A pregnant woman who had gone into labour early was flown to hospital by helicopter as Storm Eleanor began whipping across Mid-Wales.

A pensioner has died while trying to save two teenage girls from the sea off the Welsh coast.

Rescuers searching for six people missing in the Irish Sea have recovered a body.

The sequel to the hit movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider will be filmed amid the rugged hills of north Wales, it was announced today.