Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern will discuss recent efforts to restore Northern Ireland power-sharing with Secretary of State Peter Hain in London tomorrow, it was confirmed tonight.

The headquarters of Britain's Secret Service MI5 was attacked today by a man wielding a machete.

The twin brother of pop star Will Young helped in a vicious unprovoked street attack on a chef, a court was told yesterday. Rupert Young, aged 25, allegedly flew into a rage as he and two friends rained blows on 35-year-old Kawa Ghareeb as he passed them on a London road.

The momentum of the military campaign in Afghanistan is firmly with the allies, Tony Blair says.

Polling in the British General Election got underway today with voters set to deliver Labour an historic second term - or one of the biggest political upsets of modern times.