ENGLAND: Ram-raiders have escaped with a five- figure sum after using a JCB digger to smash a cash machine from a wall.

THE story of Michael Collins is the theme of the Tralee Musical Society’s 25th anniversary production which opened last night and runs until this Sunday, in the Siamsa Tire Theatre.

PUBLIC opinion favoured US President George W Bush’s decision to go to war in Iraq about 2-to-1 soon after Saddam Hussein’s capture, but months of chaos and casualties have taken a heavy toll on public support for the war.