A pub owner has defended his offer to give free meals to people weighing more than 25 stone if they step on the scales first.

The cost of cleanliness will rise in Cuba after its cash-strapped, communist government announced that soap, toothpaste and detergent will be slashed from monthly ration books.

Michael Douglas narrowly avoided a frightening fall while attempting to christen a new art museum in Bermuda.

A right-to-die advocate in the United States is admitting he was with Rosemary Toole when she died in her Dublin flat, sparking a suicide investigation by gardai.