Bob Geldof has told of the "intolerable" pain he continues to feel after the death of his daughter Peaches and said he finds himself sobbing in the street when he becomes overwhelmed by emotion.

Bob Geldof told of the “intolerable” pain he continues to feel after the death of his daugher Peaches and said he finds himself sobbing in the street when he becomes overwhelmed by emotion.

The final day of Glastonbury will see the most talked about act of the festival finally take to the stage today.

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Syria’s conflict was sparked by an act of brutality — the detention and torture of schoolchildren who spray- painted anti-government graffiti in a southern city. In the three years since, the civil war has evolved into one of the most savage conflicts in decades.

Marathon legend Dick Hooper believes there is “a golden opportunity” for domestic winners of Monday’s Airtricity Dublin Marathon with no elite foreign entries toeing the line due to budgetary constraints.

Two killers broke down in tears at opposite sides of a courtroom dock yesterday after hearing of the impact on the murdered victim’s heartbroken family.

JON BON JOVI certainly enters the room like a rock star. He is wearing mirrored shades to mask the ravages of jet lag.

Clare Balding is to front a show on BT's new sports channel.

Elton John has told how he believes his son Zachary's childhood is going to be "very difficult" as he battles homophobia and the impact of his father's world fame.

I thought that on the anniversary of the excommunication of Martin Luther it would be a good time for me to add my tupennyworth regarding the silencing of dissent amongst Irish clergy by the Vatican.

'X Factor' bosses are changing the rules to the contest to allow acts who already have managers.

KEY travel and lifestyle media from Britain and the US here to cover the historic visits by the British Queen and US President Barack Obama will help generate up to €150 million in positive publicity worldwide, tourism chiefs predicted.

Comedian Jennifer Saunders has revealed she will finish her chemotherapy in March – and pointed out that 2010 has not been her finest year.

One of two mail bombs sent from Yemen last week was defused just 17 minutes before it was set to explode, the French interior minister said today.

Jonathan Ross bowed out from his long-running BBC Radio 2 show today declaring he would be leaving with “nothing but fond memories and gratitude”.

Harry Hill is the celebrity the public would like to see eventually taking over Jonathan Ross’s Friday night show, according to a survey.

Jonathan Ross, the BBC’s highest-paid TV star, sensationally quit today after 13 years at the Corporation.

Irish broadcaster Terry Wogan confessed that he felt “crazed with power” after receiving the Freedom of the City of London today.

Sting sees ghosts. The Police frontman claims to have seen the apparition of a woman, witnessed flying objects and heard strange voices at a home he once lived in with wife Trudie Styler.

Dan Buckley asks whether Ryan Tubridy can rekindle that Gaybo attraction.

The complaint sent by Andrew Sachs’s agent to the BBC in the wake of the Brand/Ross lewd phonecall was not spotted for three days, the BBC Trust said in a report today.

Andrew Sachs’s granddaughter Georgina Baillie has called for Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross to be reinstated.

The BBC was hoping today that a three-month unpaid ban for star presenter Jonathan Ross and the resignation of Radio 2’s boss would draw a line under the obscene phone calls furore.

In our continuing series where readers get to grill senior politicians on issues of the day, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan, jumps into the hot seat.

British Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans has admitting taking magic mushrooms.

Comedian Bob Monkhouse is making a comeback from beyond the grave to appear in a TV campaign about the disease that killed him.

Terry Wogan has got his claws out for his fellow television presenters, branding most of them “talentless”.

Trains, planes and buses slowed to a fraction of regular traffic as workers across France walked off the job today in a nationwide strike against a new jobs law.

The H5 bird flu virus turned up on a turkey farm in south-eastern France, but it was not immediately clear whether it was the deadly strain, France’s agriculture minister said today.

Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon underwent emergency surgery today after a brain scan revealed a rise in intracranial pressure and some bleeding in his brain.

HERE’S a little taste of things to come in 2006. Don’t let it spoil your holidays — it might never happen!

Bob Geldof is to receive an award for outstanding contribution to music at the up-coming Brit Awards.

Madonna today called on the US to withdraw its troops from Iraq.

Georgia President Eduard Shevardnadze, under increasing pressure for weeks over fraud in parliamentary elections, announced his resignation on Georgian television today.

Opposition supporters broke into Georgia’s Parliament today, scuffling with lawmakers and forcing President Eduard Shevardnadze to flee as thousands of protesters outside demanded his resignation.

Lifestyle shows have had their day, BBC chiefs signalled today as they announced a makeover for schedules.

Lifestyle shows have had their day, BBC chiefs signalled today as they announced a makeover for schedules.

Pop superstar Robbie Williams was today celebrating a double Christmas triumph, after beating a spirited challenge from pub crooner Gordon Haskell to claim the coveted Christmas number one.