The chances of car production ever resuming at MG Rover looked bleak today as administrators to the collapsed company made it clear they were running out of time to achieve a rescue deal.

Suppliers of stricken MG Rover will meet later today to discuss “serious and immediate cash flow problems”.

A childless British couple were found guilty today of killing a three-year-old boy they had planned to adopt when he failed to meet their expectations of comfortable family living.

The grand prix of race walking in Leamington at the weekend fell foul of the SARS epidemic with the withdrawal of the Chinese teams.

Peter Ebdon has criticised the decision to remove Jim McKenzie from his job as chief executive of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.