Four fishermen were today rescued from a sinking trawler in the Irish Sea.

The 11th price increase by UK suppliers so far this year has left customers paying 80% more for energy than they were just three years ago and wondering when the rises will come to an end.

A CREW of intrepid Munster fans could yet launch themselves across a storm-tossed Irish Sea in a bid to make Saturday’s crunch Heineken Cup decider in Cardiff.

A POTENTIALLY serious loss of life was averted when a series of explosions and fire ripped through a major fuel depot in Hertfordshire in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Torrential rain caused flooding chaos throughout Britain today with emergency services stretched to the limit.

FEARS increased last night for the safety of a couple whose light aircraft disappeared over the Irish Sea.

British oil and gas firm BG Group today said profits gushed 28% higher in the third quarter after the price of oil hit record highs.

Two pensioners were today celebrating the news that their first movie is going to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

A FAINT mayday call on a ship-to-ship channel sparked off a full-scale air and sea search yesterday for a suspected sunken, but unidentified, fishing boat.

An Irish Ferries chef is feared dead this afternoon after he disappeared during a crossing between Rosslare and Milford Haven last night.

A search is under way off the coast of South Wales for a man who is thought to have fallen overboard from an Irish ferry.

The search is continuing for a woman who fell overboard from a ferry on the Rosslare to Fishguard route.

A fire broke out at an oil refinery in south Wales tonight.

British protesters were today considering whether to end their action against fuel prices after failing to attract country-wide support.

Part of Avonmouth docks was sealed off today after a container ship was found with damaged boxes containing a potentially lethal cocktail of chemicals.