Mail bombs exploded in the hands of employees at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome today, seriously injuring two people and triggering heightened security checks at diplomatic missions just as holiday deliveries deluge their mailrooms.

HAT-TRICK hero Peter Crouch fired Tottenham into the Champions League group stages last night and roared: bring on Europe’s finest.

Former Formula One driver Gianclaudio ‘Clay’ Regazzoni was killed in a motoring accident in Italy today.