The run of good news for British banking stocks continued today after the sector appeared to win a favourable settlement on bank capital standards.

A LIMERICK man was yesterday cleared of any involvement in a scam to sell the Ritz Hotel for £250 million (€300m).

A SOLICITOR was cleared yesterday of taking part in an ambitious scam with a Limerick man to try to sell the Ritz Hotel for £250 million (€300m).

A LONE robber armed with a handgun got away with jewellery worth around €6.6 million in a hold-up at the exclusive Chopard store in central Paris, police said.

A GLAMOROUS 18-year-old whose ambition is to become a fashion model sashayed away from the Fáilte Ireland Dublin Horse Show last evening with the first prize worth €10,000 as overall winner of the Evian Ladies Day fashion showpiece.

The jury in the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest today returned a verdict of unlawful killing through negligent driving of both the Mercedes and the following vehicles.

A photographer at the centre of claims that Diana, Princess of Wales, was murdered, bragged to a famous crime novelist that he was at the scene of her fatal car crash undetected, her inquest has heard.

THE death of Diana, Princess of Wales, might have been prevented had Mohamed al-Fayed heeded pleas for more security, a key inquest witness suggested yesterday.

The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, might have been prevented had Mohamed al Fayed heeded pleas for more security, a key inquest witness suggested today.

The sole survivor of the crash which killed Diana, Princess of Wales, will give evidence at her inquest today.

The doomed plan to sneak Diana, Princess of Wales, out the back door of the Ritz Hotel away from the paparazzi on the night of her death was devised by her lover Dodi Fayed himself, the couple's inquest heard today.

THE man who drove Diana, Princess of Wales, and her lover, Dodi Fayed, on the journey on which they were killed knew he should not have been at the wheel, a court heard yesterday.

GORDON RAMSAY should bring his Kitchen Nightmares team to his new restaurant in the Ritz Hotel in Co Wicklow — because his food is no better than on a set menu at a three-star hotel.

The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, faced double uncertainty tonight after a legal challenge reignited the row over paparazzi witnesses and strikes in France threatened to cripple proceedings.

Evidence that Diana, Princess of Wales’s driver had been drinking is not necessarily “relevant” to the cause of the crash which killed her, an expert claimed today.

A PHOTOGRAPHER called a British tabloid newspaper from the scene of Princess Diana’s fatal car crash and struck a deal to sell it graphic pictures of the wreck, her inquest in London heard yesterday.

Two brothers rushed to help Diana, Princess of Wales immediately after the crash which took her life, the inquest into her death heard today.

A "blocking vehicle" was trying to slow down Diana, Princess of Wales' speeding Mercedes so paparazzi could take pictures of it as it entered the Pont de l'Alma underpass, her inquest heard.

RUMOURS were circulating that Diana, Princess of Wales, was poised to announce a pregnancy or engagement to lover Dodi Fayed on the night of her death, her inquest heard yesterday.

The jury in the Diana, Princess of Wales, inquest today retraced her final footsteps through the corridors of the Ritz hotel in Paris.

HENRI PAUL, Princess Diana’s driver, signalled to paparazzi moments before setting off on the fateful journey, video footage revealed last night.

The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her lover Dodi Fayed finally got under way today.

The celebrity psychic who predicted Princess Diana's car crash death has revealed the tragic royal wants Gwyneth Palthrow to portray her on the big screen.

THE death of Diana, Princess of Wales, 10 years ago stunned the world.

Shares in InterContinental Hotels made fresh gains today after it emerged the billionaire Barclay brothers now owned more than 8% of the group.

Preliminary hearings for the inquest into Diana, Princess of Wales’s death will take place today.

With the publication of Lord Stevens’ report into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, out this week, speculation has been rife about what revelations it may contain.

A Paris appeals court fined three photographers €1 each for invasion of privacy for taking pictures of Britain's Princess Diana and boyfriend Dodi Fayed the night of their fatal 1997 car crash, officials said today.

PRINCESS DIANA was planning to announce her engagement to her partner Dodi Al-Fayed when they were killed in a car crash eight years ago.

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Charlotte Church has spent a staggering $180,000 (€147,000) on her party lifestyle since gaining access to her $9.9m (€8.1m) fortune earlier this year.

Newspaper publisher Hollinger International has won a judgement from a Delaware court against its former chief executive, ex-Daily Telegraph boss Conrad Black.

THE billionaire Barclay brothers added the Daily Telegraph to their portfolio of British newspapers after agreeing a £260 million (€377m) takeover of Hollinger Inc.

Diana, Princess of Wales was not pregnant at the time of her death, the former Royal Coroner said today.

British and American security services were monitoring Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed in the month leading up the car crash in which they died, a Scottish court heard today.

Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed has seen losses widen and sales slip at his Paris Ritz Hotel, figures showed today.