A primary school headteacher in England has written to parents requesting they take time to get dressed in the morning and stop dropping their children off in their pyjamas.

Police involved in a major operation to tackle an ongoing feud in England which saw two teenagers’ skulls being stolen from a grave have found two sub-machine guns and ammunition.

A finance director who took almost £8m from TV star Duncan Bannatyne’s gym business has been jailed for four years and eight months.

The RSPCA in England has appealed for help in tracing a dog owner who was caught on CCTV booting his dog in the face like “a football”.

NORWAY: A 21-year-old Norwegian man was fined 10,000 crowns ($1,300) for fraud because he accepted a contract killing job without intending to carry it out, police told Reuters

There will come a point where we no longer feel like being deferential to the ostentatious voices of sport. That’s probably a good thing, on balance.

‘FLYING DRESS’

Badger stew dish of the day for British roadkill fan

A wanted burglar has been jailed after he admitted stealing a kayak and trying to paddle across one of the world’s busiest sea lanes to start a new life in France.

Rickie Lambert applied a Roy of the Rovers finish to a comic strip kind of game as England edged an exciting battle with Scotland at Wembley tonight.

A laundry manager who has ironed more than a million items of clothing in her 30 years service said she only meant to cover a fortnight’s maternity leave.

This week saw the first Premier League managers to be sacked this season with Mark Hughes dismissed by QPR and Roberto Di Matteo axed less than six months after his Chelsea side lifted both the Champions League and FA Cup.

Rafael Benitez may be in as Chelsea manager but Republic of Ireland starlet Conor Clifford is, for now at least, out of Stamford Bridge.

Department store Debenhams hailed a resurgent year on the UK high street as it announced plans to open another 17 British stores over the next five years.

Department store Debenhams hailed a resurgent year on the high street as it announced plans to open another 17 UK stores over the next five years.

Fulham are planning to send David Stockdale out on loan in order for him to gain more first-team experience, according to goalkeeping coach Hans Segers.

A man is critically ill in hospital with head injuries after an incident with a stun gun at a cattle market, police in Britain said today.

A man who auctioned off his entire life on eBay after he was left broken-hearted has found new love and bought his own Caribbean island.

The new boss of department store chain Debenhams has announced plans to modernise a further 25 stores and open nine new outlets over the next four years - including in Carlow and Sligo.

A "rogue slug" sparked travel chaos in Darlington, in England last week after crawling into a traffic light , causing a short circuit.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has accused the supporters who invaded the pitch during the team's pre-season friendly at Darlington yesterday of "truly appalling behaviour".

Three people who were arrested after a pitch invasion during a pre-season friendly match have been charged by British police.

Teachers at a UK school calmed children returning from a trip to France by conducting a sing-along when a suspected stowaway began banging on the underside of their coach.

A woman who hit world headlines when she was taken from her mother’s arms at 36 hours old is to appear on 'Britain’s Got Talent', it emerged today.

A British drama teacher has been found guilty of grooming a teenage pupil for sex.

A DRAMA teacher has told a court she was not a lesbian and had not had sexual relationships with two female former pupils.

If you are going to get snowed in during the big freeze then many would say there could be no better refuge.

Manchester United and Liverpool will meet in the third round of this season’s FA Cup.

Everything Everywhere - the company behind merged mobile phone brands Orange and T-Mobile - has returned to growth in the third quarter, albeit by the slimmest of margins.

Sunderland midfielder Andy Reid is due to see a specialist after his hopes of returning from injury were dealt a setback.

Sunderland are to head back to Portugal as part of their pre-season preparations.

Imposing made sure Michael Stoute and Ryan Moore started York's Dante meeting on the right footing with a performance fitting of his name.

OVER the past couple of days, it’s been hard to avoid those doleful images of Tony Mowbray, head in hands while the rain sheeted down, barely able to watch as mighty St Mirren ran riot against his battered Bhoys.

PAEDOPHILES using the internet to target youngsters could be tracked down – by the way they use a keyboard.

Convicted British sex offender Peter Chapman was jailed for life today after admitting the kidnap, rape and murder of a teenager he ensnared on a social networking site.

A convicted sex offender in the UK today admitted kidnapping, raping and murdering a teenager who he ensnared using an internet social networking site.

Striker Terry Dixon has been named in the Republic of Ireland U21 squad to take on Armenia in the Tallaght Stadium on March 3.

Former England football star Paul Gascoigne has been arrested for the second time in two days.

British online marketing firm Infoserve today revealed it is to lose a reselling deal with internet giant Google.

Darlington have appointed former Republic of Ireland coach Steve Staunton as their new manager.

Republic of Ireland international defender Paul McShane will be out for at least three months after being told he needs knee surgery.

Sunderland new boy Fraizer Campbell will not jet off with his team-mates when they head for Portugal and Holland this weekend.

Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn is ready to step up his efforts in the transfer market after seeing the current squad return for pre-season training.