Six Britons found guilty of aiding and abetting a group of planespotters convicted of spying in Greece should be acquitted, the public prosecutor told an appeal hearing today.

Actress Cate Blanchett is to play Mata Hari in a TV film about the infamous First World War spy, it emerged today.

The KGB thought James Bond's weapons were real and tried to keep pace by working on new gadgets like a lipstick gun, according to a US museum.