Live music: Ms Mr - Academy, Dublin

Terrorism returned to the streets of London today as two suspected Muslim fanatics butchered a man in broad daylight in the name of “Allah”.

A man was killed and two others were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds today following a “serious incident” understood to involve a serving British soldier.

Tottenham 3 Coventry 0

IT was all beer and skittles at Fota House last week.

Arsenal 6 Coventry 1

Tommy Barker visits a Cork landmark, a truly unique family home

The winter garden of Hester Forde, Coosheen in Glounthaune, Co Cork, will open for the viewing of snowdrops and early spring bulbs on Saturday, January 28, and Saturday, February 11, from 11am. Snowdrops and spring bulbs for sale. Park on main road. Entry fee will aid Marymount Hospice.

Coventry 2 Brighton 0

Coventry 1 Bristol City 0

Kitsborough was the biggest house sale in Cork this year, exceeding its €1.5m-plus guide price, writes Property Editor Tommy Barker

A NEW voluntary group has called on Cork’s local authorities to unite to save an historic house and make it the centrepiece of a massive new super-park.

Peckham-raised England defender Rio Ferdinand has expressed shock at the rioting which has escalated in London and spread to other cities.

West Ham and Charlton have postponed tonight’s Carling Cup clashes following a third night of violent riots in London – casting doubt over whether England’s international friendly with Holland will go ahead.

While a 1990s new-build has replaced the original dwelling by the Lee, Kitsborough has lost none of its charm, writes Tommy Barker

DOES the disposal of the milking herd at Rockrohan, Carrigrohane Co Cork presage the sale of the 285-acre farm?

Cardiff, Norwich and Swansea all scored late goals today to boost their respective bids for automatic promotion from the npower Championship.

Birmingham 3 Coventry 2

Barnsley 2 Coventry 1

Newcastle 4 Coventry 1

Coventry 1 Portsmouth 2 (after extra time)

SHOLA AMEOBI proved Newcastle’s match-winner once again as the Magpies climbed into third place in the Coca-Cola Championship table last night.

A FAMOUS art and furniture collection originally displayed in Fota House in Cork some 30 years ago is back in the famous residence following a donation by a local business and AIB.

THE Irish Heritage Trust is to be congratulated on its thorough restoration of Fota House on Fota Island, Cork, and on securing most of the collection of Irish paintings and furniture I assembled during the 1970s.

THE Irish Heritage Trust (IHT) is expected to take over responsibility for historic Fota House in Co Cork within months.

West Brom 0 Sheffield Wednesday 1

Sunderland moved to third in the Coca-Cola Championship table after claiming the points in an unexpectedly tight match at Barnsley.

READING extended their lead in the Coca-Cola Championship with a classy 5-1 victory overt Cardiff. With second-placed Sheffield United not playing Hull until today, the Royals took the opportunity to move further clear at the Madejski Stadium.

Reading extended their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship with a classy 5-1 victory against Cardiff.

Hartlepool 2 Sheffield Wednesday 4 (after extra-time)

THE millionaire businessman who gifted 285-acres of prime development land to the people of Cork says he hopes the site will become a Phoenix Park of the south.

THE Government is set to write off a bad debt of almost €46 million from a loan issued to a defunct mining company in the mid-1980s.

FINNISH metals group Outokumpu is to buy the Bula ore body next to its Tara zinc mine in for €35 million which will extend the lifetime of the mine.