A 10-year-old boy is tonight critically ill in hospital after he was knocked down by two cars while walking in Lurgan - the seventh person killed or seriously injured this weekend.

More than 100 drunk drivers a week are being caught by PSNI officers in the North in the run up to Christmas.

A gunman died after he opened the door to his Illinois hospital room at the end of a four-and-a-half-hour stand-off early today and pointed his gun at police, who opened fire.

Tottenham goalkeeper Bill Brown has died at the age of 73.

A further six entries for the William Hill Tingle Creek Trophy today mean that Azertyuiop and Moscow Flyer have not completely frightened off the opposition at Sandown on Saturday.

THE Government yesterday launched a crackdown on cowboy security firms and thuggish club bouncers.

Tikram (12-1) finished with a wet sail under Timmy Murphy to land the Mildmay Of Flete Challenge Cup.

IRISH raider Kadoun came in for significant support with the Big Three bookmakers yesterday ahead of his run in tomorrow’s £100,000 Tripleprint Gold Cup.Way Chase at Cork.

Trainer Nicky Henderson is still in two minds over whether to go for Saturday’s Tripleprint Gold Cup with Fondmort or take in the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day instead.

Security forces in Northern Ireland were on full alert today after a dissident republican bomb attack was thwarted in Belfast.