UK news in brief

London: A teenager was being quizzed today over the discovery of a 16-year-old girl's body in a derelict yard.

The victim, who was named at the scene as Jessie Wright, was discovered in King's Cross, in north London, on Thursday afternoon.

Police murder squad detectives are questioning the 19-year-old man.

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Manchester: The family of a five-year-old British boy snatched by robbers in Pakistan have angrily denied it was an "inside job".

The kidnap ordeal endured by Sahil Saeed, from Oldham in Greater Manchester, was entering its third day today.