A 12-year-old boy has been killed in a van crash in England.

A court has heard that the friend of a boy who died when his makeshift den burned down in Dublin was hysterical when people arrived at the scene.

A Dublin man has gone on trial accused of the manslaughter of 12-year-old Stephen Hayes who died when the hut he was sleeping in was allegedly set on fire.

THE family of a schoolboy who died in an arson attack were last night praying the first major breakthrough in four-and-a-half years would at last tell them who killed their son and why.

A YEAR-LONG investigation received a fresh impetus yesterday when a mother appealed for help in finding a man who was seen running from her 12-year-old son’s play den moments before it caught fire, killing the youngster.