REPS 4 will be worth at least €7,220 per year to participating farmers. Not only does joining it make economic sense for farmers but it is now the politically correct thing to do.

THE Danube river broke through flood defences in southeastern Europe yesterday, driving thousands of people from their homes along its banks in Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria, officials said.

AFRICA'S first outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu has spread to at least four farms, Nigerian officials said, as the continent braced itself for a possible epidemic.