A traffic warden in the Welsh town of Carmarthen is under investigation after issuing a £30 fixed penalty notice to a wheelie bin.

A 20-year-old driver has been killed while competing in a motor race in the North.

A British teenager reportedly sacked from fast-food chain McDonalds for sprinkling too much chocolate on a McFlurry has won a compensation claim.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has never lost in a final of the Betfred.com World Championship and a fourth appearance in the showpiece match of the snooker season is in his sights this morning.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has not seemed like a man in need of a helping hand as he pursues a fourth Betfred.com World Championship title but he benefited from the sportsmanship of Matthew Stevens tonight.

Any lingering doubt that Ronnie O’Sullivan might not have the form or the temperament to land a fourth Betfred.com World Championship title was emphatically dispelled tonight.

RHYS PRIESTLAND is confident the Scarlets can snap their 13-match losing streak against Munster on Sunday.

Ryan Day is determined to break his duck and claim a first ranking title on home soil in the Welsh Open which starts tomorrow.

Services group DCC said today it has agreed to buy Texaco's fuel distribution business in the UK for €27.5m.

Struggling fellow countrymen Matthew Stevens and Mark Williams go into this week’s Welsh Open at the Newport Centre increasingly desperate to re-discover winning ways.

DAMIEN RICHARDSON will be urging his Cork City charges against complacency ahead of tonight’s UEFA Cup first-qualifying-round, second-leg tie against runaway Lithuanian league leaders, FK Ekranas, at Turner’s Cross (ko 7.30pm).

Matthew Stevens maintained his ultra-consistent record of reaching the Embassy World Championship semi-finals today, booking a place in the last four with a 13-11 victory over Stephen Hendry.

Steve Davis produced a vital finish to the opening session of his 25th appearance at the Crucible to revive his chances of staying among the game’s elite for next season.

Matthew Stevens threw himself a lifeline by winning the last two frames of the opening session to prevent Ronnie O’Sullivan from running away with the Failte Ireland Irish Masters final in Dublin today.

Ronnie O’Sullivan enters the fray when the televised stages of the Travis Perkins UK Championship begin in York tomorrow – against the player he claims is currently the world’s best.

Stephen Jones is to join French club Montferrand on a two-year contract after Leicester lost out in the race to sign the Welsh fly-half.

Feuding cuemen Mark King and Quinten Hann plan to settle their differences in the boxing ring but snooker’s real heavyweight clash takes place at the Embassy World Championship in Sheffield tonight.

Welshman Matthew Stevens reached the semi-finals for a fourth time in five years, holding off a late rally by Joe Perry.

Matthew Stevens is certainly going to have a happy Christmas after ending the blackest spell of his career by winning the Travis Perkins UK Championship in York last night.

Matthew Stevens ended his nine-year wait for his first ranking tournament title in York tonight by beating Stephen Hendry 10-8 to become Travis Perkins UK champion.

If Matthew Stevens fails to reach his third final at the Travis Perkins UK Championship then he will reflect on a candidate for miss of the season.

Jimmy White “produced when it mattered” to defeat Irishman Fergal O’Brien for a place in the Travis Perkins UK Championship quarter-finals at York tonight.

Jimmy White will not expect to be detained very long when he makes his entrance in the British Open at the Brighton Centre tonight.

A man juggling three shows at the Edinburgh Festival has clinched latest BBC comedy awards.

POLICE hunting a man believed to have abducted his four-year-old daughter in a tug-of-love battle yesterday said they were following several encouraging leads after reported sightings of the pair abroad.

The Crucible Theatre always seems to bring the best out of Welshman Matthew Stevens.

IRISH boxers face a busy week ahead with both the senior and junior champions in action abroad and the number twos in action against Wales in the first major international of the year at the National Stadium tonight.

Police and safety experts were tonight watching a video taken by the family of a man who plunged to his death in a charity bungee jump.

Police investigating the discovery of young boy's body at a beach beauty spot have arrested a woman.

Multi-millionaire racer Richard Burns has revealed how he powered to World Rally Championship glory - by phoning a friend!

Up to 15 people were feared to have been injured today after being struck by a car during the Network Q Rally of Great Britain.

A teenage hacker whose campaign to expose holes in Internet security sparked an FBI investigation was being sentenced in court today.

Stephen Hendry bowed out of the Embassy World Championship with a 13-5 drubbing at the hands of Matthew Stevens in Sheffield.

Drew Henry piled on the last-frame agony again for Matthew Stevens last night to reach the semi-finals of the £441,000 Regal Scottish Open in Aberdeen.