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Strong winds and large waves are expected to cause further coastal flooding today.

Storms, high tides and gale-force winds have left a trail of devastation around the UK, with warnings that conditions are set to worsen over the weekend.

Eight out of ten people in the UK believe foxhunting should remain illegal, an animal welfare charity has claimed on the biggest day in the hunting calendar.

Two signed works by Turner Prize-winning artist Damien Hirst have been stolen from an upmarket gallery.

Rail passengers and motorists were facing further misery today as the great Christmas getaway was stalled by continued wet weather, and floods hit homes and shops.

A hi-tech weather buoy which broke from its moorings off the south coast before Christmas and washed up in Devon in England was replaced yesterday.

STEVE Whiteley, a heating engineer from North Devon, hit the jackpot at Exeter when he landed a massive rollover Jackpot courtesy of 12-1 chance Lupita in the final leg.

England's Cheddar Gorge may be a well-known tourist spot but discoveries are still being made about the wildlife-rich site – including three new species of tree uncovered by a recent scientific survey.

Homes in the country cost 15% more than properties in urban areas, pricing many first-time buyers out of the market, figures showed today.

The mother of a British teenage girl raped and murdered in Goa broke down in tears tonight after being served with a summons under the Goa Children’s Act by police.rs tonight after being served with a summons under the Goa Children’s Act by police.

LINDA ADAMS was so concerned that her 24- year-old daughter, Sabina, was single that she has announced a competition in her local newspaper to find her a date.

Screen and stage star Sienna Miller was all alone at her sister’s country wedding today.

CORK may soon get a new ferry link, if a west of England town has its way.

A dramatic rescue operation was underway tonight after flash floods trapped scores of people in cars and buildings in the UK.

A British oarsman has spoken of the moment a rogue wave split his team’s boat - and delivered a “killer blow” to hopes of breaking the transatlantic rowing record.

The death of an award-winning British journalist shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip has sparked calls for it to be made an official war crime to kill reporters working in battle zones.

People on the tiny island of Lundy are being asked to bathe together because of a water shortage, it emerged today.

A pilot who trained the same US flying school as two of the World Trade Centre terrorist attack suspects has spoken of his ‘‘total shock’’ when he realised who his co-students had been.

Two new websites have been created to record the impact of the foot-and-mouth crisis.

Tony Blair has ordered a series of moves to try to speed up the Government's response to the foot-and-mouth crisis.