Author Bernard Cornwell has revealed he is not a fan of Game of Thrones.

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Massimo Cellino does not hang around. The chain-smoking, aviator-wearing Italian sacked Darko Milanic on Saturday, just 32 days after making him his fourth Leeds manager in eight months.

Two Irish scientists have been dispatched to Iceland to analyse the Bardarbunga volcano after an eruption sparked a red alert aviation warning.

The 'Wrecking Ball' singer has sought comfort by hiring a medium to get in contact with her deceased pooch.

Miley Cyrus has got a new tattoo in memory of her dead dog.

The Bank of England’s plan to increase interest rates gradually may mean it should move earlier than would otherwise be the case, a top policymaker at the central bank said.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been fined after his sarcastic appraisal of officials following the loss to Sunderland.

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SO, it’s come to this: ministers handed out tablets to keep the media awake at the latest smugtastic Government announcement about very little.

FOR AS long as I can remember I have heard stories about the Aran Islands.

Danny Boyle’s impressive Olympic opening ceremony and the spoof sitcom inspired by the Games are both in the running for TV Bafta Awards.

Tough screen star Sean Bean’s portrayal of a cross-dressing teacher has landed him a best actor title at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards – one of two prizes for courtroom drama The Accused.

Sean Bean struggled with having a full body wax to play a transvestite in 'Accused'.

Tom Hiddleston and Sean Bean are to appear together in a new episode of 'Family Guy'.

Sean Bean has signed up to star in a Second World War action-horror film.

AFTER a humdrum week of cup football, one question jostled for attention above all others: What has become of the great English love of mime?

The Bank of England is making preparations to support UK banks in the event of a break-up of the eurozone, deputy governor Charlie Bean confirmed today, describing the present state of the single currency area as a “worrying situation”.

Silvio Berlusconi has failed in an emergency bid to obtain a High Court order preventing evidence being taken in a UK court relating to corruption allegations.

Sean Bean has been "stabbed" in the arm.

A British police officer who was jailed but then cleared on appeal after being accused of throwing a woman head-first onto the concrete floor of a cell was sacked by his force today.

Defence giant BAE Systems was today fined £500,000 (€589,205) for failing to keep proper records of payments to an adviser in the east African country of Tanzania.

Former Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir was arrested in London today for an alleged breach of his court bail conditions, Scotland Yard sources said.

A gay Saudi prince was today jailed for life for beating and strangling his servant to death in the culmination of a campaign of “sadistic” abuse.

The Bank of England could step in to impose tougher constraints on home buyers to prevent future unsustainable credit bubbles, a senior official warned.

Sean Bean is getting divorced for the fourth time.

THE new identity of killer Jon Venables must be kept secret because of the “compelling evidence” of a threat to his safety, a judge said yesterday.

The new identity of killer Jon Venables must be kept secret because of the “compelling evidence” of a threat to his safety, a judge said today.

Images of children having sex were found on killer Jon Venables's computer when he left it at a police station amid fears that his true identity had been discovered, a court heard today.

A FORMER British MI6 worker, who says he was “directed by voices”, faces a jail sentence after yesterday admitting charges of unlawfully disclosing top secret material.

JON VENABLES, one of the killers of toddler James Bulger, has been charged with downloading and distributing child pornography, it emerged yesterday.

Jon Venables, one of the killers of toddler James Bulger, will appear in court next month charged with child porn offences, it was confirmed today.

GORDON BROWN’S crown as leader of the British Labour Party may be crumpled and tarnished but it is still highly coveted.

ALEX FERGUSON believes Manchester United have been the victims of double standards after Rio Ferdinand lost his appeal against a charge of violent conduct and had a game added to his ban.

Former Culture Club singer Boy George was evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother (CBB) house today before the programme starts.

FORMER Culture Club singer Boy George, 48, will know this morning whether he has been evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother (CBB) house before the programme starts.

A judge has ordered an urgent hearing of a High Court plea by former Culture Club singer Boy George to be allowed to enter the 'Celebrity Big Brother' house this January.

George Clooney and Meryl Streep will help the London Film Festival open with a bang today as they walk the red carpet for the world premiere of 'Fantastic Mr Fox', based on Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book.

Christian Bale has apologised for the “incredibly embarrassing meltdown” which saw him berate a photography director in an expletive-laden rant.

A bleak tale of twisted love in the frozen hinterland with ‘evil’ – according to the tribal Shamans – Saiva (Yeoh) wandering the wasteland with young companion Anja (Krusiec) and rescuing a badly-injured Loki (Bean).

Actor Sean Bean has spent the night in a police cell over allegations that he assaulted his wife.

IT IS the room where the world trembled on the brink of annihilation as global crises were escalated and defused within its curved walls, but for the huge shadow it has cast over humanity this past century, the Oval Office is surprisingly intimate.

Actor Sean Bean wed for the fourth time today.