The IRA yesterday said it will lay down arms in an end to 36 years of war.
The risk of another terror attack remains very high, Sir Ian Blair warned.
Pentagon officials are considering proposals to cut the 245bn (£141bn) Joint Strike Fighter programme by at least 70 per cent
Italy's premier, Silvio Berlusconi, called the euro a "disaster", confirming fears in Brussels he would seek re-election by lashing out at monetary union over coming months.
Couples trying for a child through IVF could see their chances of success slashed by a controversial move being considered by fertility watchdogs.
London yesterday witnessed the biggest armed operation since the second world war as more than 6,000 officers, half of them carrying weapons, patrolled the underground and the streets.
Thousands of packets of an anti-cholesterol drug taken by millions of Britons as a treatment for heart disease are to be recalled after the discovery of counterfeit pills awaiting distribution to NHS patients.
