Manchester United fans around the world are celebrating after their team beat Chelsea in the Champions' League final.

Around 40,000 English supporters were at the Luzhniki Stadium to watch United win 6-5 in a penalty shoot-out.

The match ended around 0130 local time and fans were left drenched by heavy rain which started during the game.

British police travelled to Moscow to assist their local counterparts and prevent any trouble after the game, which ended 1-1 after extra time.

There have been no reports of trouble either inside or outside the stadium although there were a few minor scuffles in the city earlier in the day.

Chelsea fan Peter Slade, 56, a printer from Surbiton, Surrey, said: "I am just stunned.

"We hit the woodwor

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon is travelling to cyclone-hit Burma to tour the devastated Irrawaddy Delta and meet with military ruler Gen Than Shwe.

Mr Ban said the focus should be on saving lives, not on politics.

Burma's rulers have blocked large-scale international aid but have now agreed to allow some UN helicopters to carry supplies to survivors.

Aid agencies say they are delivering about 30% of what they would like, 20 days after Cyclone Nargis struck.

'Critical moment'

The death toll from Cyclone Nargis currently stands at 78,000 dead, with another 56,000 missing.

Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their homes and the UN says that less than a quarter of the 2.4 million people affected have received aid.

The downturn in property sales is having a positive affect on buy-to-let, a survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) suggests.

Its survey of residential lettings says the number of new instructions to let property rose by 29% in the first three months of 2008.

This compares with a 2% increase in the three months before.

Weaker demand to buy houses has forced sellers back into the rental market, where yields are rising, Rics says.

"The sales market's loss is the lettings market's gain," said Rics spokesperson James Scott-Lee.

"Some would-be sellers are retreating from selling and letting or re-letting their properties as they wait for mortgage lenders to offer buyers more favourable lending criteria," he added.

Manchester United fans around the world are celebrating after their team beat Chelsea in the Champions' League final.

Around 40,000 English supporters were at the Luzhniki Stadium to watch United win 6-5 in a penalty shoot-out.

The match ended around 0130 local time and fans were left drenched by heavy rain which started during the game.

British police travelled to Moscow to assist their local counterparts and prevent any trouble after the game, which ended 1-1 after extra time.

There have been no reports of trouble either inside or outside the stadium although there were a few minor scuffles in the city earlier in the day.

Chelsea fan Peter Slade, 56, a printer from Surbiton, Surrey, said: "I am just stunned.

"We hit the woodwor

The mafia in Italy's Calabria region has an annual income equivalent to nearly 3% of Italy's gross national product, according to a new report.

The report estimates the yearly earning of the Calabrian mafia or 'Ndrangheta at 44,000m euros (£35,238m).

It says that the criminal and economic reach of the group is not taken seriously by the Italian authorities.

The report shows that the Calabrian mafia is now effectively a multi-national crime corporation.

Drug profits

Analysing official data the Eurispes research institute puts the group's annual income at a staggering 2.9% of Italy's gross national product and more than that of Estonia and Slovenia put together.

Drugs account for more than 60% of that wealth.

Alongside its global reach, the