The ancient ritual of ‘swan upping’ commences at Sunbury Lock on the River Thames at nine o’clock this morning, writes Richard Collins. 

A primary school caretaker in the UK was convicted today of masterminding a nationwide letter bomb campaign which left eight people injured and struck fear into many more.

Dr David Kelly, the scientist at the centre of the row over the Government’s Iraq dossier, said his life had been made “intolerable”, his family revealed.

The FTSE-100 Index staged a welcome rally today, surging back to 5403.4. That's a rise of 88.6 points.