A Nobel laureate who resigned from University College London after making comments about the ”trouble with girls” in science has said he was the victim of an “enormous rush to judgment”.

Mariah Carey had a pretty awful day at work at the Jazz and Blues festival in Jamaica Saturday night - when she forgot the words to her own song.

GPs in the UK face being named and shamed if they repeatedly fail to spot signs of cancer in their patients, it has been reported.

A lost story by Irish writer Samuel Beckett will go on sale next month — 80 years after it was rejected by his publisher for being a “nightmare” read.

At just 29, Jonathan William Anderson is established as one of those designers that drags fashion forward.

THIS time it’s not the White House that’s embroiled in a sexual scandal, it’s the Elysée Palace. Location apart, there’s nothing to beat a full-dress political scandal except, that is, a full-undress one.

Death Comes for the Poets

Former British Cycling head coach Shane Sutton believes Bradley Wiggins has reached a crossroads in his career.

A regency rent table is among the feature lots at Hegarty’s sale in Bandon on Sunday week (Apr 7) at 4pm. The auction will feature a collection from Ummera House, Timoleague, home to the Cresswell family. It was amassed over two generations.

Support for the UK Independence Party (Ukip) has reached a new high of 15%, according to a poll published tonight.

The former general manager of Premier League referees, Keith Hackett, has called on the Football Association to bring forward a proposal that would see match officials’ conversations recorded.

British Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure to reassert his authority over a Conservative Party reeling after a week which saw the resignation of a senior minister and claims of incompetence and elitism at the heart of his government.

Cigarette packets in the UK could be stripped of all logos and feature just one huge health warning, according to new plans.

IMF director Christine Lagarde arrived at last month’s World Economic Forum on a mission.

BRITISH police faced new allegations yesterday that officers leaked details about terror attack victims and a murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler to journalists at felled News of the World tabloid.

The final edition of the News of the World said goodbye with an apology today after the 168-year old Sunday paper fell victim to the phone hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

An American private equity group is considering a £1bn (€1.13bn) bid for UK nationalised lender Northern Rock, it was reported today.

BARCELONA coach Pep Guardiola believes Arsenal were right to hold onto Cesc Fabregas.

Katie Price has ordered a “full report” into allegations of low wages paid to Indian workers making bottles for her perfume.

Peter Mandelson today issued a warning to straying Labour voters who are considering voting Liberal Democrat – flirt with Nick Clegg and you will end up married to David Cameron.

Martin O’Neill admits he will discuss his future with Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner in the summer but insisted it was not in his nature to “down tools” purely over the size of the club’s transfer budget.

GORDON Brown warned Labour yesterday that the party faced “the fight of our lives” to win the British general election.

ONLY 3% of executive directors at the UK’s top 350 companies are women, a study into boardroom equality revealed yesterday.

Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown won some backing from a Nobel Prize-winning economist today, who said the UK economy looked to be faring the best in Europe.

Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose said today that glass ceilings had disappeared from the workplace and women "have never had it so good".

Primark continued its run of success on the high street today after its owner reported better-than-expected Christmas sales for the chain.

Europe will win a fourth straight Ryder Cup at Valhalla – but by nothing like the nine-point winning margins experienced in the last two contests.

MILLIONS of British families could be in line for a windfall of about £150 (€192) this winter as Gordon Brown seeks to reinvigorate his troubled premiership, it emerged.

A SUSPECT in the case of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann is to sue 12 top British media outlets, his lawyers said on Sunday, in what could be the country’s biggest-ever libel claim.

Australian Geoff Ogilvy is seen as the biggest danger to Tiger Woods in The Masters this week.

US CLOTHING retailer Gap Inc said yesterday it will not sell garments allegedly produced by Indian child labour, following an undercover exposé by a British newspaper.

FHM publisher Emap is today said to be in talks with banks to offer loans to bidders interested in buying its businesses.

The Channel Tunnel is under threat of attack from Islamic militant terrorists over the Christmas holiday, it was reported today.

A budget airline’s hopes of becoming the transatlantic equivalent of Ryanair or easyJet moved a step closer today thanks to a tie up with Bank of Scotland, it was claimed.

VICTIMS of IRA atrocities are to sue the Libyan leader, Colonel Gadaffi, and his government for supplying republicans with weapons during the Troubles.

US investment bank Citigroup is pondering a potential £1bn (€1.45bn) bid for internet bank Egg, it was reported today.

Former Asda boss Archie Norman today moved to quash speculation he could take over at the helm of troubled supermarket group Morrisons.

The biggest flotation in London since 2001 could be derailed by fears over the legality of online poker in the United States, it was reported today.

US credit card firm MBNA was today reported to be lining up a £900m (€1.3bn) bid for online bank Egg.

Lions coach Clive Woodward has revealed he intends to return to rugby union following a stint with Southampton football club.

TONY BLAIR yesterday mounted an impassioned defence of his decision to take Britain to war with Iraq in the face of fresh disclosures about the build up to the conflict.

The world’s largest winemaker is in talks that could see it gatecrash the £7.4bn (€10.8bn) takeover of drinks group Allied Domecq, it was reported today.