An apology from Rafael Benitez for his comments about Chelsea fans would go some way to healing the rift between them, according to the chair of the Chelsea Supporters’ Group.

Beleaguered BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan was returning to the Hutton Inquiry today knowing he is already at the centre of an investigation by his bosses.

David Kelly was “taken aback” by the way BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan grilled him for information, the Hutton Inquiry was told today.

REPORTER Andrew Gilligan may have increased the pressures on David Kelly by briefing MPs on how to question the weapons specialist at a committee hearing days before his death, the chairman of the BBC governors acknowledged yesterday.