British Prime Minister Tony Blair was set to reshuffle his Cabinet this morning after Labour suffered a humiliating defeat in local council elections.

The chief witness in the trial of five men accused of murder has alleged that four men were to be murdered on the night Kieran Keane was shot dead and he himself was left fighting for his life.

A man who was among seven people infected in a fresh outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease died today, health officials said.