A defrocked Irish priest, Cornelius Horan, 57, who attacked the Olympic marathon leader Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima, was given a one-year suspended jail sentence yesterday by a court in Athens.
Britons killed in air crash
A British couple were killed yesterday when their light aircraft crashed shortly after taking off at the El Questro outback resort in north-western Australia.
Jail staff begin two-day strike
Ancillary staff in English and Welsh jails will begin the first industrial action in the service for 25 years today. The two-day strike is over an imposed pay deal which their union, Amicus, says amounts to a 1% rise for most staff.
5,000 ducks die in fire
Nearly 5,000 ducks were killed when a poultry shed was destroyed by fire yesterday at a farm in Addlethorpe, Lincolnshire.
Plane down near theme park
A man died and two others suffered severe burns when a private aircraft crashed near the Alice in Wonderland theme park at Bournemouth, Dorset, yesterday.
Grandstand collapses
Four people were seriously hurt and 17 injured yesterday when a grandstand collapsed at a religious festival at Lincolnshire Showground.
Fans die on way to Grand Prix
Three motor racing fans from Newtown, Mid Wales, died in a road accident near Rotterdam on their way to the Belgian Grand Prix at the weekend.
