Spanish cyclist and Beijing gold medalist Samuel Sanchez out of London Olympics due to injury, Spanish cycling federation says - @Reuters
Thousands of UK Home Office workers, including Border Agency staff, to strike on July 26 and take other forms of action until August 20 - PA
Italian, Spanish hostages freed in Mali arrive by plane in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou - @Reuters witness
Ed Miliband calls for G4S to be blocked from getting new Government contracts in the wake of the Olympics security shambles - PA
