THE youngest Spitfire pilot to fly in the Battle of Britain has died.

Geoffrey Wellum, who was just 18 when he joined the RAF in August 1939, died at his home in Cornwall on Wednesday evening, the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust said.

One of the “Few”, the decorated veteran airman was approaching his 97th birthday.

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MPs have criticised the director of public prosecutions over long-term failings that saw vital evidence withheld from defence lawyers in rape and serious sexual assault cases.

The Justice Committee said “insufficient focus and leadership” led to problems going unresolved and that Alison Saunders “did not sufficiently recognise the extent and seriousness” of failures within the disclosure process.

A report published on Friday also concludes the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) may have underestimated the number of cases stopped because of disclosure errors by 90 per cent.

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A BOAT carrying tourists on a Missouri lake capsized and sank on Thursday night, killing at least eight people, the local sheriff said.

Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said seven people were taken to hospital and several others remained missing after a Ride the Ducks boat sank on Table Rock Lake in Branson.

The exact number of those missing was not immediately available.

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POLICE arrested celebrity plastic surgeon Denis Cesar Barros Furtado on Thursday, five days after he went on the run following the death of a patient.

Known as “Dr Bumbum” – Brazilian slang for backside – Furtado was arrested at an office complex in Rio de Janeiro’s Barra de Tijuca neighbourhood. Police also arrested his mother, Maria de Fatima Barros, who worked with him.

Police said Furtado performed a buttock enhancement procedure on bank manager Lilian Calixto at his Rio home on Saturday. Ms Calixto fell ill during the procedure and Furtado rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she died hours later.

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Police say the exact cause of her death has not been determined.