Amy Winehouse, Arcade Fire and The Good, the Bad and the Queen were among the winners at the Mojo Awards in London last night.

You never know what you’re going to get from our angry fans and this week The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey listens to contributors comparing the Arsenal board to P.G. Wodehouse characters, express surprise that the Queen should be a Gooner (when we all thought she was Bayern Munich).

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey will be back in the New Year to argue the toss with you about the issues dominating soccer.

Paul Hester, the drummer from popular 1980s Australian rock band Crowded House, hanged himself in a park in southern Australia, an emergency services spokeswoman said today.

A SIX-YEAR-OLD Norfolk terrier last night won Best In Show at this year’s Crufts.

Eric Clapton has played on stage with former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman for the first time ever.

Pub landlord Gary Marlow today won £40,000 (€58,000) UK High Court damages over the cancellation of a gig by Van Morrison.

Former Newmarket trainer Kamil Mahdi is due to be sentenced at Mildenhall Magistrates Court tomorrow after admitting five counts of causing unnecessary suffering to racehorses.

A WEAK US dollar and increased selling in technology shares knocked stock indexes lower at midday yesterday.

THE Irish Index of shares followed the global indices as it fell 64.28 points to 4205.08. Yet again the financials took the brunt of the fall as the financial market slipped 167.92 points lower to 8337.45.

US BLUE CHIPS fell yesterday on a downgrade of media company Walt Disney's credit rating, a negative forecast from Wal-Mart and declines in technology, aerospace and defence.

Intel has introduced two new microprocessors for mobile devices.