Police were questioning a man last night after the bodies of a mother and her two children were found in a flat in Wembley, north London. They had been stabbed to death.
Sex attacks priest jailed
A Church of England priest who sexually assaulted a choirboy was jailed for eight years at Bristol crown court yesterday. Peter Cranch, 57, committed the offences between 1985 and 1990 while at All Saints Church, Exmouth, Devon.
Radiographers in strike vote
Thousands of radiographers are to vote on whether to strike over the government's proposed pay and benefits package for health service workers.
Chef Floyd on drink charge
TV chef Keith Floyd has been charged with drink-driving after a collision in which a woman was slightly injured near Coleshill, Oxfordshire, on Tuesday. He is to appear before Swindon magistrates on November 23.
QC chosen for Customs post
Criminal lawyer David Green QC, 50, has been appointed the first director of the independent Customs and Excise Prosecutions Office, set up after the collapse of a series of duty evasion fraud prosecutions.
Ruth Ellis letter fetches £1,290
A prison letter written in 1955 by Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, fetched £1,290 at Dominic Winter Book Auctions in Swindon yesterday.
