Kirsten Dunst is pleased "sweetheart" Shailene Woodley has been cast in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'.

The girlfriend of Justin Lee Collins was accused of trying to blackmail the comedian.

The former girlfriend of comedian and television presenter Justin Lee Collins was accused of being a fantasist yesterday.

Director Alexander Payne's new film opens over sprawling landscape shots of Hawaii's scenic suburbia, accompanied by George Clooney's character, Matt King, caught in a predicament.

Thousands of British Airways cabin crew are to be balloted for fresh strikes in their bitter dispute with the airline, threatening disruption to flights in the New Year, it was announced today.

The UK's Unite union said there was little hope of a breakthrough in its bitter cabin crew dispute with British Airways, despite agreeing to postpone a strike ballot.

The Unite union is set to postpone a new British Airways strike ballot so it can consider a fresh offer from the airline in the bitter cabin crew dispute, it was revealed today.

THE bitter British Airways dispute could cause disruption to flights throughout the summer, with cabin crew set to be balloted for fresh industrial action.

The bitter British Airways dispute could cause disruption to flights throughout the summer with cabin crew set to be balloted for fresh industrial action, it was warned today.

British Airways will today be warned that it could face a "needless summer of disruption" because of the "hard man" stance of its chief executive over the bitter cabin crew dispute.

Talks aimed at ending the bitter British Airways dispute will resume today as a strike by cabin crew enters its fifth day.

Talks aimed at ending the bitter British Airways dispute will resume tomorrow as a strike by cabin crew enters its fifth day.

A strike by British Airways cabin crew enters its fourth day today after the latest talks between airline and union bosses failed to break the deadlock in a bitter row over pay and conditions.

Picket lines were mounted at Heathrow Airport today as British Airways cabin crew launched the first of a wave of strikes which threatens to disrupt flights for weeks.

British Airways cabin crew staff went on strike today after hopes of a last-ditch deal collapsed.

British Airways cabin crew will go ahead with a wave of strikes from tomorrow after hopes of a last-ditch deal collapsed.

A union leader tonight offered to suspend strikes by British Airways cabin crew if the airline gave back travel concessions, in a last-gasp attempt to halt the action.

A five-day strike by thousands of British Airways cabin crew was set to go ahead from tomorrow after a leader of the Unite union said there had been a “catastrophic” breakdown of talks.

British Airways “will be flying tomorrow” even if talks to avert a staff walkout prove unsuccessful, the airline’s chief executive insisted today.

Talks aimed at averting a series of strikes by British Airways cabin crew ended in disarray tonight after scores of demonstrators stormed the building where the meeting was being held.

The bitter dispute involving thousands of British Airways cabin crew will take another twist today when union leaders will hear whether they can go ahead with a series of planned strikes.

The union representing British Airways cabin crew was today preparing to appeal against an injunction which halted strike action planned by thousands of its members in a bitter row over jobs, pay and staffing levels.

British Airways warned passengers to expect cancellations today as cabin crew returned to work following the end of a four-day strike.

British Airways flights were returning to normal today following the end of a three day strike by cabin crew which cost the airline around £21m (€23.3m) with further disruption planned.

LEADERS of British Airways cabin crew last night urged the airline’s chiefexecutive to “come out of his bunker” and hold fresh talks as a three-day strike over jobs and cost-cutting came to an end.

The leader of striking British Airways cabin crew made a fresh appeal today for talks to end their dispute, which he said had cost the airline tens of millions of pounds.

British Airways cabin crew began their third day of strike action today as airline management and union leaders continued their war of words.

British Airways clashed with union leaders tonight over the effect of a strike which hit flights and caused disruption for passengers.

Strike-hit British Airways said today the airline had got off to a “good start” as its plans to cope with a mass walkout of cabin crew staff swung into action.

British Airways cabin crew staged their first strike in 13 years today, causing disruption for thousands of passengers, with further action planned in the coming weeks.

Talks to avert a damaging strike by British Airways cabin crew will resume today as time runs out on efforts to break a deadlocked row over cost-cutting.

British Airways vowed to keep 60% of its customers flying during the looming strikes as the dispute threatened to hit Labour’s election campaign preparations.

Car giant Ford was warned today it could face industrial action after announcing plans to axe 850 jobs and freeze pay because of the “serious economic situation” affecting the motor industry.

British government officials were meeting with union leaders and motor industry representatives today to discuss details of a proposed aid package for the ailing sector.

BRITAIN’S Labour Party lost one of its safest parliamentary seats yesterday, deepening doubts within the party about Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s ability to win the next election.

Supplies of petrol to Shell garages started to dry up today as hundreds of tanker drivers began a four day strike, with fears that other companies could have problems stocking up with fuel.

Indian company Tata Motors is to take over the running of motoring marques Land Rover and Jaguar in a deal worth around £1.15bn (€1.5bn).

The start of a planned strike by thousands of British Airways cabin crew has been delayed by 24 hours to allow more time for peace talks, it was announced today.

British manufacturing was being “massacred”, a senior union leader claimed today as workers at car giant Vauxhall were waiting to be told that up to 1,000 jobs are to be axed.

Tens of thousands of air passengers were hit by travel chaos today when a lightning strike by baggage handlers grounded British Airways flights at Heathrow Airport.

The prospects of saving MG Rover looked doomed today after Shanghai Automotive was understood to have decided not to continue talks aimed at securing the UK carmaker’s future.

Hundreds of Jaguar workers from across Britain joined union leaders and politicians today to protest at plans to end car production at the luxury car maker’s historic home.

British MPs were today urged to hold an urgent inquiry into the decision by luxury carmaker Jaguar to end production in Coventry.

British Labour’s new policy chief was today warned by leading trade unions not to try to change commitments aimed at improving workers’ rights.