Embattled entertainer Bill Cosby has broken his silence over a series of rape and sex assault claims going back decades.

A fierce storm blamed for at least 17 deaths left dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds in its wake as it as it made its way from America’s Midwest to the New England region.

TENS of thousands of immigrants spilled into the streets in dozens of cities across America yesterday in peaceful protests that some compared to the movements led by the Rev Martin Luther King Jr and farm-labour organiser Caesar Chavez.

British Airways’ last Concorde flight for fare-paying passengers landed in New York, marking a bitter-sweet end to a great chapter in aviation history.