Two British-based US airmen were killed and two others wounded when a man armed with a handgun opened fire on them at close range.

Pressure was mounting on the US authorities today to lift the ban on American Air Force personnel entering London after last week’s terror attacks.

Ian Huntley today left high security Rampton hospital in Nottinghamshire for his first court appearance for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

THE search for Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman came to a tragic end last night when detectives confirmed that two bodies found in remote fenland were those of the missing girls.

The final hope that Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman would be found alive collapsed tonight and the bad news was greeted with disbelief and tears in the girls’ home town.

The devastated parents of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were tonight waiting in dread for the confirmation that two bodies found at a remote beauty spot were their missing daughters.

Rescuers searching for two missing US fighter aircraft in the Cairngorms have found a body attached to a parachute.