Police in Britain made “a great mistake” handing over an 18-month-old girl to a mystery woman who has since disappeared with the child, the toddler’s grandmother said today.

A search was underway in Britain tonight for an 18-month-old girl, who was taken from a police station by a mystery woman.

Troubled Pete Doherty has revealed that his heart "stopped" and he was on a life support machine after being rushed to hospital in Wiltshire.

TWO men were on the run last night after they escaped from a prison van during an “audacious” armed breakout which left one security guard with a gunshot wound to the leg.