ENGLAND: Much-loved TV characters Teletubbies are to say "eh-oh" to a new generation of viewers with a comeback more than a decade after the series ended-

The Jamaican government plans to partially decriminalise possession of small amounts of cannabis in what supporters are praising as a long overdue rethinking of drug laws.

Police have arrested three suspects over the murders of a mother and daughter beheaded during a home invasion.

The Children of Lovers

Grant Gillespie

Following bloodshed over his capture, Jamaican gang leader Christopher “Dudus” Coke arrived in New York City under tight security yesterday to face charges he flooded the East Coast with shipments of cocaine and marijuana, authorities said.

Jamaica’s top police officer appealed for calm today after an alleged drugs baron was arrested.

MARTIN JOHNSON admitted England must become smarter after suffering a second-half collapse in yesterday’s 35-26 victory over the Barbarians.

Jamaican security forces kicked down doors and arrested dozens of people in a bullet-strewn slum and said the death toll from four days of fighting sparked by the search for a reputed drug lord had risen to 73.

THE overall death toll from four days of violence in Jamaica’s capital rose to 49 yesterday after the country’s ombudsman said he had tallied the bodies of 44 civilians killed in a police assault on an alleged drug lord’s stronghold.

Police claimed a tenuous hold over the Jamaican slum stronghold of a wanted gang leader today, but only after fighting that left at least 48 people dead.

Thousands of police and soldiers stormed the Jamaican ghettos where reggae was born in search of a reputed drug kingpin wanted by the United States, intensifying a third day of street battles that have killed at least 30 people.

THOUSANDS of heavily armed police and soldiers continued an assault into the capital’s most violent downtown slums yesterday, scouring buildings for weapons and battling die-hard defenders of a powerful Jamaican gang leader sought by the US.

Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding said his government will not be “bullied” by threats of a police strike, after leaders of the country’s rank-and-file police union hinted that officers may walk off the job this week to demand pay raises.

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Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has replaced three officials in a cabinet reshuffle, which included appointing the violence-wracked country’s third national security minister in less than two years.

A teenager who had heroin worth €43,000 in a car outside his mother’s home has been sentenced to seven years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Felipe Aguilar continued from where he left off in his second round as he moved three strokes clear at the top of the leaderboard as day three of the Indonesian Open headed to a finish.

Englishman Philip Golding moved to within two strokes of the lead midway through his third round at the Indonesian Open in Jakarta today.

Paul McGinley is hoping he can shake off the lingering effects of jetlag and climb up the Indonesian Open leaderboard after making a steady if unspectacular start on the opening day in Jakarta.

WOMEN who regularly use cosmetics are absorbing almost five pounds of chemicals through their skin every year, a new study has found.

England’s Philip Golding made a bright start to the Russian Open at the Moscow Country Club this morning.

England's Phil Golding and Australian Peter O'Malley were still stuck at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris when they were due to tee off in the Open championship qualifier at Sunningdale today.

IRISH golf fans are in for a real treat at Carton House today when the Nissan Irish Open hots up.

ANIMAL rights activists yesterday clashed with thespians in Waterford city after a local theatre company placed dead pigs on stakes around the city to promote their upcoming production of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.

Philip Golding, this week’s defending champion at the French Open, is a golfer suffering from tennis elbow aggravated by playing cricket.

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England’s Phil Golding has been named as the Asprey Golfer of the Month for June after his maiden European Tour win in the French Open.

Colin Montgomerie tucked in just off the pace with an opening four under par 68 in the Smurfit European Open at the K Club near Dublin today.

English golfer Philip Golding shed tears of joy tonight after a fairytale French Open victory.

Collated final totals in the French Open at Le Golf National, Paris

Philip Golding, the 40-year-old who has made a record 16 visits to the European tour qualifying school, has a chance to be remembered for something more than that.

England’s Philip Golding, the 40-year-old who has made a record 16 visits to the European tour qualifying school, has a chance to be remembered for something more than that tomorrow.

Australian Peter O’Malley, famous for the greatest-ever finish in European Tour history, produced a marvellous start today to charge from five behind to two in front at the French Open.

Thomas Bjorn today spoke of his determination not only to get back among golf’s elite, but also to get back to beating them.

Ireland's Gary Murphy is tied for eighth place in the first round of the Italian Open.

Just three-and-a-half hours’ play was possible on the opening day of the Qatar Masters today after a desert sandstorm hit Doha.