Ryan Mason was conscious and communicating as the Hull midfielder continues his recovery following surgery on a fractured skull.

Proud father, England's Duke of Cambridge, said he was “very happy” following the birth his newborn baby daughter.

The Respect Party has released a photo of controversial MP George Galloway’s battered face after he was beaten up in the street.

The gloves will be off in a harbour town this weekend when it remembers the centenary of the birth of its most famous son — boxer, crooner, and film star Jack Doyle.

Highlights include Breaking Bad and The Rose of Tralee

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge leave St Mary’s Hospital with their newborn son, Prince George of Cambridge.

Joy at the news of the birth of a future king dominated Britain’s front pages, with The Sun marking the event with a change of masthead to The Son.

Prince William and Kate Middleton proudly showed the world their baby son, a future British king, before taking him home tonight.

Investigations are continuing following allegations of fraud at a Cork hospital.

A man died today after being hit by a car outside a music festival in the UK.

Voting levels in the Lisbon Treaty referendum re-run received the expected evening surge, with turnout across the country around 50% in the hours before polling stations shut their doors.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen was today cautiously optimistic of a pro-Lisbon Treaty win as voters took to the polls across the country.

UNDER leaden skies, Stuart Mangan, the 26-year-old rugby player from Fermoy, Co Cork, who died last week, made his final journey home yesterday to be laid to rest at Kilcrumper cemetery, one of the oldest Christian burial places in Ireland.

THE BBC hopes to finish a documentary on the life of Stuart Mangan — the inspirational young man left paralysed by a rugby accident — who will be buried tomorrow.

THE six-year-old son of Conservative Party leader David Cameron, who was suffering from cerebral palsy, died early yesterday at a London hospital after being taken ill overnight, a party spokesman said.

Tory leader David Cameron’s disabled son Ivan has died, it was announced today.

A MAN who lost both legs in the July 7 London bombings hopes to walk down the aisle when he gets married next week.

A staff member at St Mary's Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth, has been removed from duty following the death of an elderly man.

The former lover of British ex-Home Secretary David Blunkett has given birth to a baby boy, it was reported today.

THE father of desperately ill baby Charlotte Wyatt made an impassioned plea to a High Court judge yesterday not to give up the battle to save her.

BIRD experts in Britain have become the first in the world to breed a golden eagle using frozen sperm, it was announced yesterday.