Detention was the "only appropriate sentence" for three teenage boys spared custody over the rape of two girls, the Court of Appeal has heard.

Two people have died after a light aircraft crashed in a field in Essex yesterday afternoon, police have said.

At least six people have been killed in a fire at an apartment block in Belgium, police have said.

The family of a three-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a crocodile enclosure has thanked staff at the zoo who rescued their son.

Victor Willis, the frontman of the Village People and co-writer of their massive hit YMCA, has died, his family has said.

Scotland's glue trap ban has come into full force - with animal rights campaigners welcoming the move to outlaw the "inhumane devices".