Another Irish Derby win for Tipperary trainer as three-year-old slogs home

Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman will visit the North East of England today as home-owners, businesses and the insurance industry count the cost of a major clean-up operation after freak storms hit the country.

The flash floods that have destroyed homes and businesses, and caused travel chaos across the country could be down to a weather phenomenon known as the “Spanish plume”, meteorologists say.

A key London to Scotland rail route reopened today following the floods that have caused travel chaos and brought misery to many householders.

Fifty gifted students were disqualified from an exam after teachers mistakenly told them they could take books in with them.

Fifty gifted students have been disqualified from an exam after teachers mistakenly told them they could take books in with them, a school said today.

Holiday flight passengers had to contend with a slight increase in delays at major UK airports at the start of the year.

Only three European countries have worse rush-hour traffic congestion than the UK, according to new figures.

London Welsh's appeal against the decision to block their promotion to the Aviva Premiership has been delayed by a week.

Parts of England and Wales faced the risk of flooding once again today after warnings of more heavy rain.

A bakery wholesaler and retailer that supplies some of the UK's biggest supermarkets collapsed into administration today putting more than 400 jobs at risk.

Before it went truly intergalactic – before the squillion-selling "trilogy" of five books, before the comics, the computer games, the endless quoting, the TV series and the (decent) film version – Douglas Adams's wry sci-fi opus The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy started out as a fairly low-key Radio 4 series.

London Welsh's appeal against a decision barring them promotion to the Aviva Premiership looks set to be heard later this month.