Around 18,000 people have taken part in an anti-Islam rally in the German city of Dresden - despite an appeal by Chancellor Angela Merkel to reject the growing protests, which she's branded racist.

A host of Irish sports stars joined the late Donal Walsh in a fantastic video to promote an organisation that wants to help athletes affected by catastrophic sports injuries.

Leona Lewis, Robbie Williams and Coldplay are among acts competing in one of the music world's most glitzy events, the MTV Europe Music Awards.