German police have arrested the son of the late Nigerian dictator General Sani Abacha on a warrant from Switzerland, a prosecutor said today.

Vauxhall car workers in the UK were today told to check before arriving for their shift amid expectations that production will be halted because of a shortage of components caused by a strike in Germany.

Cork City will know their European fate by full-time at Tolka Park tonight, reports Noel Spillane of the Evening Echo.

The struggling European operation of General Motors will cut some 1,600 jobs in a restructuring programme announced earlier this year, the chairman of its German-based Adam Opel AG unit said.