HIGH streets and town centres throughout Ireland have come to look the same in recent years, with regular department stores and the brash brand names of largely overseas multiples increasingly dominating the streetscape.

Former Dallas star Barbara Bel Geddes has died of lung cancer. She was 82.

A father of two stood in front of a speeding train after stabbing and asphyxiating his wife as she prepared to end their relationship, an inquest heard today.