An Irishman was among four people killed as stormforce winds battered Britain over the weekend.

THIS COLUMN doesn’t share that much with William Goldman, the acclaimed screenwriter responsible for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men and the Princess Bride.

Flashes of flame from space shuttle Discovery lit up the darkened sky as the space shuttle blazed off the launch pad for the first night-time lift-off in four years.

Chinese teenagers Ding Jun Hui and Liang Wen Bo were men in a hurry at the Travis Perkins UK Championship qualifiers in Prestatyn today.

THE Football Association yesterday reaffirmed their commitment to England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson in the wake of reports they want Ottmar Hitzfeld to replace the Swede if he quits after Euro 2004.