Small children could be at risk from a missing 8ft boa constrictor snake, UK police have warned.

A GARDENER was threatened with an axe as he tried to go after thieves who made off with a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece from a castle, a court heard.

British hostage Peter Moore today said he was “delighted” to have been freed from captivity in Iraq and was looking forward to “getting to know” his family again.

Secret talks between American negotiators and Peter Moore’s captors were being held without the British Government’s knowledge, the father of the freed British hostage claimed today.

The historic Live Aid concert is to be released on DVD after chief organiser Bob Geldof discovered pirate copies were being sold on the Internet.