The father of a two-year-old abducted from a Primark store last April by girls aged 13 and 14 said the kidnappers used sweets as part of their plan to entice her away.

Two girls aged 13 and 14 have admitted kidnapping a two-year-old from a Primark store in the UK while she was on a shopping trip with her mother.

Police were last night continuing to hold two men following a fire on board a North Sea ferry which sparked a dramatic emergency rescue by RAF helicopters.

A British woman has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of an 11-month-old baby, police said today.