A British charity has suspended plans to deliver aid to Syria because of the worsening violence in Lebanon.

Fierce storms battered Britain today with heavy rain and winds gusting over 100mph.

A MEMORIAL service takes place today for a towering figure in Irish medicine who died before Christmas.

A major clean-up was under way today as flood-battered Cornwall recovered from devastating torrential rain.

More flooding was predicted tonight as heavy rain is expected to hit an already storm-battered Cornwall in the UK.

The first images of David and Samantha Cameron’s four-day-old daughter were released today.

DAVID Cameron’s wife Samantha evaded cameras when she left hospital with her new baby yesterday.

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron’s wife gave birth to a baby girl yesterday, while the couple were away from London on their summer vacation.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha announced the birth of their fourth child today – a baby girl born early and delivered by Caesarean section.

Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson have secretly got engaged – after the rugby star proposed to the singer while she was hungover.

A PHOTOGRAPHER behind one of the world’s most popular posters has died.

A MOTHER yesterday celebrated her “miracle triplets” after they survived being born 14 weeks premature.

A pregnant woman was airlifted off an Irish ferry on its way to France today after going into labour six weeks early.

One man has died and six other people are missing after a seaside hotel blaze in Cornwall, England this morning.

FIVE people, including a Co Kerry resident, who spent almost a week stranded at sea in a tiny inflatable life-raft yesterday described their terrifying ordeal after surviving storms and 30ft waves.

A 46-year-old Englishman was recovering in hospital today after being rescued from his yacht 150 miles off the Irish coast.

Fame Academy winner Alex Parks was given a rapturous welcome when she returned to her village home in Cornwall tonight.

Music retailer HMV today praised the “excellent performance” of 21 new stores as its first year as a listed company resulted in a 20.6% leap in profits.

Britain's Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon expressed regret today over the “tragic” deaths of two British soldiers whose tank was mistaken for Iraqi armour and destroyed by “friendly fire“.

THE names of three Royal Navy officers who died when two British helicopters collided in the Gulf at the weekend were released yesterday.

Two injured crew members on a dismasted and holed British yacht were airlifted to safety today in a dramatic dawn rescue, coastguards said.