A woman who gave birth aboard a medical helicopter was killed last night, along with her newborn baby and three others, when the aircraft crashed in bad weather on the Mediterranean island of Corsica.

Wigan have “firmly rejected” a £3m bid from Tottenham for want-away defender Pascal Chimbonda.

WIGAN manager Paul Jewell has warned off hovering predators as the club consider the potential downside to their current success.

PASCAL CHIMBONDA has signed a new four-year contract with high-flying Wigan.

Wigan are set to offer defender Pascal Chimbonda a new contract in an attempt to close a loophole in his current agreement which would allow him to leave in January.

Youths throwing stones and shooting flare guns clashed with police, and an apparent rocket attack razed a docked French customs boat in Corsica – the latest violence on the Mediterranean island swept up in wave of labour strife.

Corsica was nearly cut off from mainland Europe yesterday with strikes spreading to airports, maritime links severed and a rocket attack adding to mounting tensions.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has suggested Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien’s agent should be suspended until an appeal is heard against his conviction for financial irregularities over a previous transfer involving the midfielder.

Wigan manager Paul Jewell has made his second signing of the season with the capture of French defender Pascal Chimbonda.

Sunderland cast-offs Lilian Laslandes and Bernt Haas could yet have a future on Wearside.

Fourteen bombs exploded across the French island of Corsica overnight, injuring one man and damaging five banks, police said.

The draw for the last 16 of the French Cup has provided the few remaining lower and non-league sides with some mouth-wateringly plum ties as they bid for a historic spot in the quarter-finals.