The homes of gladiators and country music are among the landmarks joining the global celebrations for St Patrick’s Day this year.

Rescuers using boats and jet-skis plucked stranded residents from their flooded homes today as the death toll from weekend storms in the US rose to 28 in three states.

AFTER decades of speaking out for the voiceless in society, the Man in Black has finally been silenced.

Country singer Johnny Cash, who died this morning, had been battling ill health for some time.