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This Christmas people up and down the UK people will be getting tablets - with retailers reporting that a tablet is selling every second in Britain. Just two years ago the choice would have been Apple or Apple, however 2012 has been a watershed in the tablet market, and there are plenty of great tablets for under £200 - and not all of them have the Apple logo on the back. Budget doesn’t necessarily mean poor quality any more. Here’s our pick of top five best budget tablets. 1: Google Nexus 7 From £159 The Google Nexus 7 is made by Asus, it’s a well designed-tablet with some great specs - and unlike Kindle, it has a forward-facing camera for Skype. The 7-inch screen is excellent for movies and the quad-core processor ensures it’s exceptionally quick, ably handling 3D games.Google Play Store now has a great selection of music, apps, books and videos. Running the latest of Android Jelly Bean, as a flagship Nexus device you can buy the Nexus 7 safe in the knowledge it is...

Families preparing for Christmas have been hit by floods and travel chaos as heavy rain batters Britain. The southwest of England has been particularly badly affected by the downpours. Three severe flood warnings - which means there is a danger to life - were issued in Devon and Cornwall. Conditions are so bad that rail passengers have been told to avoid parts of southwest England and South Wales. And motorists and shoppers faced difficult conditions on one of the busiest weekends of the year for travel and shopping. The town of Braunton in north Devon has been effectively cut off, with homes and shops under water, after the River Caen burst its banks. Liz Spear, chairwoman of Braunton Parish Council, said a river was running through the centre of the town. "It's really bad. We had flooding seven years ago but it was nothing like this," she said. Some residents in Helston, Cornwall, were evacuated overnight after river levels rose. ...