Baking enthusiasts can earn some serious ‘dough’ again this year, with details of the 2019 National Brown Bread Baking competition just announced.

Lawyers for the parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a St Louis suburb, have filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Ferguson.

Angry crowds poured into the streets of Ferguson within minutes of news that a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer over the death of an unarmed black 18-year-old.

MICHAEL STOUTE has captured the Princess Margaret Stakes at Ascot with some useful types in his time and he sent out another promising youngster in the shape of Visit to plunder this year’s renewal at Ascot yesterday.

NEXT month the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) will launch its brown envelope campaign as part of its national social welfare reform strategy, which places demands on the Government to reform the social welfare system.