England: Corn-on-the-cob-consuming contestants have failed to break the sweetcorn-eating world record despite their “valiant efforts” in the UK championships.

A number of people have been caught up in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands and three are “possibly unaccounted for”, police said.

A BRITISH man charged with murdering his girlfriend in Crete has written an emotional letter from his prison cell describing her as an “angel”.