THE family of Lucie Blackman was yesterday embroiled in a bitter dispute after the Japanese man accused of her killing was cleared.

British language teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker, whose naked body was found in a sand-filled bath in a Japanese apartment, was beaten and then suffocated to death, police said today.

The father of murdered British hostess Lucie Blackman has accepted a payout from an old friend of the Japanese man charged with killing his daughter, he said today.

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Mourners today paid their final respects at the funeral of television presenter Caron Keating.

Former TV presenter Caron Keating died last night after losing her battle with breast cancer, family friend Peter Powell said today.

The number of passengers injured when two rush-hour trains collided outside a London station has risen to nine.

One person has been hurt as two rush-hour trains collided in London.

Two rush-hour passenger trains were involved in a minor collision today, British Transport Police said.