A teenager has been arrested in the UK after an elderly woman was allegedly raped in her home.

The Port of Cork is to adopt a web booking system for hauliers which has been pioneered by an English port to cut down on traffic gridlock at peak times.

USA: The 3-year-old Great Dane was miserable and retching when its owners rushed him to a northwest Portland emergency animal hospital. It was something he ate-

Museum devoted to former pope will display gun that nearly killed him

Lewis Hamilton is hoping he has discovered the foundation on which to build and bring an end to Sebastian Vettel’s winning streak.

A woman has been warned by police after taking pebbles from a beach.

The CBI's director-general today hit out at the British government over its failure to get "momentum and urgency" into plans to kickstart the UK's economic recovery.

MALACCA MAX is not a James Bond villain. It is the codename for a 370,000-ton container ship, far bigger than the current Suez Max and Panamax giants, and it might help Ireland out of our present mess.

Two questions remain about Steve Wright – why did he kill and has he killed before?

The east coast of England is bracing itself for potentially life-threatening flooding this morning although the Environment Agency said water levels are not as high as originally feared.

The east coast of England was tonight bracing itself for severe flooding as a tidal surge made its way in from the North Sea.

Asia’s richest man is today reported to be eyeing a potential takeover of United Utilities’ electricity distribution business.

Around 650,000 people today lined the streets of Dublin as one of the world’s biggest street parties paraded through the capital.

The British government is preparing “very seriously” for the remote possibility of a human flu pandemic as officials battle to contain the first avian outbreak in the UK.

A SECOND man was being questioned last night over the murders of five prostitutes in Ipswich, in a move police sources described as “significant”.

The 37-year-old man arrested today in connection with the murders of five women in Ipswich was a supermarket worker who claimed to be a friend of the women.

Detectives arrested a man today on suspicion of murdering five women working as prostitutes in Suffolk, England.

Detectives are expected to name the fifth victim of England's so-called Ipswich Ripper today and reveal how she died.

Police in England will confirm today the identities of two more victims of the so-called Ipswich Ripper.

British supermarket giant Asda announced plans today for a major dockside warehouse operation to slash the number of miles needed to distribute UK products.

A Briton said to have been held in Pakistan over the London terror attacks had telephone links with two of the suicide bombers, it was reported today.

The family of one of the London suicide bombers today said he may have been “brainwashed” into carrying out such an evil act.

Karen Nugent, the number six seed at this week’s $10,000 Futures Tennis Tournament in Felixstowe, won through to today’s second round but was made to fight for survival by Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova.

UK-based Ports and ferries group P&O said today its key Dover-Calais route had struggled to cash in on the peak tourist season.

THE mother of a Briton on death row in the US made an emotional plea to Tony Blair yesterday to save her son’s life.

THREE adults and three children were killed yesterday and several others seriously injured as gales swept across England and Wales.

Five people, including two children, were killed by falling trees and debris as gale force winds caused chaos across Britain, emergency services said today.

Elena Baltacha has won the first professional title of her career after beating Irish number one Kelly Liggan to win the £16,000 (€25,000) tournament in Felixstowe.

THE Department of Agriculture is awaiting results from four batches of Thai chicken sent to a Belfast laboratory to undergo tests for the presence of banned drugs.

British customs officials have helped to smash an international drug smuggling ring after seizing cocaine estimated to be worth £5m, it was revealed today.

A globe-trotting cat survived a six-week journey from Hong Kong to Britain inside a shipping container by lapping condensation from the walls, the RSPCA said today.