Jimmy Savile raped a 15-year-old girl with another DJ who told her "you should be thanking us", a court has heard.

A historic pub owned by the UK National Trust in Belfast city centre has closed its doors because its licence has lapsed.

A mother has told a court she “lost control” of her thoughts before throwing her six-day-old baby down a tower-block rubbish chute.

The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader has written to the Lord Advocate to seek assurances that the Lockerbie bombing is still being “rigorously and actively investigated”.

Alexa Chung is reportedly dating Albert Hammond Jr.

COLEEN ROONEY was subjected to a £5,000 (€5,900) blackmail plot involving hundreds of personal family photos on her stolen camera, a court has heard.

Serial child killer Robert Black prowled crowded beaches hunting out opportunities to spy on and play with young girls, his latest murder trial has heard.

A PROMINENT casino consultant has questioned the sustainability of the proposed €460 million casino and leisure complex in rural Tipperary — saying he personally would not invest in such a project.

A FORMER nightclub doorman accused of attacking his heavily pregnant girlfriend with a hammer while she was asleep said yesterday she was assaulted in a “terrifying” burglary gone wrong.

A teenager charged in connection with the August 2007 shooting dead of 11-year-old Liverpool boy Rhys Jones asked police to move him to America, declaring “I want to live”, a court heard.

A sixth man was tonight charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice in relation to a court case involving Amy Winehouse’s husband, Scotland Yard said.

Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle told of her “fear and shock” today when an alleged drugs gang gate-crashed a quiet night in for her and her mother.

The acquittal of UK mother Trupti Patel, who had been charged with murdering her three babies, will inevitably lead to tough questions, both for Thames Valley Police and the Crown Prosecution Service, about the decision to bring the case to court.

An army major accused of cheating to win the top prize on TV quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? was today described as a “hard-working, law abiding citizen who worked for everything he has got”.

A COLLEGE lecturer told a jury yesterday that he did not help an Army major cheat his way to the top prize on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? because it would have been “silly”.

A college lecturer told a jury today that he did not help an Army major cheat his way to the top prize on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? because it would have been “silly”.

Feared renegade loyalist boss Billy Wright threatened to kidnap and kill three priests if Orangemen were not allowed to march on the flashpoint Garvaghy Road at the height of the 1996 Drumcree stand-off, a court heard today.

Barry George, the man jailed for life for the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando, today lost his appeal against conviction.

The Crown’s claim that it had a compelling and powerful case against Barry George, the man jailed for life for the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando, was a ‘‘misdescription’’, the Court of Appeal was told today.

A post mortem is due to be carried out today on the body of the man whose partially-decomposed remains were discovered on wooded land near Ballinamore in County Leitrim yesterday.