Officials in Britain investigating the horse meat mis-labelling scandal will continue examining evidence today after three more plants were raided.

Agriculture ministers from the countries affected by the horsemeat scandal are to gather in Brussels today for a meeting chaired by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

Killer doctor Harold Shipman died today after being found hanging in his cell at Wakefield prison, the Prison Service said.

A TAXI driver suspected Harold Shipman was killing his elderly customers because they were dying “suddenly and unexpectedly“, the inquiry into the former doctor’s crimes heard yesterday.