Aid workers have described deserted streets and scenes of destruction in the Philippines as a typhoon started to work its way across the country.

From domestic club league to the World Cup in the autumn, expect this lot to be making rugby headlines this year, says Gavin Howarth.

A masterpiece by Francis Bacon has become the most valuable piece of artwork ever sold by auction house Christie’s in Europe after going under the hammer for a record €51.4m.

A masterpiece by Francis Bacon has become the most valuable piece of artwork ever sold by auction house Christie’s in Europe after going under the hammer for a record £42.2m (€51m).

David Beckham has put a £600,000 heart painting on his two-year-old daughter's wall.

Two signed works by Turner Prize-winning artist Damien Hirst have been stolen from an upmarket gallery.

USA: For a limited time, a Denver hotel is offering a package with a one-night stay in a pop-up, inflatable room that rises 22ft in the air, thanks to a scissor lift on top of the van on which it sits.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has revealed the warmth of his relationship with artist Damien Hirst was a major factor behind his decision to return to snooker after almost a year out.

David and Victoria Beckham had world renowned artist Damien Hirst create an artwork for their baby daughter's bedroom.

LAST week, through the windows of a TransPennine train in the north of England, I saw sheep grazing the hill slopes.

Hundreds of works from the art collection of failed US banking giant Lehman Brothers will go under the hammer at Freeman’s auction house in Philadelphia.

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SEVEN-TIMES Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will cross the line in Paris at the end of this year’s race on a bike decorated by Damien Hirst with hundreds of dead butterflies.

A 50kg solid gold statue of supermodel Kate Moss will be unveiled today.

Artist Damien Hirst bucked the economic trend today as his high profile auction of work continued in record-breaking style.

A neighbour of a couple whose rottweiler mauled their 13-month-old baby grandson to death said today the attack was an accident “waiting to happen”.

A TEACHER who visits an art gallery every weekend became the proud owner of a Damien Hirst sketch yesterday after winning it in a raffle that cost £1 (€1.38) to enter.

British artist Damien Hirst has his celebrity fans – but actress Kirsten Dunst is not one of them.

British artist, Damien Hirst, has been accused of plagiarising another artist’s work – six years after it was alleged that he copied a £14.99 (€22.35) plastic toy.

The aspirin-styled bar stools, towering medical cabinets, DNA-themed sculptures and molecule inspired ashtrays which lined Damien Hirst’s famed, but short-lived, London restaurant Pharmacy sold tonight for £11.1m (€15.9m) at auction.

A warehouse which burned to the ground destroying priceless works of modern art was burgled shortly before the blaze broke out, British police said today.

RESEARCHERS have harnessed the power of X-ray beams to kick start genes into fighting cancer.

Controversial artist Damien Hirst’s new bar in a Devon seaside resort opens tonight.

Bad boy of British art Damien Hirst has created a series of shocking art works inspired by the last hours of Christ.

Artist Damien Hirst has bought back a dozen of his works from collector Charles Saatchi.

Controversial artist Damien Hirst says giving up drink and drugs has given him a new lease of life.

A “smiling terrorist” who faces a firing squad for his part in the Bali bombings should not be executed, relatives of the British victims said today.

Art collectors are expected to shell out hundreds of pounds for posters for a new movie, designed by Britart guru Damien Hirst.

ARTIST Damien Hirst yesterday unveiled a new artwork set to be exhibited on Mars.

The BBC was today launching a new digital cultural and arts channel to replace BBC Knowledge.

Artist Damien Hirst put one of his artworks online today as part of a major new collaboration with the Tate Modern.

A set of four Andy Warhol prints of Muhammad Ali made in the year the boxer announced his retirement, has been sold at auction for £28,750.

A clean up operation was under way today after a second night of rioting and racial tension in Oldham.