Last week Ashcroft, this week Unite. Goodnight Vienna will be along with comment shortly.

That thirty odd percent of you will vote for Brown is beyond me. I can't believe anyone with a thought in their head would vote Labour given what is widely known will happen after the election,

Wayne Rooney came up close to the World Cup trophy in a photo shoot on Thursday and, with 30 goals already to his name this season, hopes he can get his hands on it for real in July.

The Manchester United striker was under orders not to handle the trophy,

Not quite the fireworks one might have hoped for, no punch-ups took place and it was all fairly tame. It almost makes you feel wistful for the days of Derek Draper:

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended the decision to invade Iraq, saying Friday before an inquiry on the war that deposing Saddam Hussein was the right thing to do.