The entertainer Freddie Starr has said he has had heart palpitations due to the stress caused by allegations that he assaulted a teenager after appearing on a Jimmy Savile show in the 70s. He described the claims as having "no evidence whatsoever."
Freddie Starr told ITV1's This Morning that he has had heart palpitations due to stress caused by allegations that he assaulted a teenager. He added that he was going to hospital later today for a check-up.
Sir Vince Cable has become the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, after no other nominations were put forward.
Drying up across eastern parts this afternoon with showers continuing across Ireland.
Gordon Brown has said forced child migration schemes that continued until the 1970s amounted to "government-induced trafficking".