Tony Christie pays homage to his Mayo roots with a new album, writes Ed Power

Researchers are tripping older people on purpose in an experiment to prevent falls, the leading cause of injury in older adults.

An overweight South African threatened with deportation from New Zealand because of his obesity has been granted a 23-month reprieve.

They have another jersey for the wall now. Right up there alongside the Irish one, a Sam Warburton jersey from the World Cup quarter-final in 2011 and the prized geansaí of Kiwi legend, Richie McCaw.

The family of a six-year-old Co Cork girl is hoping she will shortly get the go-ahead to travel to the US for a life-changing operation.

Two people are being questioned on suspicion of murder in connection with the deaths of five children in a house fire, English police said.

A woman has been arrested after five children died in a housefire in England.

A MUGGING victim has told how he tracked down two of his attackers by sifting through Facebook to find their photos.

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Kanye West will release his next album in June, featuring guest appearances from Q-Tip, RZA and Drake.

Simon Cowell has vowed to help N-Dubz crack the US.

Jonathan Kaye held the lead with four other players as the weather wreaked havoc on the opening day of the AT&T Classic at TPC Sugarloaf .

Residents in Burma’s biggest city lit candles today, lined up to buy water and hacked their way through trees felled in a cyclone that killed more than 350 people, destroyed thousands of homes and caused widespread power cuts.

Teri Hatcher and her boyfriend Stephen Kaye have split.

New York’s highest court today ruled that gay marriage is not allowed under state law, rejecting arguments by same-sex couples who said the law violates their constitutional rights.

Heart-throb Shayne Ward could be heading towards a Christmas number one after millions voted him the winner of ITV1’s talent show The X Factor.

The co-founders of television shopping group Ideal Shopping Direct cashed in £10m (€14.6m) of shares today as annual profits more than trebled.

TORRENTIAL rain on an already saturated Riviera Country Club course delayed the Nissan Open for four hours in Los Angeles yesterday.

Torrential rain on an already saturated Riviera Country Club course delayed the Nissan Open for four hours in Los Angeles today.

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Stuart Appleby came from four shots behind to successfully defend his title at the Mercedes Championship in Hawaii.

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A comment Vijay Singh made about Padraig Harrington’s speed – or lack of it - carried extra significance after they were drawn together for the first two days of the Masters.

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Grammy Award-winning musician Shakira has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency.

Darren Clarke was able to reflect today on achieving one of his main career goals – winning a stroke play event on American soil.

An inspired Darren Clarke got the better of Tiger Woods again in yet another million-dollar duel today – and this time on one of the world number one’s favourite courses.

Darren Clarke takes a one-stroke lead into the final round of one of golf’s richest events today.

Mark Viduka’s agent and Leeds today remained at odds over the striker’s future with chairman Professor John McKenzie insisting he wants Australian to remain at the club.

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DOCTORS yesterday criticised a new “Skinny Pill” for children which claims to help obese American youngsters “win their battle with fat.”

Celebrity scourge Dennis Pennis is to make a TV comeback more than four years after he was killed off.

Phil Mickelson defended his Greater Hartford Open title after making a short birdie putt on the final hole.

Liverpool have put on an attacking side against Arsenal today in their fourth round FA Cup tie at Highbury.

Tee-off times in the fourth round of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National, Georgia (USA unless stated, all times Irish):

Two people were killed and 13 others were taken to hospital after a four-car crash in West Yorkshire.