A PRE-TRIAL conference in the multimillion dollar lawsuit against a former New York plastic surgeon has been set for February 2.

Russell Brand said he would have done nothing differently over the prank calls he and Jonathan Ross made to Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs – saying the scandal “worked out really well”.

Six potential buyers are interested in acquiring the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC, according to reports.

THE family of a Limerick woman who died after a face-lift operation in New York has won the right to sue a second doctor involved in the procedure.

Jonathan Ross said he was “mortified” people thought he was being anti-gay when he suggested parents should put their sons up for adoption if they wanted a Hannah Montana MP3 player.

Jonathan Ross was under fire again after suggesting parents should put their sons up for adoption if they wanted a Hannah Montana MP3 player.

Jonathan Ross was under fire again tonight after suggesting parents should put their sons up for adoption if they wanted a Hannah Montana MP3 player.

Andrew Sachs said today that last autumn’s obscene messages scandal was “in the past”, and he bore no resentment over the affair.

Andrew Sachs has thanked Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand for helping his career with the obscene messages affair.

Russell Brand returns to the UK airwaves tonight in typically controversial style.

Russell Brand is to return to the radio, it was announced today, six months after he left the BBC in disgrace following the obscene phone messages scandal.

The BBC was fined £150,000 (€164,000) by British broadcasting regulator Ofcom today following the prank phone calls made by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand to Andrew Sachs.

RUSSELL BRAND has called another grandparent on a radio show, sending up the lewd calls he made to Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs.

Russell Brand has called another grandparent on a radio show, sending up the lewd calls he made to 'Fawlty Towers' actor Andrew Sachs.

The film Bafta awards face a diversion this year – their controversial host Jonathan Ross.

Andrew Sachs has not spoken to his granddaughter Georgina Baillie since the row over obscene messages on his answering machine erupted, it was reported today.

Tom Cruise will appear on Jonathan Ross’s comeback TV chat show, the BBC announced today

Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand are in the running for gongs at the British Comedy Awards tonight.

The complaint sent by Andrew Sachs’s agent to the BBC in the wake of the Brand/Ross lewd phonecall was not spotted for three days, the BBC Trust said in a report today.

Jonathan Ross is set to keep his job as a BBC presenter, despite the Andrew Sachs obscene phone calls scandal, after the corporation’s governing body today agreed the “right action” had been taken against him.

Jonathan Ross will learn whether he can return to his job as a BBC presenter when the corporation’s governing body responds to the Andrew Sachs row today.

The BBC was accused of “arrogance” today as its boss accepted Radio 2 was wrong to announce Jonathan Ross’s return date.

The BBC today broadcast an apology for the “grossly offensive” phonecall made by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross on Radio 2 in the UK.

The BBC will apologise to “licence fee payers” for the “grossly offensive” phone call made by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross tomorrow, it announced today.

Andrew Sachs’s granddaughter Georgina Baillie has called for Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross to be reinstated.

Russell Brand plans to flee to Los Angeles to escape the furore surrounding his controversial prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs, according to reports.

The BBC was hoping today that a three-month unpaid ban for star presenter Jonathan Ross and the resignation of Radio 2’s boss would draw a line under the obscene phone calls furore.

Radio 2 Controller Lesley Douglas has resigned over the Andrew Sachs row, the BBC said today.

The BBC lewd calls row appears to have boosted demand for DVDs of Fawlty Towers - as well as Russell Brand’s comedy routines.

Pressure was building on Jonathan Ross today as BBC director general Mark Thompson reports to the corporation’s governing body on the prank-calls scandal.

Jonathan Ross has publicly apologised for the lewd phone messages he and Russell Brand left for Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs.

British actor Andrew Sachs today said he was “not surprised” Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand had been suspended by the BBC over their prank calls to him.

Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand have been suspended in the wake of the controversy over their lewd calls to Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs, the BBC said today.

The granddaughter of Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs called today for Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand to be sacked for their lewd phone calls.

Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand are to apologise personally to veteran actor Andrew Sachs over the offensive calls they made to him during a radio show, sources said tonight.

The BBC was under pressure today to act against presenters Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross after they made a series of crude phone calls to former 'Fawlty Towers' star Andrew Sachs, which were then broadcast.

Electing a black man as president of the US would be a phenomenal change for the country and the world, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan said today.

The haunting memory of the Great Famine has shaped Ireland’s commitment to eradicating world hunger, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan said today.

A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR law case will open in a New York courtroom next Monday when the family of a Limerick woman who died as a result of botched plastic surgery begin an action against a disgraced surgeon.

THE New York State Supreme Court yesterday fixed September 15 for the start of the multi-million-euro lawsuit taken by the husband and young sons of a Co Limerick woman who died after a facelift.

THE multi-million-dollar lawsuit being taken by the family of a Limerick woman who died after undergoing a facelift by a discredited US plastic surgeon will open in the New York Supreme Court on February 21, the family’s lawyer revealed last night.

BESTSELLING crime writer Patricia Cornwell has filed a libel action against another author and is asking a judge to bar him from posting defamatory messages about her on the internet.

A LAWSUIT arising from the death of a Limerick woman following plastic surgery is almost complete.

Eliminating world hunger should be at the heart of Ireland’s foreign policy, one of the country’s leading NGO’s said today.