Four street drinkers who savagely killed a vulnerable man in his own home before scattering his mother's ashes over his partially dismembered body have been jailed.

A Northern government official’s refusal to appear before a probe into the On The Runs (OTRs) scheme for fugitive IRA members will fuel fears of a cover up, an MP said.

The Rolling Stones concert in Hyde Park sold out in just five minutes despite fan concerns over ticket prices.

Plans for a Leonard Cohen extravaganza at Lissadell House this year have been scuppered over a row about rights of way through the estate, an international promoter has said.

Plans for a Leonard Cohen extravaganza at Lissadell House this year have been scuppered over a row about rights of way through the estate, according to an international promoter.

Leonard Cohen was coaxed back on to the stage by a tribute gig in Ireland, his impresario has revealed.

THERE is no evidence the security services could have prevented the 2005 London bombings, a coroner found while warning that changes were necessary to help prevent further such atrocities.

Each of the 52 victims of the July 7 2005 terrorist attacks in London would have died "whatever time the emergency services reached and rescued them", a coroner ruled today.

The inquests into the 7/7 London bombings got under way today with a minute’s silence for those who died.

SURVIVORS of the July 7 bombings yesterday said they feel they have been “shunted aside” after being excluded from inquests into the deaths of the 52 victims

The inquests into the deaths of 52 people in the UK's July 7 bombings will scrutinise alleged failings by police and the security services, it was announced today.

JUST a couple of weeks ago, Munster’s second string side went to Shaw’s Bridge in Belfast and crushed a weakened Ulster opposition.

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Ulster Coach Mark McCall has included Italian World Cup lock forward Carlo del Fava and summer signing Kieran Hallett in a 24-man squad to play The Dragons this Saturday at Rodney Parade.

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A mother who claimed she was wrongly convicted of killing her two babies was freed by the British Court of Appeal today.

THE music and entertainment promotions group The Mean Fiddler, has announced the departure of director Rob Hallett.

BRITISH solicitor Sally Clark was yesterday dramatically freed from life imprisonment for the murders of her two ba

British solicitor Sally Clark jailed for life for the murders of her two baby sons was today dramatically freed by the Court of Appeal.

A battered wife who fatally stabbed her abusive husband was today launching a bid for freedom.

US carriers may have to be nationalised to stay in business in the face of crippling post-September 11 security costs, the head of the airlines’ trade association has warned.

A Gulf War veteran who murdered his estranged partner with three knives was today jailed for life.

Appeal court judges have ruled Michael Stone must face a retrial over the murders of Lin and Megan Russell.