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

An inquest in Torquay into the death of 16-month-old Oisín Twomey came to an abrupt halt after legal wrangling yesterday.

A witness to the car crash that killed three members of the same Cork family has told how the driver seemed to accelerate in their direction in the moments before the collision.

‘FLYING DRESS’

An inquest into the death of Oisín Twomey opened and adjourned yesterday, paving the way for the family to make arrangements for the repatriation of his body to Ireland for burial.

The wife of the Polish man whose car ploughed in to an Irish family’s car, killing a toddler and his unborn sister, has pleaded for people not to judge him.

The inquest into the death of an Irish toddler in an horrific car crash in England which claimed the life of his unborn sister and left their parents fighting for their lives is due to open on Monday.

Much of the UK remains on flood alert this morning as heavy rain throughout the night has continued to wreak havoc.

ALTHOUGH Basil Fawlty made Torquay famous, he wasn’t the South Devon seaside resort’s most important resident. That distinction goes to someone who lived a very long time ago.

A MOTHER-IN-LAW’s disdain for her stepson’s prospective bride has become an internet sensation.

A €3 MILLION legacy from a woman who lost two relatives in a sea-faring disaster almost 100 years ago is set to save lives at sea in the coming years.

The famous Monty Python comedy 'The Life of Brian' is to be screened for the first time in an English holiday resort after a council ban was declared void, it was announced today.

Three British schoolgirls were assaulted by a man who went into the hostel room in France where they were sleeping, it was reported today.

Flamboyant TV chef Keith Floyd has postponed UK tour dates after returning unwell from China and the Far East, it emerged today.

A Japanese financial services group said today it had snapped up UK hotel operator Menzies for £120m (€169.4m).

A mercy mission helicopter ambulance service has been handed more than £250,000 (€385,500) thanks to the jungle exploits of former BBC Royal correspondent Jennie Bond, it emerged today.

A 39-year-old bus driver appeared in court today charged with the murder of 18-year-old UK student Alicia Eborne.

British Ministry of Agriculture vets have discovered another possible outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in south Devon.