A police officer in a small US town who used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl was fired for violating department policy – not for using the Taser itself but for failing to use the camera attached to it, according to the town’s mayor.

A police officer in a small US town used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission to do so.

Lateen Sails is likely to bypass the Vodafone Derby in favour of a tilt at the Grand Prix de Paris, it has been confirmed.