The final series of Downton Abbey begins on Sunday on ITV, and on Tuesday on TV3.

THE bodies of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, two award-winning war photographers killed by a mortar attack in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata, were yesterday being transported to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

A Libyan rebel leader claims that opposition forces have taken control of a post on the Tunisian border near a former rebel-held town.

IN THAT traditional pre-Christmas lull on the TV front, most of the networks are holding their goodies for the holiday season, and only the reality show finals are causing a real stir.

An exhibition showing how people are rebuilding their lives after the Asian tsunami, and how money donated by Irish people has been spent to help them, is opening in Dublin today.