Clare Balding proves that female journalists don’t have to ‘glam up’, says Kay Cairns

USA: Officials said a 62-year-old man holding a fish he caught on a boat in a San Diego bay was pulled overboard by a sea lion.

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The 270 people who lost their lives in the Lockerbie bombing 26 years ago were remembered at a memorial service in the US yesterday.

The 270 people who lost their lives in the Lockerbie bombing exactly 26 years ago will be remembered at a memorial service in the United States today.

Portuguese forward Eusebio died of a heart attack in Lisbon at the age of 71 yesterday leaving behind a legacy that marks the Benfica legend out as one of the greatest players in soccer history.

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There’s no faulting the ambition of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness (12A).

Assistance dogs are a calming, safe presence and encourage sociability, says Colette Sheridan

British Prime Minister David Cameron has dismissed calls for a fresh inquiry into the conviction of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi in the wake of his death.

Colonel Gaddafi has taken unanswered questions about the Lockerbie bombing and the murder of WPc Yvonne Fletcher with him to the grave, justice campaigners said today.

MUAMMAR GADDAFI’S wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighbouring Algeria yesterday, firm evidence that the longtime leader has lost his grip on the country.

Flora Tallinn 0 Shamrock Rovers 0 (Shamrock Rovers win 1-0 on aggregate)

Musa Kusa’s defection to Britain is a “great day” for relatives of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing, a relative of one of the victims said today.

WHERE Snowflakes Fall, by Claire Freedman, illustrated by Tina Macnaughton (Little Tiger Press; €7.07), is set in cold places, telling how creatures survive the icy landscape of their habitat.

A multinational medical firm today announced a €900,000 investment in research and development projects with an Irish university.

A multinational medical firm today announced a €900,000 investment in research and development projects with NUI Galway.

US senators who want a hearing into the Lockerbie bomber’s release were urged to sign a letter asking the Scottish Government to hold its own public inquiry into the tragedy, it emerged last night.

THE Truth About Leo by David Yelland. (Penguin; €8.80). David Rake has lost his parents. But two positives happen: a girl called Flora stands up for him in class against the unpopular Mr Manders, and the prime minister replies to David’s email inviting him to open the new library.

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A body which investigates alleged miscarriages of justice has been given permission to release details of the case of the Lockerbie bomber, it was announced today.

THE chief constable of the police force investigating the Lockerbie atrocity said yesterday they would continue to search for the convicted bomber’s accomplices.

The Lockerbie bomber today backed calls for a public inquiry into the atrocity.

SCOTLAND yesterday released a former Libyan agent jailed for life for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, most of them Americans, because he is dying of cancer.

FAMILIES of victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing stood sharply divided yesterday over reports that the former Libyan agent jailed for life for the attack is to be freed on compassionate grounds.

THE Lockerbie bomber is battling “advanced stage” cancer, his lawyer said yesterday.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has added to the club’s Brazilian contingent after youngster Vitor Flora joined the Reds on a free transfer.

The biological father of Madonna’s adopted Malawian son David has a new child.

The last of 3,200 miners trapped for more than 24 hours in a deep mine shaft were brought to safety, ending one of South Africa’s biggest rescue operations.

FLORA has announced the renewal of its sponsorship of the Women’s Mini Marathon. The three-year sponsorship contract is valued at approximately €1.2 million.

Seven US family members, including three children, have been shot dead in their Indianapolis home.

Broadcaster ITV announced today that Unilever has signed a four-year deal to buy £200m (€292m) of airtime across its channels running to the end of 2009.

Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics for hit Broadway musicals including Chicago and Cabaret, as well as the big-city anthem, New York, New York, has died of a heart attack.

Relatives of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing are travelling to Holland for the first stage of the appeal of the Libyan convicted of the atrocity.

Families of the British Lockerbie bombing victims are to press for further inquiries into the disaster.

Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora died in the bombing, collapsed in court and was taken away by paramedics.

Dr Jim Swire, 60, spokesman for the UK Lockerbie families, said the verdict would not be the ‘‘end of the road' for the victims’ relatives.