David Cameron sustained the pressure on Gordon Brown to declare his intentions today as the UK Prime Minister weighed up the gamble of calling an autumn election.

THE vulgar display of celebration witnessed at the count centre for Dublin South East, where political goliath Michael McDowell failed to retain his seat, was matched by the equally vulgar display when political pygmies, especially in Tipperary, the west and north-west were elected.

The misery continued today for thousands of fog-delayed passengers stuck at airports around the country.

SHE looks like a teenage angel, but 16-year-old Chelsea O’Mahoney was the personification of evil as she filmed friends stamping on a man’s head in one of several so-called “happy slapping” attacks on randomly picked victims.

BUSINESS leaders called yesterday for improvements to security in London, including more checks on Tube travellers.

All 56 people known to have died in the London bombings have now been named.

The death toll from last week’s London suicide bombings stands at 55 today after another victim lost his fight for survival and his girlfriend was formally identified.

Police in the UK today said the confirmed number of people killed in the London bombs has risen to 53.

Robert Winston was referred to the stewards of the Jockey Club after being found guilty of careless riding at Southwell today.

THE most ambitious traffic calming scheme in Britain crept in quietly yesterday with none of the transport chaos that had been feared.

An estimated 30,000 people have braved heavy rain to attend a festival celebrating cannabis.