A man who fatally knocked down a cyclist when he drove a car at speed through a red light had been banned from driving, a court has heard.

Former Vita Cortex workers this morning mark the 100th day of their mammoth sit-in with a Mass for close family and friends in the factory canteen.

President Hugo Chavez said diplomatic and commercial relations with Colombia would be suspended until the country apologised for paying bounty hunters to snatch a senior rebel from Venezuela.