Chinese lanterns caused a huge blaze which continues to burn at a plastics recycling plant in Britain, senior fire officers have said.

BRITISH police searching for a missing six-month-old baby boy said last night they had found the body of a young child on waste ground near his home.

Four men were today found guilty of murdering two teenage girls who were gunned down outside a New Year party two years ago.

British emergency services were deluged with calls this morning following what police believe was a strong tremor.

Tests are being carried out on samples from a factory's cooling towers and air conditioning units after a man died in the latest outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.

A fourth woman has been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease in a fresh outbreak in Britain.