JAPAN: A Japanese railway company is turning to cameras as a way to spot drunken behaviour and keep late-boozing patrons from tumbling onto the tracks, a spokesman said.

Jo Kerrigan rounds up the best theatre offerings at home and abroad for the months ahead

British police investigating the disappearance of new mother Charlotte Bevan and her baby daughter are searching the area in Avon where a woman's body was discovered last night.

ALTHOUGH the greater Bristol area has a population similar to that of Dublin, its centre is far more low-key but with a delightful buzz where the up-and-coming appears around the corner from the sedate and elegant.

British Police claim there's no sign of a 6 foot long crocodile a bus driver reported seeing in the city of Bristol.

Three men who are believed to be victims of slavery have been taken to a place of safety following a series of raids by UK police.

Politicians in the UK have been accused of sparking an “open season on ethnic minorities” after the Government issued new guidelines to tackle illegal Traveller sites.

Six police officers were injured when a scuffle broke out at a party in Bristol celebrating the death of Margaret Thatcher.

Many people were waking up in fear of flooding this Christmas morning, as downpours of heavy rain continued to bring misery to parts of Britain.

Bookmakers reported honours to be even after the opening day of the festival.

Police in the UK revealed today that they have had almost 200 calls from members of the public offering information about the crash on the M5 last Friday which killed seven people.

A multiple crash on Britain's M5 motorway in which at least seven people died triggered a "massive fireball", police said.

Courts in parts of England are to remain open all night to deal with people charged in connection with the recent unrest.

Police in Britain investigating the murder of Joanna Yeates have found no evidence she was sexually assaulted as they suggested more than one person may be responsible.

Police in Bristol are warning women not to walk home alone after dark because landscape architect Joanna Yeates’s killer remains at large.

THE parents of Joanna Yeates said yesterday they were pleased an arrest had been made in the hunt for her killer as police questioned her landlord.

The parents of a graduate whose remains were found by a motorway in Britain more than a decade after she vanished today spoke of their “untold anguish”.

Police were celebrating lower crime and more arrests at this year’s Glastonbury festival today, claiming campers responded to their “professional and friendly” approach.

Teenager Andrew Ibrahim, who was arrested before three controlled explosions were carried out at his home, has been charged under the Terrorism Act, police said tonight.

Flash flooding will continue throughout the week as more bands of wet weather sweep across Britain, the Environment Agency warned today.

Severn Trent today said costs associated with the summer’s flooding crisis washed away profits growth in the first half of its financial year.

UK water company Severn Trent today estimated the cost of dealing with last month’s flood crisis at between £25m (€38m) and £35m (€51m).

More than 1,000 Glastonbury festival-goers have been injured after torrential rain turned the site into a mud-soaked obstacle course.

CHRISTCHURCH is a town said to be more English than England itself. Much like the Lions’ Test team really, and with just as many Irish theme pubs.

A man who died at the Glastonbury festival was today named by police.

BABIES born into larger families are more likely to struggle to put on weight during the first nine months of their lives, researchers said yesterday.

CHILDREN who have contact with their fathers following a family break-up suffer fewer behavioural problems, academics said yesterday.

British supermarket rivals Tesco and Sainsbury’s are circling cornershop chain Conveco in the latest round of consolidation in the convenience market, it was reported today.

Cars, recreational vehicles and SUVs streamed inland from North Carolina’s coast as up to 90,000 people were urged to get out of the way of Hurricane Isabel, the most powerful storm in four years to menace the eastern US.

Actor and comedian Rik Mayall was banned from driving for 90 days today after admitting speeding on a British motorway at 113mph.

The organisers of the Glastonbury Festival were today granted a licence for the international music event.

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Sunderland 0 Manchester City 3

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Police investigating the distribution of child pornography on the Internet today raided 18 addresses across Britain and Northern Ireland, Scotland Yard said.

British police were tonight sifting through suspected cyber child porn seized in a series of raids across the country.

Relatives of a 22-year-old Donegal man have travelled to Colorado to question authorities about his death after his body was found hanging from a belt in a superstore’s garden storage area.

Police have arrested a number of suspected paedophiles in the largest ever operation in the UK against child pornography on the internet.