The killer of schoolgirl Tia Sharp will be sentenced for her murder today after suddenly changing his plea mid-trial.

The crane operator only survived yesterday’s Vauxhall helicopter crash in London because he was running late for the first-ever time in his job and had not reached his cabin when the aircraft came down, a lorry driver said.

The pilot who died today after the helicopter he was flying crashed in London was named by sources as Pete Barnes.

The man accused of murdering schoolgirl Tia Sharp was remanded to custody after appearing in court in London yesterday.

The man accused of murdering schoolgirl Tia Sharp will appear in court today.

A man will appear in court today charged with murdering a 12-year-old girl whose body was found in her grandmother’s home.

Detectives in Britain investigating the disappearance of schoolgirl Tia Sharp have charged her grandmother's partner with murder.

Police in the UK investigating the disappearance of schoolgirl Tia Sharp have apologised to her mother after admitting they should have found a body sooner.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of missing schoolgirl Tia Sharp are questioning her grandmother’s partner on suspicion of murder.

Police from the force that probed the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews have been consulted in the search for missing schoolgirl Tia Sharp, Scotland Yard have confirmed.