A badger flash-mob protested today against a British Government-led cull of the animals, outside the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra).

Television doctor Hilary Jones and his son have been banned from competing in the London Marathon again, officials confirmed today.

THERE were 14 deaths from meningitis last year — up two on 2002 — a reminder we can never become complacent, Minister of State at the Department of Health Ivor Callely warned yesterday.