Magistrates' details sent to criminals in data blunder

Kent: The personal details of hundreds of magistrates were placed in the hands of convicted criminals in a data loss blunder, it was revealed.

A directory containing names, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of 400 magistrates and 26 court legal advisers in Norfolk was sent for printing in a prison workshop manned by inmates.

• Northern Ireland: The Giant's Causeway has been awarded a 3 million grant to help create new facilities for visitors, the Heritage Lottery Fund announced today.

The World Heritage Site boasts 40,000 interlinked basalt columns extending into the sea.