The massive search for missing Welsh girl April Jones could well continue into Christmas and beyond, British police have said today.

The man being held by British police searching for missing five-year-old April Jones is now being questioned about her murder, it was announced today.

British schoolgirl April Jones remained missing today despite a third night of extensive police searches and a desperate plea from the five-year-old’s distraught mother.

The search for April Jones continued to widen in hostile terrain last night as police questioned her suspected abductor for clues about her whereabouts.

The search for missing April Jones continued to widen in hostile terrain tonight as police questioned her suspected abductor for more clues about her whereabouts.

A 46-year-old man was arrested today by police investigating the abduction of April Jones from near her mid Wales home, Detective Superintendent Reg Bevan of Dyfed Powys Police said.

More than 40 people had to be rescued from homes and caravans today after serious floods hit west Wales.

The British Army has sent its condolences to the family of an Irish man who died on a training exercise in Wales.

A West Cork community is mourning after a soldier who fought in Afghanistan was accidentally killed by a stray bullet during a training exercise in Wales.

THE raids began early yesterday morning. Nine brothels in the Republic, along with a number of premises in the North were raided as part of a cross-border investigation into the smuggling of women from Brazil, Nigeria and Namibia who were being used as prostitutes.

Eight people were arrested across Ireland and the UK today as part of an international police operation targeting human trafficking for the sex trade.

British detectives investigating the death of a teenager who fell 100ft from a ride at a theme park today issued a fresh appeal for information.

A teenage girl has died after plunging 100 feet from a white knuckle ride at a Wales leisure park.

Sixteen people were injured after a coach taking them to a Christmas party collided with a milk tanker, police in Wales said today.

Five people, including two children, were killed by falling trees and debris as gale force winds caused chaos across Britain, emergency services said today.

The parents of a murdered British backpacker have spoken of their increasing frustration that their daughter's killer has not been brought to justice.

A container apparently filled with blood has been found on a hillside - raising fears that foot-and-mouth disease is being spread deliberately.

Police are investigating after a UK farmer was offered the chance to buy a sheep infected with foot-and-mouth disease for Stg£2,000.