A woman has died and two others were seriously injured after a tree fell on them as floods and high winds battered the South West.

AN eight-year-old boy whose beaming grin became an icon of hope in the search for Haiti earthquake survivors spoke of his incredible escape yesterday as British search teams prepared to return home.

A MOTHER has described her terror as hundreds of drunken gate-crashers swarmed into her daughter’s 18th birthday party after the event was broadcast on Radio One.