BRITAIN: A man-made shooting star will add extra sparkle to a spectacular display of Perseid meteors.

Sonnets at breakfast, coffee with Hamlet, and a selection of soliloquies from the jukebox — it’s Clon Upon Avon as one West Cork town celebrates the 450th birthday of the Bard.

A COUPLE who cited the right to life of the unborn amendment to the constitution as grounds for suing for damages for wrongful death of their stillborn baby settled their case yesterday.