Prescott in hospital for chest tests

John Prescott, the deputy prime minister, was in hospital last night undergoing tests for a suspected chest infection. He was taken ill while travelling from London to his Hull constituency. Prescott, who is on long-term medication for diabetes, turned 69 last week after returning from an official trip to the Caribbean.

Crane collapses onto hotel roof

A crane collapsed onto a hotel yesterday, trapping three people and injuring one. The crane, in use on a building site, collapsed onto the roof of the six-floor Croydon Park hotel in Croydon, south London.

Bank apologises for cash chaos

Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns NatWest, apologised yesterday after computer problems prevented millions of customers using ATM machines and online and telephone banking systems.

Grant in the clear

The actor Hugh Grant will not be prosecuted for allegedly hurling baked beans at a photographer and kicking him. The Crown Prosecution Service said there was insufficient evidence to bring charges and a prosecution would not be in the public interest. Grant, 46, was arrested after an incident near his west London home in April.

Correction: the Kalam family In two articles published last year (“Cyanide fear triggered terror raid” and “Bomb suspect ‘shot without warning’ ”, June 4) we stated that government officials had said Abul Koyair, the brother of Abdul Kahar (who was shot by police when they raided the family home on June 2) had a number of criminal convictions and that their parents had gone on a planned holiday despite what had happened to their sons. We now understand, and accept, that that information was not true, that the decision to raid the family’s home was based on false intelligence and that the family have never been involved in terrorism. We apologise for any embarrassment caused.

Oxford University has asked us to point out that it has not got any targets for the ratio of overseas to home students, as was suggested in the article, “Chinese students oust UK pupils from top universities” (May 13). Places are offered solely on the basis of academic merit and potential.

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