Police searching for April Jones have issued a picture of the 46-year-old man they have arrested on suspicion of her abduction.

The man arrested over the abduction of missing 5-year-old April Jones was known to her family, it emerged last night.

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.

Torrential rain caused flooding chaos throughout Britain today with emergency services stretched to the limit.