Suppliers of stricken MG Rover will meet later today to discuss “serious and immediate cash flow problems”.

A US woman who told police she bought and lost a lottery ticket worth $162m (€127m) has all but admitted she made it up, saying tearfully: “I wanted to win so bad for my kids and my family. I apologise.”

A WOMAN who claims she lost the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket and is suing to block payment to the acknowledged winner last night said she was charged previously with credit card fraud and assault.

Someone turned in a valid winning ticket for a near $162m (€127m) lottery jackpot in Ohio today – a day after a woman claimed she lost the ticket outside the store where it was sold.

A woman picked the winning numbers to scoop nearly $162m (€127m) on an American lottery – but then discovered she had lost the ticket.

MORE than 1,000 pairs of knickers were strung around London’s Parliament Square yesterday in protest against moves to ban hunting with hounds.

SYRIA has handed over to neighbouring Lebanon a man suspected of belonging to a gang blamed for a string of bomb attacks against Western fast food outlets, a senior judicial official said yesterday.

Battle Chant and Our Teddy have been ruled out of the Sagitta 2000 Guineas following their disappointing performances behind Hurricane Alan in the Macau Jockey Club Craven Stakes at Newmarket last week.

Six people, including a former US army reservist, have been charged with trying to travel to Afghanistan to join forces with al-Qaida and the Taliban.

The FBI arrested six men today on charges they conspired to wage war on the United States and provide support to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terror network.

AN alleged terrorist cell in western New York trained

Britain has no reliable evidence to confirm or refute recent reports suggesting that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein might be seriously ill, a Foreign Office Minister says.