Scotland head coach Andy Robinson has named a 36-man squad for the forthcoming RBS 6 Nations, featuring six uncapped players.

The singing, helium-voiced chipmunks are all at sea in Mike Mitchell’s zany sequel and so too is the script for this third instalment in the inoffensive series.

Footballer Wayne Rooney agreed today that his agent had helped make him a “very wealthy young man”.

Loyalist paramilitary groups in the North have destroyed their weapons and pledged to respect democratic rule, it was announced today.

MOURNERS at the tear-filled funeral of a couple who died in a road accident were reminded by a priest of the need for organ donors.

Serial killer Steve Wright was placed on suicide watch today after being told he must spend the rest of his life in jail in England.

Prostitute killer Steve Wright must spend the rest of his life in jail, a UK judge ruled today.

David Ervine, leader of the loyalist Progressive Unionist Party in the North, died in hospital today.

The double murderer Frank McCann should spend at least 20 years in prison Justice Minister Michael McDowell, said tonight.

The family of murdered Dublin woman Esther Mc Cann told a court today(mon.) of their fears if double killer Frank Mc Cann is ever released from prison.

WELL, summer is almost over. Families are again gearing up for the school term, so I can return to one of my major preoccupations - the food we give our children.

THE funeral of trainer Kenty Riordan, who died unexpectedly at his home in Rathcormac, Co Cork on Sunday, took place yesterday at Castlelyons cemetery following a requiem mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rathcormac.

Britain’s last remaining Guantanamo Bay detainees landed back in the UK today.

Macaulay Culkin's estranged father Kit has re-emerged from years of hiding with a new tell-all book.