1975: Kidnapped heiress found strangled The body of Lesley Whittle, the 17-year-old heiress kidnapped from her Shropshire home 52 days ago, is found at the bottom of a drain shaft.
1988: IRA gang shot dead in Gibraltar The IRA confirms the three people shot dead by security forces in Gibraltar yesterday were members of an active service unit.
1959: African activist flees to UK An independence movement leader wanted in the British territory of Nyasaland in central Africa has fled to London and gone into hiding.
1965: Goldie the eagle evades capture again A golden eagle which escaped from Regent's Park Zoo is still on the loose after outsmarting his keepers' latest attempts to recapture him.
