One Direction star Niall Horan has helped to put the finishing touches to his own waxwork face as the band’s hotly anticipated lifelike figures near completion in Madame Tussauds.

A Canadian man drove more than 220 miles after his 75-year-old wife died next to him, uncertain whether he could cross the border with her.

Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir formally denied in court today any involvement in the Bali and J W Marriott Hotel bombings, saying the attacks that killed 214 people ran counter to his principles.