The top 50 books for children to read have been released, and Roald Dahl remains at number one.

Leading writers were today given a second chance to win a Booker prize with a special award commemorating works which “fell through the net” in 1970.

Explorer Ranulph Fiennes was today named Oldie of the Year in Britain.

A points failure tonight emerged as the likely cause of the Potters Bar rail disaster which claimed the lives of seven people and injured dozens more.