The upcoming Spider-Man movie in 2017 will not be an origins story, but will instead concentrate on Spider-Man fighting Iron Man as an Avengers audition.

Police in the North are investigating after the bodies of two men were found in separate incidents on Christmas Eve.

A white supremacist — who is trying to make the tiny North Dakota town of Leith an all-white enclave — found out on live TV he is part black.

The family of a four-year-old mauled to death in the UK by a pet dog have described her as “a bubbly, bright little girl” who “fought for her life from the moment she was born”.

A four-year-old mauled to death by a pet dog in Britain has been described by neighbours as a happy, sweet little girl.

People with disabilities will no longer go straight to the front of lines at Disneyland and Walt Disney World after growing abuse of the system, park officials said.

A 62-year-old man remains in custody in Britain after a shooting at a solicitor’s office left a man fighting for his life in hospital.

The Cabin in the Woods (16s) begins in an entirely conventional fashion, as five college kids take off in a camper van for a weekend at, you guessed it, a remote cabin in the woods.

You have to give writer-director Drew Goddard full marks for effort.

JENSON BUTTON firmly believes he is working with the best manager in Formula One, but has no doubts Lewis Hamilton has taken the right route for his career.

Jenson Button has hailed the swift actions of his police driver after being confronted by an armed gang in Sao Paulo last night.

FIFA chiefs believe clubs will stop “playing chicken” near transfer deadline when their new online system for players comes into force this week.

THOMAS BJORN and Carlos Del Moral both shot rounds of 65 to share a two-shot lead at the top of the Estoril Open leaderboard at the end of the second day.

Thomas Bjorn and Carlos Del Moral both shot rounds of 65 to share a two-shot lead at the top of the Estoril Open leaderboard at the end of the second day.

Damien McGrane and Luke Goddard retained the lead of the Estoril Open de Portugal after solid starts to their second rounds.

IN his first action on the PGA Tour since missing the cut at The Players Championship in May, Pádraig Harrington fired a bogey-free 65 in the first round of the St Jude Classic at TPC Southwind, Memphis yesterday.

Irish golfer Damien McGrane hit a bogey-free round to earn a share of the lead after the first round of the Estoril Open today.

Brawn GP have been warned to sort out Jenson Button’s contract soon or risk losing the new Formula One world champion.

A PUBLIC school mistress, who was “pressured” into a lesbian affair by a 15-year-old pupil, wept yesterday as she was jailed for 15 months.

FROM champions to wooden spoonists in the space of 12 months — that was the story for Ireland yesterday as the Men’s Amateur Home Internationals ended at Hillside on the Lancashire coast.

PAUL CUTLER continued his rich vein of form yesterday to grab a place among the first-round leaders in the European Amateur Individual Golf championship in Denmark.

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South Africa coach Peter de Villiers and his New Zealand counterpart Graham Henry will meet with Australian referee Matt Goddard tomorrow to discuss officiating standards in the Tri-Nations.

Hibernian Group owner Aviva warned of up to 1,800 redundancies today as part of a restructuring of its general insurance arm over the next two years.

Irish champion Shane Lowry and Royal Dublin's Niall Kearney were the only Irishmen to make the cut in the Lytham Trophy.

Nationalised British mortgage lender Northern Rock today began consultations with unions and staff regarding plans to axe 2,000 jobs.

TV presenter Trisha Goddard is being treated for breast cancer, it was announced today.

Britain’s swimmers celebrated in a noisy corner of the packed Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne as Kirsty Balfour delivered the team’s third medal of the World Championships with a hard-earned silver in the 200metres breaststroke.

The snail-paced Ophelia, downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm, moved out to sea early today after a three-day drenching that was far less severe than many had anticipated.

Granada Television executives are banking on talk show host Trisha Goddard to strike it big in America and are syndicating her show across the US.

Adam Ant arrived at the Old Bailey for a hearing today clean-shaven and sporting a Fedora hat.

Adam Ant has appeared at the Old Bailey to deny charges he broke a pub window and threatened a man with a gun.

Judge Ann Goddard has returned to work with a black eye - two days after being attacked in court by a murder suspect.