Dalziel and Pascoe creator dies

Reginald Hill, the author of more than 40 books including the Dalziel and Pascoe crime novels and winner of the Crime Writers’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger in 1995, has died aged 75.

His agent said: “Reginald died peacefully at home after a year’s battle with cancer and is survived by his wife of 51 years, Pat, and two brothers, David and Desmond.”