Des O’Sullivan gets closer to nature on the spectacular treetop walkway.

Six people were arrested in England after a group burned a section of grass at Stonehenge and climbed on top of the ancient monument.

USA: A Massachusetts newspaper publisher is asking the Rolling Stones to return to town 50 years after they cut short a show during a thunderstorm, leading fans to rampage.

GERMANY: Tens of thousands of euro in cash was found in the possessions of an 83-year-old woman who lived at a homeless shelter and died last week.

AUSTRALIA:

USA: The first 3D printer in space has popped out its first creation — a sample replacement part for itself.

SLIDING RATINGS

Irish political giant Daniel O’Connell has been celebrated as the Nelson Mandela of his day as the newest of London’s famous blue plaques was unveiled in his honour.

Irish political giant Daniel O’Connell has been remembered as the Nelson Mandela of his day as the newest of London’s famous blue plaques was unveiled in his honour.

A ceiling collapse at a London West End theatre which injured audience members and forced its closure was caused by “the deterioration” of century-old cloth and plaster ties holding up timber frames, according to Westminster Council.

THE wind in the beech tops sounds like an overhead railway rocketing down a tunnel, but on the ground there isn’t a puff of breeze and the water in the pond is mirror-still.

The owner of a West End theatre where a ceiling collapsed on to the audience, claimed last year that the venue had “suffered years of benign neglect”.

Two winning tickets to split $636m US lottery

John Lennon’s modest first home has sold for over half a million euro despite going on the market for just £150,000 (€175,139).

The school that helped propel the Iron Lady to No 10 has been awarded grade II-listed status.

More than 20,000 people have celebrated the summer solstice at Stonehenge in the UK ahead of a “historic moment” in the £27m (€31m) transformation of the site.

With the Shard in London — Western Europe’s tallest building — opening tomorrow, John Daly visits Ireland’s equivalent — in Cork City

It was a birthday to remember set against a backdrop of sweeping, recently harvested fields that were dotted with huge bales of straw.

The majority of bidders for Battersea power station in London would need to flatten the landmark chimneys to create a financially viable scheme, experts have said.

The childhood homes of former Beatles John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney have become listed buildings, it was revealed today.

Wandsworth Council in the UK has approved the planning application for the Battersea Power Station site, owned by Real Estate Opportunities.

The historic Abbey Road studios, which played their part in famed recordings from Elgar to The Beatles, were today given listed building status.

NEW Commons Speaker John Bercow has ordered a £20,000 (€23,600) refurbishment of his grace-and-favour residence, it was revealed yesterday.

THE Summer Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge passed peacefully with record crowds and only 37 arrests, police said yesterday.

HUNDREDS of druids, pagans and tourists braved the gloomy weather to gather at Stonehenge yesterday morning to celebrate the winter solstice.

TWO mid-west visitor attractions yesterday emerged triumphant in an international tourism honours list.

A Northern property developer who wants to build a new tourist centre at the Giant's Causeway has denied that he has any special relationship with DUP leader Ian Paisley or his son.

Paul McCartney is to appear in a new five-minute promotional film to promote former The Beatles bandmate Pete Best's Liverpool, England coffee shop.

Arsenal will auction off the contents of Highbury for charity when the club moves to Emirates Stadium next summer.

A 900-year-old grave of a mother and her daughter shows signs of an attempted Caesarean operation, scientists said yesterday.

Irish-born tenor John McCormack was today honoured with a commemorative plaque at the house where he lived in London while launching his international career.

Around 30,000 people are expected to converge on Stonehenge in England from today for one of the highlights of the counter-culture calendar- the summer solstice celebrations.

THE skull of a Bronze Age man who is believed to have survived one of Britain’s oldest forms of surgery was being displayed yesterday.

Thousands of people gathered at Stonehenge today to peacefully celebrate the summer solstice.