An English schoolgirl allegedly abducted to France by her married maths teacher has told a court that he came with her because he feared she might commit suicide.

A married teacher fled to France with a 15-year-old pupil who had a crush on him, the day after police questioned her about their sexual relationship, a court has heard.

British teacher Jeremy Forrest who went missing with his teenage pupil Megan Stammers will not fight extradition proceedings against him and has agreed to return to the UK “as soon as possible”, his lawyers said today.

Schoolgirl Megan Stammers is expected to fly home to the UK today more than a week after she went missing with her 30-year-old maths teacher, it was reported.

Married maths teacher Jeremy Forrest has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction after he and missing teenager Megan Stammers were found in France.

Missing schoolgirl Megan Stammers and her teacher Jeremy Forrest have been found in France, Sussex Police said today.

The mother of a 15-year-old girl who has run away to France with her 30-year-old teacher made a direct appeal to her last night: “Sweetheart, I don’t care what you’ve done or why, I just want you home.”

An elderly woman and her son who were found dead at the bottom of cliffs have been identified by police in Britain.

THE extent of Peter Tobin’s serial killings may never be known.

A GRIEVING couple who placed the body of their dead son in a rucksack before plunging to their deaths from cliffs at Beachy Head were named yesterday by police.

THE real father of the baby girl that teenager Alfie Patten thought was his said she was conceived following a one-night stand, it was reported.

A diver died today following an accident in the English Channel, British police said.

The identity of a man whose trussed-up body was found at Beachy Head, Britain, remained a mystery as UK police continued their efforts to identify him.

A stowaway has died after jumping overboard in the English Channel after escaping from a ship’s jail today, coastguards said.

A 2,550-ton tanker is anchored off the south coast of Britain after the crew put out a fire which had torn through its engine room.