UK news: Boy dies after theme park carvan discovery

The boy was found unconscious at a caravan at the Flamingo Land site in Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire, yesterday morning.

Police said the youngster's death was "sudden and unexplained".

More time in murder case

Detectives were granted more time to quiz a 21-year-old man over the murder of a man whose burnt body was found on a golf course. Detectives believe 37-year-old Stefan Welch was murdered elsewhere before being taken to the golf club on the South Downs and set alight.

Pressure grows on Tory PR man as probe backed

The pressure on David Cameron's communications chief Andy Coulson intensified today after MPs approved an investigation by a parliamentary sleaze watchdog.

Claims MPs' mobiles were hacked by News of the World reporters will be examined by the powerful Standards and Privileges Committee.

All parties backed the fresh probe - sparked by Labour frontbencher Chris Bryant, who said he believed many MPs had been targeted.

Job misery 'for 14 years'

Employment will not return to pre-recession levels for 14 years and could take longer in some parts of the country hardest hit by government spending cuts, according to new research today.

The TUC said if private firms continued to create jobs at the same rate as over the past decade, it will take more than 20 years to make up for work lost in the recession.

Bez to fight assault rap

Former Happy Mondays star Bez will appeal against his conviction for assaulting his ex-girlfriend today.

Bez was jailed for four weeks after assaulting Monica Ward during a row over money and served two weeks before being released from Strangeways Prison this week.

Hampshire: A pilot and his passenger are seriously injured in hospital today after a light aircraft clipped a bungalow and crashed into the home's back garden.

The Piper PA-22/150 Caribbean plane got into trouble as it flew over the village of Netley Marsh, near Totton yesterday afternoon.

Shropshire: A man will appear in court today charged with the murder of 24-year-old Amrit Ubhi, who was found dead at a house in Telford earlier this week.

West Mercia Police said a man in his 50s was charged with murder and will appear before magistrates.