Former Labour MP Cook dies, aged 76

Former Labour MP Frank Cook, who spent 27 years in the House of Commons, has died aged 76. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer last year.

He represented the Stockton North constituency on Teesside until 2010, when he was deselected. Mr Cook, a former Butlins red coat, special needs teacher, gravedigger and construction engineer, won the seat in 1983.