The 64-year-old driver of the vehicle – originally from Glasgow – was arrested by Belgian authorities and a 30-year-old man in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, was also detained.

A man and a seven-year-old girl have been killed after a car smashed into a tree.

Two teenage girls were facing life in prison today after being found guilty of the murder of a middle-aged man they accused of making an indecent proposal during a party.

Relatives of a motorcycle champion who was battered to death hit out today after his killer was told he must serve at least 10 years in jail.

A distraught dog-owner today offered a £1,000 (€1,500) reward in a bid to hunt down burglars who killed his pet and dumped the bloodied body over a fence.