UK news in brief

South Wales: A 48-year-old woman was being questioned today on suspicion of murdering an 11-year-old boy.

The boy's body was found at a property in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, on Saturday.

West Sussex: An investigation was under way today after a woman died in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of shoplifting. The 32-year-old was found unconscious in her cell in Durrington yesterday.

London: A man and a woman were being questioned by detectives today over the "callous" murder of a great-grandmother who was beaten and stabbed to death in her flat.