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Lord Howe: Cameron has let anti-Europeanism infect party
The Tory grandee Lord Howe has accused the Prime Minister of 'losing control' of his party as divisions over Europe come to the fore.
Read the full storyBodies of children found in a suburb of Lyon
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Light aircraft crash at Caernarfon Airport in Gwynedd
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.
A fine and dry afternoon with sunny spells
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.
Mother 'won custody of children' following her divorce
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.
– Ahmed Benguedda, a former neighbour of the familyThe people who live here are all in a state of shock.
Woman spots former husband with 'blood-stained clothes'
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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Briton 'held in France' over child deaths
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.
– Foreign OfficeWe are aware of the reports and we are urgently looking into them.
Controlled detonation of two-mile bridge caught on video
Engineers have used explosives to demolish a 2.2-mile viaduct in the heart of one of China's largest cities.
Read the full storyBrian Blessed suggests oxygen ban for Everest attempts
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."
Wayne Rooney to miss Man U game as baby is due
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
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