Nikolaus Pevsner The Life

A WOMAN broke down in tears as she described the moment she found her four-year-old son dead inside a tumble dryer.

A 47-YEAR-OLD Liverpool man has been jailed for nine years for killing his fiancée’s father in Co Westmeath 23 years ago in the state’s first cold-case homicide prosecution.

A 47-year-old Liverpool man has been jailed for nine years for killing his fiancée’s father in Co Westmeath 23 years ago in the state’s first cold-case homicide prosecution.

A judge will rule next week on whether to take the gruesome disposal of a body into account in sentencing a 47-year-old man for killing his fiancée’s father.

Mother-of-four Vera McGrath has been convicted of murdering her husband at their Westmeath home 23 years ago.

A 47-year-old Liverpool man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of his fiancée’s father 23 years ago, but has been cleared of his murder.

The judge in the Westmeath cold-case murder trial has outlined parts of one of the defendant’s statements capable of corroborating the main witness’s evidence.

The judge in the Westmeath cold-case murder trial has been summarising the evidence for the jury.

The judge in the Westmeath cold-case murder trial has told the Central Criminal Court jury to treat the chief prosecution witness as an accomplice as she was an accessory after the fact.

The jury in the Westmeath cold-case murder trial has been told that Colin Pinder’s fate should not rest on a story spun by his co-accused and her daughter in the years following the killing.

The jury in the Westmeath cold-case murder trial has been told to treat the main prosecution witness as a potential accomplice and to take care assessing her evidence.

The Westmeath cold-case murder trial continued in the absence of the jury today, while Mr Justice John Edwards discussed legal matters with the lawyers.

A man on trial for murdering his girlfriend’s father in 1987 told gardaí in 2008 that he was glad it was coming to light, a cold-case murder trial has heard.

A woman detained in 1993 on suspicion of her husband’s murder told a garda she liked that she didn’t know if she could trust the detectives interviewing her but that she was ready to tell her story.

A woman accused of murdering her husband 23 years ago was told by gardaí in 1996 that she would not be prosecuted, when the 'missing jigsaw piece' was DNA identification.

A woman charged with murdering her husband 23 years ago signed him into a mental institute two years before his death, their doctor told her trial.

A woman who claims she saw her father beaten to death 23 years ago says she used to have trouble sleeping because she could see his head on the hayfork.

The jury in a cold-case murder trial was sent home from the Central Criminal Court today so lawyers could conduct legal argument in its absence.

The chief prosecution witness in a cold-case murder trial has today denied that she helped to beat her father to death after he called her then fiancé a "nigger" or "darkie".

Veronica McGrath has denied implicating her mother in her father’s killing to disguise her own guilt at the Central Criminal Court.

A mother-of-one has told a murder trail that she saw her fiancé and mother kill her father with a spanner, slash hook, monkey wrench and lump hammer when she was 18.

Glamour model Lucy Pinder tonight became the first celebrity to be evicted from the 2009 Big Brother house.

JAMES ARLIDGE celebrated becoming a father in style as Newport Gwent Dragons tore up the Magners League form book to extend their remarkable winning record in Glasgow.

Lucy Pinder appeared to be heading for the exit in the first 'Celebrity Big Brother' eviction today.

Celebrity Big Brother eviction nominee Ulrika Jonsson fears the mood in the house has changed for the worse ahead of tomorrow’s first public vote.

'Celebrity Big Brother' housemates have chosen to save ex-boy band singer Ben Adams from the public vote.

Celebrity Big Brother housemates chose to save ex-boy band singer Ben Adams from the public vote.

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SARACENS reached their first ever Heineken Cup quarter-final last night as they ended Glasgow’s remote chances.

BATTLING Glasgow were denied a Heineken Cup double over Biarritz after conceding two late tries last night.

GLASGOW supremo Sean Lineen hailed his side’s stubborn defensive display in their surprise success against Biarritz and insisted they will not be going to France for the return next weekend on a damage limitation mission.

Glasgow 16 Connacht 15

A US judge last night expressed doubt that he had jurisdiction to get involved in the paternity dispute over Anna Nicole Smith’s baby daughter, a day after the starlet’s remains were ordered to be buried in the Bahamas next to those of her son.

Hugh Hefner says he believes Anna Nicole Smith – a former Playboy Playmate - wanted to be buried in the Bahamas next to her late son, Daniel.

Glasgow 30 Llanelli 14

The locks at the Bahamas mansion where Anna Nicole Smith had been living were changed for the second time in 24 hours as a lawyer for the late reality TV star said he had retaken possession of the estate.

Scotland scrum-half Mike Blair will miss the start of the RBS Six Nations campaign after tests confirmed he has suffered ligament damage to his shoulder.

ULSTER’S Ireland scrum-half Isaac Boss could be sidelined for a minimum of four weeks after sustaining a shoulder injury in the opening minutes of the province’s Magners League victory over Glasgow on Saturday night.

LEINSTER edged closer to second spot in the Magners League as they hit Glasgow for five tries at Donnybrook.

GLOUCESTER rookie Anthony Allen says his England call-up for a Test match baptism of fire against World Cup favourites New Zealand is “pretty unbelievable”.

Cardiff 27 Glasgow 9

Miss Jenny looks set for a step back up in class after breaking her maiden on her all-weather debut at Lingfield.

Connacht 33 Glasgow Warriors 7