THE oldest known copy of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter was auctioned for more than €450,000 - a record price for an American 19th-century literary work, Christie’s auction house said.

DETAILS of a sordid trade in teenage rent boys were exposed yesterday after two men were jailed for their role in a harrowing case of child trafficking.

Nigel Hawthorne has died aged 72.