British prime minister David Cameron has promised to send more troops to “do whatever is needed” to help people in large swathes of northern England stricken by floods.

Britain’s prime minister, David Cameron, has drawn up plans to help France tackle a spike in attempts by migrants to enter Britain illegally via the Channel Tunnel, but warned there was no quick fix.

The youngest of the three suspects in the terror attack on a French satirical magazine in which 12 people died has handed himself in to police, according to reports.

The British government's emergencies committee is to meet to discuss how to tackle the “new and emerging” threat of Ebola, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said as fears mounted that the deadly virus could spread to the UK.

VODAFONE is to buy an Italian car electronics maker for €145 million, seeking to get ahead in the race to connect more products to the internet and offset slowing growth in its core mobile phone business.

Strong winds and large waves are causing further coastal flooding in the UK today.

Strong winds and large waves are expected to cause further coastal flooding today.

The two men shot by police after the terrorist murder of a soldier were both known to security services, it was confirmed today.

Anti-terror police investigating the “barbaric” murder of a soldier in London have searched a property 150 miles away in Lincolnshire.

Counter-terrorism police in Britain are leading the investigation into the murder of a man who was hacked to death on a street in south east London.

A major police operation was launched today after two suspected terrorists murdered a man in the street in broad daylight.

Fears are growing today for the safety of western hostages seized by Islamic militants in Algeria amid reports that as many as 35 have been killed during an Algerian helicopter attack.

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron said, after four nights of violence, a fightback was under way yesterday.

Courts in parts of England are to remain open all night to deal with people charged in connection with the recent unrest.

RIOTING and looting spread to Manchester and the midlands from London last night, with plans to prevent a fourth night of violence on the streets of the capital appearing to have worked.

Police chiefs and political leaders were struggling to restore calm to England’s streets today after riots spread across the country.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has cut short his family holiday and returned home to chair a meeting of his government's emergency committee following a third night of violent rioting across the UK.

Swathes of London were burning tonight as the most devastating night of rioting so far raged across the capital for a third day.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron was cutting short his holiday tonight to fly back to Britain following a third night of violence in the capital.

Irish airspace should remain open until at least 7.30pm this evening.

THE Yemeni cargo plane bomb plot should not be allowed to silence calls for an easing of “ludicrous and useless” airport security measures, the boss of budget airline Ryanair said yesterday.

THE bombs used in the cargo plane terror plot were at least 50 times more powerful than would be needed to blow a hole in an aircraft fuselage, officials said yesterday.

The British government's emergency committee COBRA is to meet this morning to discuss security after suspicious packages were found at East Midlands airport and on a plane in Dubai.

Two Royal Navy ships have been deployed to help get stranded travellers back to the UK, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today.

The owner of Cobra Beer was today said to be in talks with Guinness firm Diageo about a deal to secure more investment for the lager brand.

The spectre of the foot-and-mouth epidemic that brought chaos to Britain six years ago returned tonight when a fresh outbreak was confirmed.

In a televised statement in 10 Downing Street following a meeting of the British Government’s Cobra emergency contingencies committee today, Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged the British people to be “vigilant” and to support the police and security services in their counter-terror measures.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to chair a meeting of the Government’s Cobra emergency contingencies committee in Whitehall in response to the incident at Glasgow Airport.

Two fully intact car bombs found in central London hold hundreds of clues about the people behind a suspected terrorist plot that could have killed hundreds.

A car bomb defused in central London today was packed with petrol, nails and gas canisters, police have revealed.

Virgin Media said it believes customers back its battle with Sky but it will not stop them switching to another TV provider if they are unhappy about losing several popular channels.

BRITISH ministers insisted yesterday that Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott had not been sidelined during the latest terror scare.

IONA Technologies boss Peter Zotto says the group’s new software solution, Artix, will return the company to the success it enjoyed with CORBA, the package that launched it worldwide.

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The British government’s Cobra committee is leading the response to today’s terrorist attack on the UK.

Troops and equipment continued to pour into a secret US Marine base in southern Afghanistan today, with military officials reporting a quiet night on the base perimeter.