UK police dive teams last night recovered the bodies of two teenage girls who got into difficulty on a fast-flowing part of the River Wear.

Five-year-old Rean Carter has not had his hair cut since the day he was born but his locks are set for the chop after the schoolboy, sick of being mistaken for a girl, demanded a trip to the barber.

Gardaí have lost documents relating to the drink-driving arrest of former Republic of Ireland soccer star Niall Quinn, it emerged today.