UNDERSEA robots tried to thread a small tube into the jagged pipe that is pouring oil into the Gulf of Mexico yesterday in BP’s latest attempt to cut down on the spill from a blown-out well that has pumped out more than four million gallons of crude.

Second World War sitcom ''Allo 'Allo' has been sold to the Germans.

A promotions company steward who was working at a popular disco on the night an 18-year-old student was kicked to death has told a jury he saw a youth wearing similar clothes to the deceased punch another youth before a big fight broke out.