Top Gear host Chris Evans has said it is “bizarre” that Jeremy Clarkson was fired for “losing his rag over his dinner” after surviving several prior international incidents unscathed.

Communities across the North must stand together to reject the dark deeds of the dark men who murdered a prison officer, mourners at his funeral were told.

Top Gear’s former host Jeremy Clarkson is being sued by producer Oisín Tymon for racial discrimination.

‘Poor old Germany,’ said Kissinger. ‘Too big for Europe, too small for the world.’ That maxim is still proving true today, writes Wolfgang Ischinger

THE best political biographies do more than record their subjects’ lives.

CBS News has released video from four stories it aired about the Falklands War in 1982, all part of a dispute involving Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly and his subsequent statements about covering the war.

The BBC has refused the Argentinian ambassador’s demand for a public apology following the row over a Top Gear special filmed in the South American country.

The BBC has refused the Argentinian ambassador’s demand for a public apology following the row over a Top Gear special filmed in the South American country.

The Argentinian ambassador to the UK has demanded a public apology from the BBC following the row over a Top Gear special filmed in the South American country.

Top Gear host Richard Hammond has claimed the programme team felt a "real chill" when it dawned on them their number plate could cause offence in Argentina.

Top Gear presenter James May said the show would never “mock people about their war casualties” and insisted a controversial numberplate which sparked protests in Argentina did not refer to the Falklands War.

The cast and crew of BBC’s Top Gear had to abandon their cars at the roadside and flee Argentina after being pelted with stones by an angry crowd.

The BBC’s Top Gear has steered into new controversy after criticism that the crew are filming in Argentina using a car whose number plate appears to refer to the Falklands War.

US reluctance to engage militarily with Russia in the past suggests it would be well-advised to back off and give the lead role in the Crimea crisis to a group of EU leaders, writes Anne-Marie Slaughter.

Developer Jim Mansfield, who made his fortune selling scrap metal from the Falklands War, was laid to rest yesterday in his home town of Saggart, Dublin, surrounded by his family and a wide circle of friends.

Former soccer World Cup star Ossie Ardiles is in hospital after a car crash in the Falkland Islands.

THE longstanding Irish policy of neutrality, an ongoing balancing act of several competing pressures — nationalism, the post-colonial relation with Britain, a burgeoning involvement with European politics — came under particular scrutiny in 1983.

ANGLO-IRISH relations were seriously scarred by the Haughey government’s attitude during the Falklands War in 1982.

Miranda Hart has described her struggle with fame, saying she found it “all a bit too much” but is now “much happier and more confident”.

First volume of Margaret Thatcher’s authorised biography is predictably flattering, but not a hagiography, says Shaun Connolly

Details of the arrangements for Margaret Thatcher’s funeral on Wednesday were released today by Downing Street.

Britain will not invite the Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral next week in a snub likely to deepen a long-running diplomatic dispute over the Falkland Islands.

Margaret Thatcher is Britain’s most popular prime minister since the Second World War, eclipsing even Winston Churchill, a poll has found.

LOVE her or loathe her, one thing is beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain.

Two years ago, Sam Allardyce, now manager of West Ham, felt the need to get something off his chest.

ONE of the most memorable assessments of Margaret Thatcher was delivered by French president François Mitterrand when he declared: “She has the eyes of Stalin and the voice of Marilyn Monroe.”

WHEN Mark Thatcher went missing in the Sahara while taking part in an international motor race in Jan 1982, his ashen-faced mother, upset and distressed, appeared on television close to breaking down.

MARGARET Thatcher wasn’t easy to deal with, but her contribution to the peace process through the Anglo-Irish Agreement deserves acknowledgement, according to former foreign affairs minister Peter Barry.

Ireland’s controversial stance on the Falklands crisis sparked deep anger in Britain and prompted fears of longer term damage to fragile Anglo-Irish relations.

Former Taoiseach Charles Haughey’s attempts to put pressure on the British government during the Falklands War backfired and threatened relations between the two countries at the highest level, Northern Ireland Office (NIO) files from 1982 claimed.

Experience has always been, and remains, one of the very best teachers.

Prime Minister David Cameron today confronted Argentina’s president over the Falklands, as the two met on the margins of the G20 summit in Mexico.

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court is in line to be appointed as FIFA’s first head of the new ethics committee’s investigations arm.

British defence secretary Philip Hammond rejected claims that Britain would be unable to defend the Falklands against an Argentinian assault as both countries marked the 30-year anniversary of the war in the South Atlantic.

Des O’Driscoll rounds up the highlights of this coming week on TV

Argentina’s president accused Britain of “militarising the South Atlantic” and said she would complain to the UN, as tension rises ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war.

HIS name was Peter, and he wore hard years on his face.

KELVIN MacKenzie defended his “bullish” approach to editing The Sun newspaper as he acknowledged the paper has now become “more cautious”.

PHYLLIDA Lloyd’s biopic of Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady (12A), opens with a doddery old Thatcher (Meryl Streep) making her uncertain way to the corner shop, there to be ignored as she attempts to buy a newspaper.

In 1975, grocer’s daughter Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to lead a major UK political party.

THE Duke of York reminisced about his days in the Royal Navy as the scrutiny intensified around his dealings with a number of controversial characters and his role as Britain’s trade envoy.

Margaret Thatcher pleaded with Charles Haughey to help her crush the Argentinians at the outbreak of the Falklands War, it was revealed today.

BBC journalist Brian Hanrahan, best known for his coverage of the Falklands War, has died aged 61.