Libyan rebels claim to have taken Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte, as they continue to push westward towards the capital Tripoli. "It's confirmed Sirte has fallen into pro-democracy hands," a rebel spokesman, Shamsiddin Abdulmolah, said.
The fall of the town - 280 miles east of Tripoli - could not been independently verified and journalists inside Sirte said there were no indications that the rebels had moved into the centre of the city.
Sky's Emma Hurd, in the rebel-held city of Benghazi, said: "They announce that have taken these places once they reach the eastern edge ... so the status of Sirte is still not clear.
"We were expecting yesterday that it would be very difficult for the rebels to take. We were told that Gaddafi's forces had only retreated as far as Sirte and were digging in there. Read More
Note: The Libyan Government are still denying this report and stand by their comments that Sirte is still under Gaddafi's Command
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