The shopping day known as Black Friday will attract more than one third of Irish consumers, with around a quarter of them using the occasion to buy up to half of their Christmas gifts.

The internet has topped a list of modern-day essentials people say they cannot do without.

England: A pair of sloths have speeded up their usual slow dating game to produce London Zoo’s first baby sloth.

The UK Independence Party surge has continued with two opinion polls giving the party record levels of support.

Half of Britons think the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton has made the monarchy more likeable, according to a survey.