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 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 in Essex, will have to wait to learn whether they have won their High Court battle against eviction.

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

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.

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.

There should be a full investigation into the controversial closure of the Visteon car parts plant in Belfast, Sinn Féin said today.

A resolution to the Visteon car factory dispute appeared close tonight after sacked workers were offered a redundancy deal that union bosses claim is worth 10 times their original package.

Car parts firm Visteon today offered extra payments to former workers in a bid to resolve a series of protests over redundancies.

Visteon car factory workers picketed Ford showrooms in the North today as talks on settling the dispute over job losses at the company were expected to get under way.

Talks are due to take place in London today in an effort to end a dispute at three plants operated by the car parts company Visteon, including one in Beflast.

Angry Visteon car factory workers picketed Ford showrooms in the North today and urged their counterparts in England to follow suit.

Ford showrooms in Belfast are set to be picketed today in an escalation of the Visteon dispute.

Ford showrooms in Belfast are to be picketed in an escalation of the Visteon dispute, a workers’ spokesman said today.

Thousands of people are expected at a rally in support of workers laid off at the Visteon plant in the North today.

Thousands of people are expected at a rally at the Visteon plant in the North tomorrow, workers said.

Protests against job cuts at car parts firm Visteon spread today when workers attempted to occupy more factories.

Laid-off workers at car parts maker Visteon were on an overnight sit-in tonight after bosses said more than 560 jobs were being axed.

Cameron Diaz is considering buying a home in Essex with British boyfriend Paul Sculfor, according to reports.