Canoe tragedy boys and father named

Two young brothers who died in a canoe accident and their father, who is still missing, have been named by police. Ewen Beaton, five, and his two-year-old brother, Jamie, were on board the boat which capsized in Loch Gairloch, near Ullapool in the Scottish Highlands, on Sunday afternoon. The search for their father, Ewen Fraser Beaton, 32, has been stood down for the day. The family issued a statement through Northern Constabulary. It said: "We are utterly devastated by what has happened and the loss of our beautiful little boys. We appreciate all that has and is being done by emergency services to find their adoring father, Ewen. "It is too difficult to say anything more at this time and we would appreciate our family being left in peace to grieve our terrible loss."