When Jonathan Swift was appointed Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral exactly 300 years ago, he wasn’t that impressed. Robert Hume explains why.

The High Court has ordered the winding up of Ely Property Group Ltd, the firm founded by businessman and developer Philip Marley.

The brother of a woman killed in the Cardiff hit-and-run rampage today paid tribute to her as a heroine who sacrificed her own life to save her children.

Detectives in Wales who are investigating a hit-and-run rampage in which a mother of a disabled child was killed, are appealing for information about a mystery car seen driving on the wrong side of the road shortly before the crashes.

IT WAS great to catch up with the wines of Santa Rita at a recent tasting.

An 88-YEAR-OLD man starred in his first ballet production yesterday after learning to dance at the tender age of 79.

Parents were being contacted by health experts in the UK today after a childminder and four children were diagnosed with tuberculosis.

IF YOU’RE planning a shopping trip to Dublin or to a show, thought I’d mention a few of my favourite city centre spots.

Broadcaster Eamon Dunphy has denied that he indecently assaulted a man outside Cats Night Club on Leeson Street last year and that he slapped the man after kissing him on the cheek.

Singer Charlotte Church’s boyfriend failed to appear at a court hearing today because he had jetted off on a last-minute break.

Soham accused Ian Huntley is changing his story even as his murder trial is going on, the Old Bailey heard today.

Ian Huntley replaced the tyres on his car the day after Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman disappeared despite the fact they were in “surprisingly good condition”, the Old Bailey heard today.

Soham accused Ian Huntley made a “major attempt” to sanitise his car in the days after the disappearance of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, the Old Bailey heard today.

Soham accused Ian Huntley loitered around police investigating the disappearance of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, trying to discover what they knew, his murder trial heard today.

The families of murdered Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman cannot face being there on the first anniversary of the deaths, police said today.

Mourners were today beginning to arrive for a service of celebration and remembrance in honour of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

The churchyard in Soham is now awash with at least 10,000 floral bouquets to Holly and Jessica, prompting comparisons with the scenes following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

A caretaker and his girlfriend were today arrested on suspicion of murdering Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells, police sources said.

Detectives hunting missing children Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells have defended a delay in issuing a public appeal to certain evidence.

A woman today told how she saw two children matching the description of the 10-year-old girls missing for nearly two days walk past her home.

Police searching for two missing 10-year-old girls say they are investigating a possible new sighting on a main road leading towards Cambridge.