The identical twin sister of missing Sally Geeson today spoke of the gut-wrenching wait for news.

Miss Geeson, 22, of Cambridge, sent text messages to friends pleading for help at the end of a New Year's Eve night out in the city. Sally's twin Julie today said: "I feel sick, obviously. No-one has any idea where she is and there are no leads."

Fuel price war

Supermarket Asda slashed petrol prices by 3p a litre at its forecourts today and triggered a possible price war. The move to 76.9p a litre for unleaded - the lowest price since April last year - prompted Tesco to also cut their prices. Asda said its reduction would be at all its 150 service stations across Britain.

Cut Jerry call

Clean-up campaigners have written to the chairman of the BBC demanding he abandon plans to screen Jerry Springer - The Opera. The controversial West End musical is due to be screened on BBC2 on Saturday night - complete with more than 8,000 obscenities.

Trial restarts

The trial of five men accused of murdering two teenage friends who were shot dead outside a New Year party resumes today at Leicester Crown Court. College student Charlene Ellis, 18, and Letisha Shakespeare, 17, were gunned down in a hail of bullets outside a hairdresser's salon in Birmingham.

Terror case

A British small-time businessman offered to sell 200 shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles to be used in a plot to terrorise the USA, a court in New York heard. Hemant Lakhani, 69, from Hendon, north London, denies the accusations, and rejects further charges that he promised to sell a radioactive bomb.

Drug tests

The first random drugs tests at a state school in Kent start today amid criticism that it infringes civil liberties and could increase truancy.