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Three people have been injured in a light aircraft crash at Caernarfon Airport in Gwynedd.

North Wales Fire & Rescue Service say they received reports of the incident just before 11.30am this morning.

They confirmed one light small aircraft had flipped onto its roof during the incident.

30 crew members and three officers are in attendance, with special appliances from Holyhead, Caernarfon, Llanberis and Pwllheli.

Off-road vehicles from Porthmadog and Llangefni are also at the scene.

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For most of us, a dry afternoon with a good deal of cloud but also some sunny spells. ITV Weather Presenter Lucy Verasamy has the details.

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The mother, an assistant accountant, had won custody of the children following her divorce and had left to live in Isere, a region to the south-east of Lyon, while the unemployed father continued to live in the flat, according to the Parisien paper.

The people who live here are all in a state of shock.

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French news reports claimed the 48-year-old man was arrested after his former wife spotted him on the stairs to his flat with blood-stained clothes. Several witnesses reportedly spotted the man fleeing the scene, in Saint-Priest, a suburb to the south-east of Lyon, on roller skates.

He and his ex-wife were said to have recently gone through a difficult divorce. The father was reportedly taken into custody following a manhunt yesterday evening.

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The Foreign Office is investigating reports that a British man has been arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children in France.

The bodies of the youngsters, said to be aged five and 10, were discovered in a flat near Lyon yesterday afternoon, according to local reports.

We are aware of the reports and we are urgently looking into them.

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The veteran actor and adventurer Brian Blessed has suggested that people attempting to climb Mount Everest should be banned from carrying oxygen.

Speaking on the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's successful attempt, he said that modern climbers are "diminishing the adventure with oxygen".

Blessed, who has already made three attempts to climb the mountain without oxygen, also vowed to try again in the next two years.

Now at the age of 76, he said: "I feel that if I can go up there as an old man it would be a new development, something new.

"I love adventure, she is a beautiful mountain, and I think she will allow me to go on to her summit as a very old man."

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Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United's final game of the season today as wife Coleen is due to give birth to the couple's second child. The England striker was given permission by the Premier League winners to sit out the trip to play West Bromwich Albion.

Coleen is expecting a boy - a brother to Kai born in November 2009 - and revealed on her Twitter account that she was now past her due date. Today she also tweeted:

Such an uncomfortable sleep last night!!! #hurryupbaby ???? Looks like its gonna be a nice day today!! Enjoy x

From @ColeenRoo on Twitter: (about 6 hours ago)

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A passenger jet in the United States was forced to land on its belly after the landing gear developed a fault. Amateur video captured the moment the US Airways Express flight touched down with 34 people on board. Sparks can be seen beneath the plane.

The jet circled Newark but after several failed attempts to get the landing gear down, the plane landed on its belly. No one was injured.

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West Bromwich Albion are preparing to host Sir Alex Ferguson's final match as manager of Manchester United.

Albion manager Steve Clarke says his side are determined to ensure the match is "not just a party" for the Scot.

More than 20,000 programmes have been printed for the game (compared with 6,000 in previous games).

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