THE High Court has dismissed a test case to determine if hundreds of sheep farmers are entitled to additional compensation over the culling of their sheep flocks as a result of the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak.

A man on death row in the United States is appealing against his murder conviction on the grounds that jurors were not allowed to smoke as they reached their verdict.

A dam in rural Missouri failed this morning, washing away homes and vehicles and leaving at least one person missing, authorities said.