A leaked document shows the UK Tory party has been planning for significant cuts to welfare, architected by an Aussie political strategist.

Andrea Lubitz was one sicked, deluded individual, allegedly. He wanted to be remembered, so he flew a plane into the French Alps.

The BBC Director General; hasn't sacked Jeremy Clarkson. He's just not renewing his contract. In the same way that Clarkson didn't hit his producer, the face just collided with his fist.

Jeremy Clarkson seems to think the BBC will give him the sack after his self-confessed fracas in Manchester. Meanwhile, John Dobbie reports on a potential replacement.

It's somewhat predictable, that the partial eclipse of the sun expected in the UK was, itself, exclipsed by heavy cloud.