Five boys aged from 12 to 14 burst into tears today as they were found guilty of killing a father who they spat at, insulted and pelted with sticks and stones in England.

More than half a million spectators are expected to descend on central London today as the Tour de France, the world’s biggest annual sporting event, hits town.

A respectable history teacher “at the top of his profession” was starting a jail sentence tonight for his secret role as the linchpin of a network of violent football hooligans.