SOMALI pirates released British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler yesterday, more than a year after gunmen kidnapped them aboard their yacht near the Seychelles archipelago.

Somali pirates today moved a British couple they are holding hostage after Islamist insurgents neared their hideout.

A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates have been temporarily reunited, a doctor said today.

A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by pirates more than four months ago will be released soon, a senior Somali official said today.

A BRITISH couple kidnapped by pirates in the Indian Ocean issued another desperate plea for help yesterday.

A British couple kidnapped by pirates in the Indian Ocean issued another desperate plea for help today.

BRITISH Foreign Secretary David Miliband yesterday insisted his government would not get involved in any ransom payments to secure the release of a British couple kidnapped by pirates in the Indian Ocean.

A Briton kidnapped by pirates while sailing off the east coast of Africa today said he feared he and his wife could be executed within days.

The British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates spoke on camera for the first time to warn their captors are “losing patience” and could kill them within a week.

KIDNAPPED Britons Paul and Rachel Chandler might be freed for much less than the seven million-dollar (€4.75m) ransom demand, a hostage negotiator said yesterday.

Somali pirates who are demanding US$7m (€4.7m) in ransom for a British sailing couple said today that boats from other countries are plundering Somalia's fish-rich waters.

Hostage negotiators will not meet Somali pirates’ £4.2m (€4.7m) ransom demand for the safe return of Paul and Rachel Chandler, it appeared today.

The Somali pirates who kidnapped Britons Paul and Rachel Chandler tonight demanded a $7m (€4.75m) ransom.

A British couple being held hostage by pirates said they were being looked after by their kidnappers.

A BRITISH man kidnapped by Somali pirates while on holiday on a yacht with his wife said in an interview released yesterday that the sea bandits had crept aboard with guns while he was asleep and demanded money.

RELATIVES of a British couple feared snatched by pirates off the east African coast met the Somali Prime Minister yesterday as family members pleaded for an end to their “bad dream”.

Relatives of a British couple thought to have been captured by Somali pirates today pleaded with the captors to end the family’s “bad dream”.

The families of a missing British couple feared to have been hijacked by pirates faced an anxious wait for news today.

Urgent searches were underway today to find a British couple thought to have been hijacked by pirates off the east coast of Africa.

Rescuers were today searching for a British couple feared to have been hijacked by pirates off the east coast of Africa.