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

Britain’s deluge-stricken communities are facing another day of chaos today as they await the painfully slow fall of the floodwaters.

SEVEN businesses, including two supermarkets, were shut down last month for poor hygiene that posed a threat to public health, it emerged yesterday.

A 60-year-old woman is believed to have died after her pet cat accidentally pierced a varicose vein, police said today.