With 62% of our former prisoners re-offending within three years of release it’s obvious that

A story of three bears, without Goldilocks, is in the news in Canada. It began last month when a female black bear began breaking into a mobile home in Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, to steal meat and fish from a freezer.

Robert Hume is intrigued by the life and habits of William Thompson, the eccentric ’Red Republican’ from Carhoogarriff in West Cork

DESPITE the reluctance of the US to sign up to firm targets on global warming at the G8 summit, the European Union is pushing ahead with ambitious plans to convert to green energy.