergio Peter was handed his first start for Blackburn in today’s FA Cup third-round tie at home to QPR after some good performances in the reserves.

A MEAT and pastry supplier hit by Jamie Oliver’s campaign for healthier school dinners in Britain was broken up yesterday after failing to tackle debts of £20 million (€29.1m).

A meat and pastry supplier hit by Jamie Oliver’s campaign for healthier school dinners was broken up today after failing to tackle debts of £20m (€29m).

QPR 0 Coventry 1

Reading stretched their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship to four points with a 2-0 win at Plymouth while second-placed Sheffield United were losing 4-2 at Leicester.

THE most important piece of new information to come out of the RTÉ series on Haughey was the disclosure by former Deputy Commissioner Joe Ainsworth, head of the security division of the Garda Síochána, that Taoiseach Charles J Haughey summoned him to a meeting in the spring of 1982.

Hundreds of Jaguar workers from across Britain joined union leaders and politicians today to protest at plans to end car production at the luxury car maker’s historic home.

Union leaders are planning to hold an emergency meeting with the Jaguar workforce in Coventry this week to discuss closure of the assembly line.

EastEnders star Kacey Ainsworth has given birth to a baby girl, it emerged today.

BRITAIN'S immigration minister Beverley Hughes resigned yesterday after admitting she had been tipped off about a suspected east European visa scam more than a year ago.

West Ham midfielder David Noble has bucked the trend of departures from Wimbledon by heading for the Dons on trial.

Pregnant EastEnders star Kacey Ainsworth told today how she has had to borrow her co-star’s bras now she is filling out.

EastEnders star Kacey Ainsworth is pregnant, it was confirmed today.

KEVIN KEEGAN is targeting the Carling Cup as Manchester City’s best chance of ending their long wait for major honours.

EastEnders actress Kacey Ainsworth has suffered a miscarriage, BBC bosses said.

The biggest names from the world of soap were tonight beginning to arrive for the most glamorous award ceremony of their year.

John Thaw’s widow Sheila Hancock fought back tears as she collected a posthumous prize from viewers at the TV Baftas.