THE first confirmed sighting in more than a decade of one of the rarest animals in the world, described as the “Asian unicorn”, was revealed yesterday.

A PREGNANT British woman jailed for life in Laos for trafficking heroin says she is “enormously relieved and happy to be back on British soil”.

The trial against a pregnant British woman on heroin trafficking charges opened today, in a case that has raised questions about how she managed to conceive while behind bars.

The Laotian government today insisted the trial of a pregnant British woman who faces possible death by firing squad for allegedly smuggling heroin into the country will be conducted fairly.