Prosecutors in the US trial of former media mogul Conrad Black believe he could face up to 30 years in prison after being convicted of fraud.

As chairman of the far-flung Hollinger newspaper empire, tall, silver-haired, magnificently tailored Conrad Black reigned supreme as one of the world’s most powerful media moguls.

The Football Association were today holding a second round of interviews with candidates for the vacant chief executive’s role after Trevor Birch withdrew his application for the post.

Wall Street posted its biggest decline in a month today as the United States and Britain submitted a new UN Security Council resolution authorising war against Iraq.