A "crucial" new witness has come forward to give evidence about the shooting of a Belfast man by British soldiers almost 50 years ago, an inquest has been told.

Stuck for something cultural to broaden your horizons this week? Des O’Droscoll has you covered.

Polly Samson loves to write, but hates sitting at her desk. She tells Colette Sheridan why she finds the short story to be the ideal form.

There is, we are told, no business like show business, and every year brings more and more starry-eyed youngsters beating at the doors of success and fame.

Luke Murphy’s new dance piece explores issues around the independence struggle, says Jo Kerrigan

Leicester Tigers 33 Stade Francais 20: Leicester Tigers got their European Rugby Champions Cup campaign off to a flying start with a four-try demolition of French champions Stade Francais.

European Champions Cup

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A Virgin Atlantic passenger plane “is preparing to implement a non-standard landing procedure at Gatwick airport” because of “a technical issue with one of the landing gears”, the airline said.

Leicester put indifferent domestic form behind them as they made a strong start to their European Rugby Champions Cup Group Three campaign by sinking Ulster at Welford Road.

Neither Graeme McDowell nor Pádraig Harrington, the two Irish players to survive the cut in the $5.8 million St Jude’s Classic in Memphis, managed to maintain their challenge and were well off the pace as the weather-marred tournament reached its climax last night.

Phil Mickelson was back on a PGA Tour leaderboard as last year's runner-up made a positive start to the FedEx St Jude Classic in Memphis.

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Syria’s conflict was sparked by an act of brutality — the detention and torture of schoolchildren who spray- painted anti-government graffiti in a southern city. In the three years since, the civil war has evolved into one of the most savage conflicts in decades.

Prominent international war crimes experts say they have received a huge cache of photographs documenting the killing of 11,000 detainees by Syrian authorities.

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SEVERAL serious crime investigations could be adversely affected by the decision of deputy state pathologist, Dr Khalid Jaber, to resign.

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Ireland Wolfhounds 10 England Saxons 14

Liz Roche combines film and dance to explore the mind-body connection, writes Pádraic Killeen

Sarah Harding has reportedly reunited with ex-fiancé Tom Crane.

COMEDY CAPERS: He splits opinion between those who love or loathe him, but top British comic Michael McIntyre will probably sell out his three nights at Cork Opera House from Jun 25-27.

Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding has checked out of rehab.

A PHARMACIST who bludgeoned a pensioner with a crucifix in a violent and drunken attack was jailed for life for murder in Belfast yesterday.

ENGLAND flanker James Haskell has been passed fit for selection against Ireland on Saturday.

There is a moment in 'Kung Fu Panda 2', Dreamworks' stellar follow-up to its 2008 talking-animal blockbuster, that is as clever and subversive as any I've seen in recent animated films.

HARRISON GEORGE heads the weights, and a maximum field of 22 runners, for the William Hill Lincoln at Doncaster.

Ante-post favourite Taqleed is among a massive 90 horses remaining in the William Hill Lincoln at Doncaster on Saturday at the confirmation stage.

A clean-up operation was needed at the Blue Monster course in Miami after gusts of over 50 miles per hour disrupted the start of the WGC-Cadillac Championship.

Only 30 minutes’ play was possible before a fierce thunderstorm hit the WGC-Cadillac Championship in Miami today.

The 69-strong field for the WGC-Cadillac Championship was cut to 66 before a ball was struck in Miami today.

After two days of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson there are only three top 10 seeds left – and they are all European.

RORY McILROY crashed to the second biggest defeat in the history of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship as Graeme McDowell battled his way into the last 16 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club near Tucson.

Rory McIlroy was on the receiving end of an absolute hammering at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson today.

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BABIES given paracetamol are twice as likely to develop asthma by the age of six, research shows.

A birdie at the last hole saw Ben Crane hold off Brian Davies to win the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic by one stroke.

Ben Crane will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the CIMB Asia-Pacific Classic after the American shot a five-under-par 66 to move clear of the field.

A SECOND postmortem was carried out yesterday on Olympic boxer Darren Sutherland after his body was exhumed from a cemetery in Co Meath.

MUNSTER coach Tony McGahan doesn’t do losing well, but he managed a few smiles when reflecting on a narrow defeat to Leicester Tigers at Musgrave Park last night.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was charged with genocide in Darfur today by the International Criminal Court on, piling further diplomatic pressure on his isolated regime.