Tuesday night: I’m locked in a bathroom, behind a door with a faulty lock. Forty-five minutes into the ordeal I’m eating toothpaste and have promoted a rubber ducky to head of communications.

The Chilean miner who jogged in the tunnels while trapped underground not only will attend Sunday’s New York City Marathon – he wants to run it.

The Chilean miners began leaving hospital today and got a taste of their new lives outside the doors – a swarm of reporters, TV producers, publicity agents and even football teams desperate for a piece of their story.

RESCUERS hope to reach the 33 miners trapped underground in Chile within 24 hours, the mining minister says.