It was a case of no man’s best friend left behind this week in New Zealand, as police mobilised a search of the bush for a missing police dog.

While nearly all health professionals deny a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, rates of measles are rising in the US and the author of the discredited study is unapolegitic, writes Stav Ziv

It’s like a mad extension of that “mistakes” and “bad choices” scenario.

Andrew Parr was the clubhouse leader on nine under following an impressive third round at the Sicilian Open.

Six players will go into the weekend tied for the lead at the Sicilian Open after an extremely tight second round at the Verdura Golf & Spa Resort.

There was a seven-way tie for the lead at the half-way stage of the second round of the European Tour's Sicily this afternoon.

One of the doctors struck off over the MMR jab controversy in the UK asked the High Court today to rule his treatment “unfair and unjust”.

Rarely have we approached a season with greater expectations than this year.

MORE than one in 10 British-based scientists or doctors have witnessed colleagues intentionally altering or fabricating data during their research, according to a survey by the British Medical Journal.

Irish golfer Michael Hoey is celebrating today after claiming his second European Tour title with a two-stroke victory at the Madeira Islands Open.

MICHAEL HOEY claimed his second European Tour title yesterday with a two-stroke victory at the Madeira Islands Open.

DR ANDREW Wakefield, the-now disgraced doctor who published studies linking vaccines with autism, committed an “elaborate fraud” by faking data, the British Medical Journal has said.

IRELAND rugby star Donncha O’Callaghan kissed his granny yesterday to help launch a new volunteer visitor service for elderly people.

ANDREW WAKEFIELD, now struck off the medical register in Britain because of his dangerous campaign falsely to link the MMR vaccine to autism, is a lucky man that being disbarred from practice is all that has happened to him. Why are there no laws in Britain to prosecute charlatans like him when their lies damage the public health and become common currency worldwide?

A “DISHONEST” doctor at the centre of an MMR row will be struck off the medical register, the General Medical Council (GMC) ruled yesterday.

The doctor who claimed the MMR vaccine could cause autism in children is planning to appeal against his ban from practicing in the UK.

The doctor at the centre of the MMR row was today struck off the medical register in the UK.

A WEALTHY landowner was found guilty yesterday of murdering his estranged wife, who has been missing for more than two years.

AN eminent journal which published a controversial research paper sparking concerns over a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism retracted it from the public record yesterday.

An eminent journal which published a controversial research paper sparking concerns over a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism retracted it from the public record today.

WITH tousled brown hair and sporting a check shirt, Dr Andrew Wakefield, 52, cuts an unassuming figure. It is hard to imagine that he almost single-handedly sparked one of the world’s biggest health scares.

Simon Wakefield returned from a three-week break today still smarting from the way the best week of his golfing life ended on such a sour note.

Padraig Harrington has begun to struggle in the Open as wind caused carnage at Royal Birkdale.

India’s Jeev Milkha Singh eagled the final hole of his second round to take a commanding lead into the final day of the rain-shortened Bank Austria Open in Vienna.

I DISAGREE with Mark Wakefield (Letters, January 4) when he says the PDs should call it a day.

Scotland’s Marc Warren can look forward to partnering Colin Montgomerie at the World Cup again after grabbing his second European Tour title.

Scotland’s Marc Warren triumphed on home soil when he beat England’s Simon Wakefield in a play-off for the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

Scotland’s Marc Warren and England’s Simon Wakefield went into a play-off for the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.

England’s Simon Wakefield, seeking his first European Tour win in 181 attempts, was still sharing the lead after seven holes of his final round in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles today.

Two players without a single European Tour win between them in 368 attempts lead the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles with a round to go.

Simon Wakefield goes into the third round of the Johnnie Walker Championship on nine under par and joint leader with France’s Thomas Levet. They are one ahead of Scot Marc Warren.

The doctor who sparked the MMR controversy is appearing before a disciplinary panel in Britain today.

THE British doctor who sparked the MMR controversy will appear before a disciplinary panel today.

Padraig Harrington is firmly on course to become the first home winner of the Irish Open in 25 years.

Padraig Harrington overcame a shaky spell to regain pole position in his bid to become the first home winner of the Irish Open in 25 years.

ANTI-SOCIAL Behaviour Order’s (ASBO’s) have featured strongly in political discourse in recent months.

A MAGNIFICENT eagle three at the 18th has elevated Kilkenny's Gary Murphy into a share of fourth place after the opening round of the Smurfit European Open at The K Club.

Sweden's Peter Gustafson, European Tour rookie Richard Finch and fellow Englishman Simon Wakefield have earned late call-ups to the BMW Championship at Wentworth this week.

IRISH golf fans are in for a real treat at Carton House today when the Nissan Irish Open hots up.

WITH the third anniversary of the ‘Cutback Coalition’ approaching (May 17), it is worth noting what they have done up to now, or rather failed to do.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday defended his decision to go to war with Iraq as the decision to invade the battered country came back to haunt him in a final 48 hours of frantic election campaigning.

WORLD number three Ernie Els fired a flawless seven-under-par 65 to cruise to a 13-stroke victory at the storm-affected BMW Asian Open yesterday.

World number three Ernie Els today wrapped up an emphatic victory at the BMW Asian Open in Shanghai.

Ernie Els will take an eight-shot lead into the delayed final day of the BMW Asian Open he feels has descended into “chaos”.