Two New Zealand tourists have described how they saw a man’s fist go through a Monet painting estimated to be worth €10m in the National Gallery two years ago.

COASTAL residents in Boston cleaned up tree branches and utilities repaired broken power lines yesterday after the remnants of Hurricane Noel struck the north east.

PEOPLE across the northeastern United States yesterday began to dig out from the region’s first major winter storm, which dumped more than a foot of snow, closed airports and left thousands without power.