The Dean of Durham has written an open letter to new Sunderland manager Paolo di Canio calling on the Italian to publicly renounce fascism or risk being associated with “toxic far-right tendencies”.

Anti-discrimination group Kick It Out last night called on Paolo Di Canio to state his commitment to anti-racism after the newly-appointed Sunderland manager refused to confirm or deny whether he is a fascist.

Paolo Di Canio has refused to confirm or deny whether he is a fascist but blasted the furore over his appointment as Sunderland manager as “ridiculous and pathetic”.

Paolo Di Canio has refused to confirm or deny whether he is a fascist today as the furore over the new Sunderland manager’s political views intensified.

THE announcement of the EU referendum and the subsequent hari-kari within Fianna Fáil may have drawn attention away from Aengus Ó Snodaigh’s remarkable campaign of state-funded printing, but Sinn Féin’s seemingly relentless electoral rise could be checked by any more similar revelations.

IT costs almost the same per night as the five-star Jabel Ali golf resort and spa in Dubai. But then, you do have a view of the spire and the lovely skyline of Dublin’s fair city.

Poisoned former spy Alexander Litvinenko’s deathbed message accused Russian President Vladimir Putin, but pro-Kremlin MPs and state-controlled television networks today pointed the finger of blame at a prominent Putin enemy in Britain - tycoon Boris Berezovsky.

A fire alarm caused hundreds of people to be evacuated from the UK's House of Parliament this morning.

Thailand's ruling Democrats have conceded defeat in the general election after exit polls showed a political party led by a scandal-tainted tycoon was sailing to an easy victory.