Oscar Pistorius’ lead defence lawyer grilled one of the neighbours of the star athlete today, questioning the man over how many gunshots he thought he heard on the night of Reeva Steenkamp’s death.

Ryanair has issued defamation proceedings against the pilot who spoke about the safety of the airline on Channel 4’s Dispatches programme.

As St Kevin’s await to hear from the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) about Seánie Johnston’s transfer application, Kildare’s Johnny Doyle says he’s surprised about the controversy it has created.

QPR manager Neil Warnock holds little faith an appeal would overturn Joey Barton’s red card in the 2-1 defeat to Norwich.

JOEY BARTON hit out at a “ridiculous decision” to send him off in QPR’s loss to Norwich at Loftus Road yesterday for an apparent headbutt on Bradley Johnson.

Howard Johnson today spoke of his horror after armed raiders held him and his wife at gunpoint and robbed them of more than £100,000.

A judge has ordered a Texas doctor and his wife not to distribute video footage of Anna Nicole Smith’s breast augmentation surgery in 1994.

Lady Bird Johnson, America’s former first lady who championed conservation and worked tenaciously for the political career of her husband, Lyndon Johnson, has died.

THE man behind Cork’s Live at the Marquee concert series confirmed last night that he plans to continue staging the event beyond 2009.

Former British Army captain James Blunt and Leeds rockers the Kaiser Chiefs have followed their explosion on to the music scene with five nominations each at the prestigious Brit Awards.

A MOTHER who sold her unborn baby over the internet to two childless couples was yesterday jailed for two years.

The Scorpion King first made his cameo appearance in the recent box-office bonanza The Mummy Returns. Apparently studio executives were so impressed, they gave the character its own $60m spin-off.