The parents of a zookeeper who was killed after a tiger entered the enclosure she was in have paid tribute to their "beloved daughter".

Police were today investigating comments allegedly made on Twitter by BNP leader Nick Griffin about a gay couple at the centre of a landmark legal ruling.

Britain's Prince Philip was said to be “in good spirits” this morning as he recuperated in hospital after treatment for a blocked coronary artery.

Police working in the nerve centre of the hunt for missing schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman today told of their determination to do anything possible to find them.

A baby found abandoned on a doorstep in near-freezing conditions has spent a good night in hospital.