Britain remains at risk of more flooding as rain continues to plague the south of the country and tidal surges batter the coast.

Storms, high tides and gale-force winds have left a trail of devastation around the UK, with warnings that conditions are set to worsen over the weekend.

AN innovation driven Irish company which has already introduced cows to cloud computing is now set to transform the health monitoring of racehorses with world-class technology.

A young friend of April Jones has described seeing the missing schoolgirl “get into a grey Land Rover”.

I FEEL sick and helpless after reading the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill. This ridiculous legislation is likely to be on the statute books by the summer and I know I can do nothing about it.

British government ministers were warned in 2011 that horse meat was illegally entering the human food chain, it was claimed.

Officials in Britain investigating the horse meat mis-labelling scandal will continue examining evidence today after three more plants were raided.

Larry Goodman’s ABP Food Group was at the heart of yet more horsemeat controversy last night as it emerged its meat was contained in bolognese sauce which has been withdrawn by British retailer Asda.

Police looking for five-year-old April Jones have almost completed their search in the Welsh town where she went missing 12 days ago.

Former lifeguard Mark Bridger was charged today with the abduction and murder of April Jones – but the five-year-old Welsh schoolgirl remains missing despite an intensive, ongoing search.

Police have been given extra time to question Mark Bridger after revealing he is now being held on suspicion of murdering five-year-old April Jones.

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 officers investigating the disappearance of April Jones have until this afternoon to question abduction suspect Mark Bridger.

Search teams hunting for missing April Jones have been spurred on by pink ribbons of hope donned by hundreds in the community.

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

A man arrested in connection with the abduction of April Jones was known to the five-year-old’s family, it emerged tonight.

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.

Hundreds of people evacuated following flash flooding in west Wales were returning to their homes and caravans today.

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

Thousands of UK schools, colleges, courts, Government offices and jobcentres will be closed or disrupted today when teachers, civil servants and other workers stage the biggest strike for five years, in a bitter row over pensions.

A FLEET of speedboats will cross the English channel in May in a fundraising endurance voyage for the RNLI.

A 21-year-old man was being questioned by police in Wales tonight after a car plunged down an embankment into a lake, killing two teenagers.

British organic diary products firm Rachel’s Organic is set to be put on the market with a £20m price tag, it was reported today.

A LIFEBOAT crewman orchestrated a dramatic sea rescue 6,400 km away in the Caribbean from a DIY store in Britain.

AN estranged father stabbed his teenage daughter to death to end her suffering after she was raped, a jury heard yesterday.

Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala held a 12.9-second lead at the end of an action-packed opening day of the Wales Rally GB, as hail, sleet, ice and torrential rain caused major problems for the World Rally Championship fraternity.

A car owned by one of Britain's top rally drivers was stolen in the North today just hours before the start of a championship drive.

Twelve Irish women will make sporting history this week when they become the country’s first ladies’ rowing crew to race across the Irish sea.

Manchester United’s most decorated player Ryan Giggs insists his focus remains on doing a job on the pitch and not coaching.

Twelve Co Wicklow women are to make sporting history this year when they become the first ladies' rowing crew from Ireland to race across the Irish sea.

ALEX FERGUSON has welcomed Ryan Giggs’ enrolment on a key coaching course and indicated he could have a future role to play at Manchester United.

Britain’s most wanted paedophile is to be extradited from Ireland to the UK despite a “cynical” attempt by his brother to block it.

Britain’s most wanted paedophile will learn today whether he faces being extradited from Ireland to the UK after seven years on the run.

The brother of Britain’s most wanted paedophile has pressed charges against him which may block his extradition from Ireland to the UK.

WREATHS will be laid at sea next month on the sites of a double trawler tragedy as part of a massive cross-channel fundraiser.

Rail and ferry services were badly hit by Britain's extreme windy weather today.

FUNDRAISERS were all at sea yesterday as part of a massive nationwide effort to raise a €14 million lifeboat crew training fund.

The largest tile retailer in Ireland today came to the rescue of the Tiles R Us chain which collapsed into administration last month with debts of £15m (€21.8m).

BERNARD DUNNE will take his boxing career to a new level when he fights for the vacant IBF world super bantamweight title at the National Stadium on October 14.

A PROLIFIC art thief who made €100,000 stealing rare map prints in a bid to fuel a chronic gambling addiction was jailed yesterday for four-and-a-half-years.

The Muckross club from Killarney travelled to the Bantry sprint regatta yesterday and came away with six race wins, ahead of the best West Cork outfit, Skibbereen, who won five.