UK News: Marr 'uneasy' after blocking affair story

BBC presenter Andrew Marr said today he had taken out a super-injunction to protect his family's privacy.

Mr Marr said he felt "uneasy" about the High Court injunction, which he won in January 2008 to suppress reports of an extra-marital affair. He said: "Am I embarrassed by it? Yes."

Terror threat over Queen

THE Real IRA has threatened to "execute" police officers and warned that the Queen's first visit to the Republic of Ireland is an "insult".

A statement from the dissident republican terrorist group was read by a masked man yesterday in a Londonderry cemetery.

Ministers gather after weekend of poll rows

THE cabinet was set to meet for the first time today since tensions between the Tories and Liberal Democrats over the AV referendum reached boiling point.

Ministers were to gather in Downing Street after an Easter dominated by an increasingly bitter war of words.

Conservative backbenchers last night branded Nick Clegg and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne "whingers".

Mr Clegg launched his most direct attack yet on David Cameron at the weekend.

BBC to show man's death

THE moment a dying man makes his "final breath" is being broadcast in a new BBC science series.

The second episode of Inside The Human Body, to be aired on BBC1 next month, sees 84-year-old Gerald die surrounded by his family.

Presenter Michael Mosley said it was important not to "shy away from talking about death and, when it's warranted, showing it".

Moors mum in final plea

WINNIE JOHNSON, the mother of Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett, has said she may have just months to find out where her son is buried after she was diagnosed with cancer and has made a DVD appealing directly to Ian Brady. Keith, 12, was snatched by Brady and Myra Hindley in 1964.

Kent: Hundreds of people, including many young children, looked on in horror as a "human cannonball" stuntman plunged to his death at a daredevil show. The 23-year-old man died after a safety net failed during the Scott May's Daredevil Stunt Show at the Kent County Showground.

Coventry: A teenager died after he was hit by a car when it crashed through a garden fence. The 16-year-old was fatally injured in the incident in the Willenhall area on Saturday night. The car appeared to have left the road and crashed through the fence, trapping the victim.