Swedish home furnishing giant Ikea said it has reached a "tentative settlement" in a case involving three families in the US whose children died after the firm's chests and dressers tipped over.

Bobby Zamora will miss the next three months of the season after bottom-of-the-table QPR this morning revealed the striker is to have surgery on a hip injury.

It was 1972 and Sr Colette Hickey of the Good Shepherd Sisters saw an urgent need to provide a shelter for women and children in Cork who couldn’t remain in their own homes due to domestic violence.

Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd has warned off potential suitors of goalkeeper Shay Given as the January transfer window approaches.