SEVENTEEN people, including two eight-year-old boys, had to be rescued yesterday after about 750,000 tons of mud and rock collapsed from cliffs onto a beach in Dorset. The boys were on a cliff path at Charmouth when a section about 500ft long by 120ft wide gave way. They slid down to the beach where they became trapped up to their chests in the mud. Coastguards pulled them out.
‘UN role’ for Blair
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BILL CLINTON believes that Tony Blair would make a good secretary-general of the United Nations. He said that he had told Blair there was “a lot of good you can do in the world” after leaving No 10.
Saddam judge quits
THE chief judge in Saddam Hussein’s trial has resigned in protest at pressure from the Iraqi government. Officials are trying to talk Rizgar Amin, a Kurd, out of his decision. Amin has been accused of being too lenient.
Thousands queue for Harry Potter part
ABOUT 15,000 teenage girls queued at a hall in central London yesterday in the hope of securing a part in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the latest film in the JK Rowling series. Some began waiting on Friday night at the hall in Westminster to audition for the role of the trainee wizard Luna Lovegood. Only a few got through to the next round. Production is due to start next month.
Ambulance crash
A MOTORIST was killed and his passenger suffered a broken shoulder yesterday when their car was in collision with an ambulance in Kingsbury, northwest London. Both victims were men. The driver was believed to be in his thirties.
New university test
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UNIVERSITIES are to introduce an entrance test designed to increase the number of state school pupils studying medicine. Most of the 16,000 applicants this year will have to sit the two-hour UK Clinical Aptitude Test.