A FATHER who drove his two “defenceless” young children into a freezing river, killing his five-year-old daughter, was last night beginning a life sentence in jail.

A five-year-old girl who was rescued from a car that plunged into a UK river died today, police said.

A father was remanded in custody today charged with the attempted murder of his children, who were rescued after a car plunged into the River Avon, a prosecutor said.

A six-year-old boy who was admitted to hospital with a girl aged five after they plunged into a river in a car has been “sitting up in bed and talking”, police said today.