Ferry services were cancelled and a beach was closed today as Britain’s south coast was battered by huge seas and gale force winds.

Transport group Go-Ahead lifted annual profits by 39% to £91.3m (€134m) today after benefiting from a strong performance by its bus division.

British airports operator BAA today said it had made an excellent start to the year as quarterly operating profits climbed 18.2% to £175m (€265m).

Three people were killed and up to seven others seriously injured today when the minibus they were travelling in collided with a London intercity train.