The body of a diver who went missing while exploring a wreck has been recovered.

An elderly woman died after waiting nearly an hour-and-a-half for an ambulance when she fell over.

Gary Anderson marked himself out as the man to beat with a slick 4-1 win over Colin Lloyd to reach the quarter-finals of the PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace last night. From 2-2 in the first set, Anderson won eight legs in a row, needing only 10 minutes combined to win the second and third sets.

Local authorities told residents to stay indoors last night as some 150 firefighters attempted to smother a huge blaze that had been raging for hours at a chemical storage and packing company.

A ruling from the EU's top court could mark the end of the Netherlands' welcoming coffee-shop culture

Jos van Veldhoven's disc with the Netherlands Bach Society brings together one of the most famous celebrations of the Treaty of Utrecht, Handel's Te Deum and Jubilate, and William Croft's rarely performed Ode with Noise of Cannon.

Tunnelling under the prison walls has long been a favourite method of breaking out of jail, but now one female convict in the Netherlands has managed to gain her freedom by digging herself out with a spoon.

Plans for giant cannabis farm to cut out 'back-door' supply to coffee shops

Geoff Thompson will step down as Football Association chairman next week. Thompson had been due to leave the post in the summer but announced at an FA board meeting in London yesterday that he will make way for Lord Triesman at the end of the month.

The new route to a line-free face doesn't involve needles or scalpels. Goodbye Botox, hello ultrasound

A THRIVING black market in tickets for England's Euro 2000 matches appears to be inevitable after Kevin Keegan's side were yesterday drawn to play their Group A games in the relatively small stadiums at Eindhoven and Charleroi. Both have capacities of 30,000 and England supporters will be allocated only 4,800 tickets for each match.

A SCHOOL in the Netherlands yesterday found itself at the centre of a US-style shooting when a 17-year-old pupil went on a gun rampage, leaving a teacher and three pupils injured, one seriously.

In 1979, the 13-year-old computer whizzkid Alex van Someren and his younger brother Nicko devised a computer game for Acorn. The company gave them holiday jobs, and now they run nCipher, their own encryption technology firm

THE PICTURE is looking healthy for investors in Cannons, the UK fitness clubs company. Boosted by its recent pounds 84m acquisition of Pinnacle Leisure Group, the company, formerly known as Vardon, yesterday reported a 52 per cent leap in half-year profits to pounds 6.2m. Membership grew by 89 per cent from 65,000 in 1998 to 123,000 this year. And with demand for health club facilities continuing to outstrip the supply, further growth is expected.