UK news in brief

Kent: A man had to be rescued after he ran out of fuel circling a small island when he thought he was sailing around the UK coast.

The lost sailor's motor cruiser ran aground off the Elmley Marshes on the Isle of Sheppey. He had only a road map for directions.

London: A 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were being questioned today in connection with the murder of a 45-year-old man accused of sexual offences.

Robert Daley was found stabbed to death at an address in Stockwell. Yesterday a 14-year-old girl appeared in court charged with the killing.