It seems that disappointed Guns'n'Roses fans will not be offered refunds after Axl Rose stormed off stage at the O2 last night.

Most of the Portuguese police officers who looked for Madeleine McCann after her disappearance had no formal training in missing people searches, case files revealed today.

Portuguese police started searching an area of scrubland today, just nine miles from where Madeleine McCann was abducted.

The anguished parents of Madeleine McCann are facing a nerve wracking day as police investigate claims their daughter's body is lying hidden only a few miles from where she was abducted.

Portuguese police were questioning several people tonight about missing Madeleine McCann as they searched the home of a British man.

SHINING sands long sanctified by the bucket and spade forever sullied now by the blood of a gangland execution: the recent events on Mornington beach in Co Louth were for me the final shattering of an early childhood idyll.

Jo Pavey was delighted with her victory in the BUPA Great South Run but later claimed she was just as pleased her performance did not see her finish receiving medical treatment.

Dejene Berhanu is a late replacement for world marathon record holder Paul Tergat in Sunday’s BUPA Great North Run in the UK.

UK middle distance runner Jo Pavey will face top Africans Berhane Adere and Susan Chepkemei when she makes her half-marathon debut in next month’s BUPA Great North Run.

FOOTBALL violence can be prevented if fans are encouraged to police themselves, research suggests.

Legendary guitarist Slash considered suicide after watching Axl Rose record his vocals at the final Guns N' Roses recording session.