At least five people were injured when bombs accompanied by anti-government propaganda exploded in rural post boxes in the US.

Two more British prisoners have been moved to the US Camp X-ray detention centre in Cuba.

The families and friends of three British citizens detained in Afghanistan by US authorities tonight spoke of their shock amid fears that the men were recruited to fight a holy war by an extremist Muslim group.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested by officers investigating the murder of a homeopathic doctor who was gunned down near a supermarket car park.