A British couple being held hostage by pirates said they were being looked after by their kidnappers.

A British man being held by Somali pirates today spoke of the moment armed men boarded the yacht he and his wife were sailing in the Indian Ocean.

The families of a missing British couple feared to have been hijacked by pirates faced an anxious wait for news today.

Urgent searches were underway today to find a British couple thought to have been hijacked by pirates off the east coast of Africa.

A CENTENARIAN with a passion for life in the fast lane became the oldest person to complete a lap at a famous British motor sports circuit yesterday.

LARRY Goodman’s beef processing firm, Irish Food Processors (IFP), has acquired British sausage producer WA Turner for an undisclosed sum.

British motor dealer Caffyns lost 10% of its value today after warning that its customers were not buying as many cars as before.

THE trial of royal butler Harold Brown and society jeweller Jan Havlik, who were charged in connection with the theft of valuables from the estate of Princess Diana, collapsed at the Old Bailey yesterday.