Former Polish leader Lech Walesa today finished giving evidence in the trial of the country’s ex-military ruler General Wojciech Jaruzelski for his part in the murder of 44 protesters in 1970.

A bishop from northern Poland has resigned after being charged with causing an accident while driving under the influence of alcohol, a church spokesman said today.

Poland's last communist leader, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, is due in court charged with ordering the shooting deaths of 44 shipyard workers.