The man accused of killing schoolgirl Tia Sharp today admitted her murder on the fifth day of his trial at the Old Bailey in London.

The worried family of Tia Sharp have renewed their pleas for her to return home as the search for the missing schoolgirl reaches the one-week mark.

A woman who became seriously ill in Mount Everest’s “death zone” safely reached base camp, mountaineering officials in Nepal said.

A Mount Everest expedition leader criticised for leading his team past a dying British climber said today that he did not know during his team’s ascent that anyone was in trouble near the peak.