Many Labour MPs and officials privately expect the government to follow the Australia's example and implement a ban.

Most wanting a delay are Labour-led but two are Tory councils and one is a Lib Dem authority.

The Army tells the BBC "substance abuse is unacceptable" after 23 soldiers from the same regiment failed compulsory drug testing.

Labour came third in the Caerphilly by-election, its first parliamentary defeat in the area for 100 years.

The musicians pick up four nominations each, as the ceremony moves to Manchester for the first time.

Harrison Sullivan will not have to pay the full cost of the jet that police chartered to arrest him.