Two Australian gold miners spent a 12th night trapped underground as rescuers worked in relays tonight to cut the final stretch of an escape tunnel by hand.

Rescuers are making good progress drilling an escape tunnel for two Australian miners trapped for more than a week in a tiny cage nearly 3,000 feet underground, officials said today.

Two Australian miners trapped for more than a week in a tiny cage more than a half mile underground were today given iPods to help them while away the hours as rescuers prepared to start drilling them an escape tunnel.

Two men entombed in an Australian gold mine for a week will probably be freed without major medical problems, a rescue official said today, as a special drill was assembled to bore through tonnes of collapsed rock.

Two workers trapped nearly 3,000 feet underground in an Australian gold mine for almost a week have been found alive by rescuers but remain trapped, the mine’s manager and a local official said today.

Joseph-Desire Job struck late to spare sluggish Middlesbrough from FA Cup embarrassment against brave Notts County at Meadow Lane.

Wycombe will soon begin the search for a new manager after former Arsenal and England captain Tony Adams today quit his post for “personal reasons”.