London’s Charing Cross station was evacuated yesterday as emergency services dealt with a fire on a train.

Britain's Royal Air Force launched Typhoon aircraft this afternoon to intercept a civilian aircraft which was causing concern to air traffic control authorities.

British Prime Minister David Cameron today branded comedian Jimmy Carr “morally wrong” for seeking to avoid taxes.

A bar in Britain that promised revellers the chance to party with “our very own Xmas midgets” acted offensively and irresponsibly, a watchdog has ruled.

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The Kenyan military has joined the hunt for a British woman kidnapped after her husband was shot dead as they holidayed at an exclusive beach resort.

A British couple held captive by Somali pirates woke up to their first day of freedom in more than a year today, as family and friends celebrated their release.

SOMALI pirates released British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler yesterday, more than a year after gunmen kidnapped them aboard their yacht near the Seychelles archipelago.

IS it really possible that a bird once so commonplace, so recognisable in shape and sound in every estuary and bog, on virtually every mountainside and shoreline, is facing extinction in Ireland within a decade?

THE underground ordeal for the 33 Chilean miners may be coming to an end, but they still face months of physical and psychological rehabilitation, an expert has warned.

A father was jailed for five years today for killing his month-old baby daughter after becoming annoyed with her crying while he was playing a computer game.

A teenager has been arrested by British police investigating a rape threat against Cheryl Cole, officers said today.

AN award-winning female porn director who has been appointed as a parliamentary hopeful for the Liberal Democrats will be a passionate campaigner for her local area, party leader Nick Clegg said.

A BRITISH couple kidnapped by pirates in the Indian Ocean issued another desperate plea for help yesterday.

A British couple kidnapped by pirates in the Indian Ocean issued another desperate plea for help today.

BRITISH Foreign Secretary David Miliband yesterday insisted his government would not get involved in any ransom payments to secure the release of a British couple kidnapped by pirates in the Indian Ocean.

KIDNAPPED Britons Paul and Rachel Chandler might be freed for much less than the seven million-dollar (€4.75m) ransom demand, a hostage negotiator said yesterday.

Wine warehouse chain Majestic crowned a sparkling set of annual results today by revealing further strong sales in its new financial year.

Ailing music and book retailer HMV today offered reassurance that there was no further bad news to come in its full year results, despite continuing to face “extremely tough” trading conditions.

A seventh person has been charged in connection with the £53m (€76.55m) Securitas depot heist in the UK, police said tonight.

DETECTIVES investigating the multimillion pound Securitas robbery were last night involved in armed raids across England where the gang carried out their audacious heist.

IRELAND’S cricketers will make history next June when they play England in the first one-day international between the two nations in this country.

Former Asda boss Archie Norman today moved to quash speculation he could take over at the helm of troubled supermarket group Morrisons.

David Howell put the latest in a long line of near misses behind him today to get right into the thick of things again at the Nissan Irish Open.

Former Asda boss Allan Leighton is set to lead a takeover bid for struggling UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s, reports today said.

WH Smith is to add coffee shops and mobile phone outlets to its stores as part of a drive to revive its fortunes.

THE late-night airwaves, with football fans negotiating exasperating traffic jams, are not renowned for the most considered of opinions.

A team of British amateur adventurers today told how they braved polar bears and frostbite to complete one of the last great arctic challenges.