kennethwatt

Sorry error on my behalf – something funny in the functions.php file.

Sorry, tweaked it a bit to this:

<?php

//The Query
query_posts('showposts=5');

//The Loop
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title=""><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
 		<li>Something went bang... please try again later.</li>
<?php endif;

//Reset Query
wp_reset_query();

?>

Thanks 🙂

Sorted. Needed to add !important tag.

Resolved before reply.
For reference to people looking for answers to same question:
Turns out that WP defaults to putting some code before the widget, if nothing is specified in the theme’s functions.php file.
Just changed it to:

register_sidebar(array('name'=>'Sidebar',
'before_widget' => '',
'after_widget' => '',
));