Matt Damon thrilled restaurant staff by leaving a $400 (€300) tip.

US intelligence agents are watching several groups of Middle Eastern men thought to be part of a network of as many as 5,000 al-Qaida terrorists in America, it was reported today.

Scores of dead or dying marine mammals and birds are being washed up on California’s famous sun-kissed beaches as a deadly toxin blooms in the coastal waters.