Stuart Bingham has revealed how a casual jibe from Irish cueman Mark Allen spurred him to become world champion.

Stuart Bingham was last night crowned world champion, beating Shaun Murphy 18-15 in the final at the Crucible Theatre.

Stuart Bingham was tearing up the script as he stayed on course to topple crowd favourite Judd Trump in their semi-final at the Betfred World Championship.

Ronnie O'Sullivan shrugged off a shock Crucible defeat as his exit from the Betfred World Championship threw the title race open.

A mother has admitted defrauding friends and kind-hearted strangers out of thousands of pounds by claiming that she had terminal cancer.

A Tyrone man has been charged in connection with the death of an Afghan immigrant found in a shipping container in Essex last month.

The GAA man who brought half of a Cork village to work in Dagenham in Britain has passed away aged 83.

British prime minister David Cameron will be forced to step up his drive to claw back powers from the EU to head off a challenge to his leadership after losing votes to the anti-EU UK Independence Party, its leader Nigel Farage said.

A jubilant Nigel Farage has insisted Ukip will be “serious players” at the British general election after the party landed major blows on the Tories and Labour in local polls there.

Cleaners flush out gold hoard in toilets

A British man tried to escape a speeding fine by blaming the offence on his grandmother who lived more than 3,000 miles away, could not drive and had never visited the UK.

Live music: Depeche Mode

Politician accidently flashes followers

Ronnie O'Sullivan's verdict after inflicting another defeat on Ali Carter was that he was already feeling the strain of the Betfair World Championship.

Ronnie O’Sullivan powered through to the quarter-finals of the Betfair World Championship tonight, but admitted he already feels worn out.

Travellers made homeless after being evicted from an illegal site in the UK are set to ask senior judges to rule that they have a right to be re-homed in caravans or offered pitches.

Travellers and their supporters today walked out of the UK’s largest illegal site, ending a two-day stand off against bailiffs and police.

Six protesters remain chained to barricades inside the Dale Farm travellers’ site in the UK.

The multi-million pound eviction of travellers on the English Dale Farm site descended into violence today with two people Tasered and missiles thrown at police.

Two protesters were Tasered and one person arrested in clashes with bailiffs and riot police when the planned eviction of the UK’s largest illegal Travellers’ site got under way today.

Supporters clashed with bailiffs and riot police at the UK’s largest illegal Travellers’ site as the planned eviction finally got under way.

FAMILIES fighting eviction from Britain’s biggest illegal Traveller site were last night manning barricades after an appeal court ruling left them at the “end of the road”.

Residents of Dale Farm, the UK's largest illegal travellers' site, were today refused permission to appeal against a High Court ruling that gave Basildon Council the go-ahead to evict them.

Residents of Dale Farm, the UK’s largest illegal Travellers’ site, have lost their High Court battle against eviction.

Residents of Dale Farm, the UK's largest illegal travellers' site in Essex, will have to wait to learn whether they have won their High Court battle against eviction.

Hundreds of people occupying the UK’s biggest illegal traveller site would move to supermarket car parks if forced to leave, a High Court judge was told today.

RESIDENTS of Dale Farm were last night celebrating another reprieve that has raised their hopes that they can remain living on Britain’s biggest illegal Travellers’ site.

Residents today today won a temporary reprieve in their long-running battle to stay on the UK’s biggest illegal Travellers’ site.

Travellers fighting to stay on the UK’s biggest illegal site should today discover whether they have won the latest round of a legal battle.c

Residents facing the threat of eviction from the UK’s largest illegal travellers’ site have been given more breathing space over the weekend.

Travellers given a reprieve from the threatened clearance of the UK's largest illegal site in Essex are celebrating today - but have warned the fight is not over yet.

ELDERLY Traveller Mary Flynn lost her appeal yesterday to challenge her eviction from Britain’s biggest illegal Travellers’ site.

RESIDENTS of Britain’s biggest illegal Travellers’ site yesterday won a last-minute injunction temporarily halting moves to evict them from their homes.

A showdown between bailiffs and residents promises tense and angry scenes today as scores of families are evicted from the UK’s biggest illegal travellers’ site.

TRAVELLERS living on Britain’s largest unauthorised site have said: “We’re staying put,” as they prepare for bailiffs to move in to clear the site.

THE mother of a six-month-old boy with Down Syndrome has spoken of the human impact a planned mass eviction of Travellers will have.

Ageing boy band Blue will represent the UK at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, it was announced today.

Budget hotel chain Travelodge stepped up its expansion today with the addition of 52 hotels from pubs and restaurant group Mitchells & Butlers.

Sacked workers at the shut-down Visteon car components factory in Belfast are due to end a seven-week sit-in today after winning an improved pay-off deal.

Redundant car workers at a plant in the North will end a seven-week sit in on Monday, it was announced today.

A Depeche Mode concert had to be scrapped at the last minute after lead singer David Gahan was taken to hospital.