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A dog IQ test has been developed by scientists who say it could pave the way for breakthroughs in our understanding of the link between intelligence and health.

A self-confessed “angel turned evil” has been found guilty of murdering and poisoning hospital patients.

Cold weather can cause a raft of problems for some skin-types. Fortune favours the prepared and now is the time to winter-ready your face and body.

Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, a favourite of socialites and Hollywood stars, has died.

A parents’ kitchen fridge gallery of their children’s art work could showcase more than their artistic ability.

The actions of a schoolboy during a league soccer match have received praise following a report on the match in today's Irish Examiner.

Nigella Lawson said she was “disappointed but unsurprised” by the acquittal of her former personal assistants on fraud charges, adding that her experience as a witness was “deeply disturbing”.

Nigella Lawson’s former personal assistant “frequently” found rolled-up banknotes with white powder on them in her handbag, she told a court today.

One of the former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson accused of defrauding the celebrity couple said she was given a bank card to withdraw her own salary and buy “anything I wanted”.

Television cook Nigella Lawson was unhappy in her marriage to Charles Saatchi and was blocked from working abroad by him, her former personal assistant has told a court.

One of the former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson accused of defrauding the celebrity couple said she was given a bank card to withdraw her own salary and buy “anything I wanted”.

One of the personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi was “cagey” and “secretive” about where she got her designer clothes and spent most of the time at work on Facebook, a court has heard.

Nigella Lawson was accused of stashing cocaine in a hollow book to hide her escalating habit, as she told a court she would never risk leaving her children as “orphans” by taking drugs.

Nigella Lawson may be a “domestic goddess” but she did not accept being called “the lady of the house” in a day when the courtroom was given an insight into life in the family home.

Nigella Lawson told a court today she would rather be "honest and ashamed" than "bullied with lies" after revealing details of her past drug use.

The accountant in charge of Charles Saatchi’s finances has told a court he increased the art dealer’s assistant’s credit limit to £100,000 (€120,000) without telling Mr Saatchi the amount.

The accountant in charge of Charles Saatchi’s finances has told a court he increased his personal assistant’s credit limit to £100,000 without telling the art dealer the amount.

A property developer is waiting to hear whether he has won the latest stage of a legal battle with two of the UK’s best-known businessmen over control of a £1bn (€1.16bn) company which owns three of London’s most famous hotels.

Soccer star Wayne Rooney's lawyers today claimed victory in the latest round of a multi-million pound legal fight with a sports management firm.

Actor Corin Redgrave has died at the age of 70, his family said today.

Sharon Osbourne married rocker Ozzy after she was spurned by his Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi, her brother claims.

Simon Cowell fired Sharon Osbourne after the first series of British talent show 'The X Factor', because she said repeatedly that he was gay, her brother claims.

Rock matriarch Sharon Osbourne failed to attend her father Don Arden's funeral - because she was too upset to go.

Superstar Mariah Carey has slammed internet pranksters for creating a fake advertising campaign for her upcoming fragrance M By Mariah Carey.

Sharon Osbourne’s music mogul father, Don Arden, has died at the age of 81.

A1GP still has some way to go before it has fully established itself on the world motor racing stage, according to John Surtees.

Mariah Carey has made a sweet-smelling deal.

The sons of two three-time Formula One world champions will move a step closer to grand prix racing next month.

Joss Whedon sounds exhausted, and considering his workload at the moment, it’s little wonder.

Investigators working for White House intern Chandra Levy’s parents discovered a human leg bone and twisted wire near the site where her remains were found in a Washington park.

Police in the US say they may never know how Chandra Levy died.

Catherine Zeta Jones is to become the new spokeswoman for Elizabeth Arden.

The Spice Girls will have to pay around €1.6m after losing a legal battle with a motor scooter company they had sued for €356,442.