USA: Seattle police witnessed the miracle of childbirth when they pulled over a speeding car en route to an area hospital, and ended up helping a woman in labour deliver her baby girl.

A GARDENER was threatened with an axe as he tried to go after thieves who made off with a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece from a castle, a court heard.

POLICE were last night hunting thieves who stole a Leonardo da Vinci painting from the estate of one of Scotland’s richest landowners.