Reporter dies

BBC journalist Brian Hanrahan, best known for his coverage of the Falklands War, has died aged 61.

He was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and his condition deteriorated when he was admitted to hospital with an infection 10 days ago.

Hanrahan, who leaves behind a wife and daughter, spent 40 years with the BBC.

He covered stories such as the assassination of Indira Gandhi in India, the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union, the Tiananmen Square massacre and the fall of the Berlin Wall.