Sam Smith will head to Australia for New Year's Eve to avoid arguing with his family.

A teenager who had sex with a 12-year-old girl after they arranged it over Facebook has avoided detention.

Ashton Kutcher is set to play Apple founder Steve Jobs in a new movie.

Motorists are being reminded that they may not be fit to drive if they had a lot to drink the night before.

Gardaí had to restore order in the Central Criminal Court after an unruly, triumphalist demonstration by friends and relatives of a Dublin father who was acquitted of raping and sexually assaulting his daughter.

Celtic will kick off their SPL season at home to Kilmarnock for the second year running as Rangers face the long trip north to Inverness.

Claims that Britney Spears' New Year's Eve party collapse was nothing more than a tired pop star falling asleep have been ridiculed by US TV personality Robin Leach, who was feet away from the Toxic singer when she slumped to the floor.

Bangkok's Mayor Apirak Kosayothin ordered the cancellation of the two major public New Year's Eve countdown celebrations and other smaller ones following six or more bomb blasts in the city today.

Sharon Osbourne is throwing a $270,000 (€198,000) New Year's Eve party for everyone special in her life - including her cleaners.

Irish international Damien Duff and Craig Short are both doubtful for Blackburn’s home clash with Middlesbrough on New Year’s Day.

Serial killer Fred West's police interviews are to be broadcast for the first time after the Gloucestershire constabulary failed in their bid to have them banned.