Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the cir­cum­stances sur­round­ing the death of a 63-year-old Bar­rack­pore man who re­port­ed­ly fell from a co­conut tree.

The Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) has giv­en in­struc­tions for two men to be charged with the mur­der of fire­man Bruce Leza­ma.

The mur­der toll con­tin­ued to in­crease fol­low­ing an ear­ly morn­ing mur­der in Diego Mar­tin yes­ter­day.

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has de­fend­ed the surge of traf­fic tick­ets is­sued in re­cent days but says there will be no re­duc­tion in fines. How­ev­er, she said yes­ter­day that her Gov­ern­ment is prepar­ing to in­tro­duce a sys­tem to give dri­vers time to fix ve­hi­cle de­fects be­fore penal­ties take ef­fect.