Two in hospital after lorry explosion

Bristol: Two men were in hospital with burns today following an explosion involving a lorry at a quarry.

Four crews were called to Stancombe Quarry on the A370 at Flax Bourton, near Bristol, at approximately 4:40pm yesterday after reports of an explosion.

Teesside: The funeral of a young soldier who died after a street attack just hours after he returned on leave from Afghanistan will take place today.

Signalman David Grout, 22, was celebrating his homecoming with family when he was the victim of a street attack in Eston last month.