GREEN Party leader Trevor Sargent last night pledged to give power to the grass roots through directly elected mayors as he accused Fianna Fáil of being in the back pocket of developers.

POLICE raised the death toll in London’s terrorist attacks to 52 as a jittery city returned to work yesterday on the Tube and bus network targeted by the bombers four days earlier.

London Mayor Ken Livingstone was today signing a friendship agreement with the Lord Mayor of Dublin aimed at promoting culture, tourism and business in both cities.

London’s first official St Patrick’s Day celebrations were taking place today.