A Chinese military plane scanning part of a search zone for signs of debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has spotted several objects floating in the sea, including two bearing colours of the missing jet.

Searchers worked through the night but could not find an object spotted yesterday afternoon that was thought to be a door from the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet.

A British man suspected of having shot his ill wife and disabled daughter at their rented Spanish home allegedly left a note apologising for the crime and saying the burden of their care had become too much.

A UK producer of green fuel from a seed traditionally used as a laxative looked to a bright future today as oil prices remained close to record highs.