Watch the magic up close.

Jenny Higgins teaches circus skills to women and girls in Gaza, writes Ellie O’Byrne

A Bulgarian circus worker who had sex with an underage girl in Cork will be sentenced later this month for defilement.

In advance of his exhibition in Cork, Peter Lavery tells Ellie O’Byrne about his 50 years photographing circus performers

An elephant has died and four others are recovering from injuries after a circus truck tipped over on a major road in Spain.

The Scottish Parliament has passed a ban on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.

Parts of the country were flooded overnight following a yellow weather warning for heavy rainfall and snow being issued for the west and south west of the country.

Five circus performers have been seriously injured while practising a high-wire act in Florida.

Over one hundred people will protest at the treatment of animals in circuses today.

Herta Fossett escaped from Czechslovakia in the ’50s and hailing from a line of circus performers, married into one of Ireland’s most famous circus families. She tells Deirdre Reynolds how her husband would have loved to see her awarded the ‘Oscar’ of the circus world.

A circus tent collapsed when a severe storm hit a New Hampshire fairground, killing two people and injuring 15 others.

A circus full of doctor clowns in Ethiopia is helping to bring joy to sick children, writes Maria Mocerino.

Circus skills are about to explode in Ireland writes Nuala Woulfe

Finding the right balance between learning and fun poses no problem for students at a school where unicycle, tightrope walking and other circus tricks have been added to the curriculum.

Have you ever wished you could be a human cannonball? Of course you have.