There are reports that four Irish people are among the 100 passengers that had to be rescued from a stricken cruise liner in the Antarctic Ocean today.

SCAVENGERS were continuing to defy the authorities last night as hundreds of people picked over wreckage from a beached container ship.

A dramatic rescue operation was underway tonight after flash floods trapped scores of people in cars and buildings in the UK.

BRITISH police officers yesterday said they were “appalled” after two nine-year-old girls were captured on CCTV throwing a brick through the window of a car from a motorway footbridge.

Fire teams and RAF helicopters were sent today to battle a blaze on board a North Sea ferry with 611 passengers aboard.

The search was resuming today for a diver who went missing as he explored a wreck yesterday afternoon, coastguards said.

Seven people are feared dead after a trawler sank off the Donegal coast.