It’s a Thursday night in trendy Shoreditch, in east London, and outside of one of the numerous cool-because-they-say-so pubs hidden away from the main street, there’s a queue to get in and see four lads from Ireland play loud rock music.

People with apple-shaped bodies have an increased risk of harmful high blood pressure in their kidneys, scientists have found.

DUTCH police have arrested twin brothers on suspicion of robbery after their alleged victim spotted a picture of them following him on Google’s Street View map application, a spokesman said yesterday.

Four men have been arrested in a bizarre sex crime investigation in the northern Dutch city of Groningen, in which two of the suspects apparently intentionally infected others with HIV, the virus that causes Aids, a police spokesman confirmed today.

West Ham face a trip to Sicily with a two-legged tie against Palermo in the UEFA Cup first round.

RACISM again reared its ugly head in Spanish football as Barcelona’s Samuel Eto’o suffered sustained abuse at Real Zaragoza.

AN anti-terror raid in the Dutch capital ended yesterday evening without any loss of life after a violent 14-hour siege.

Ryanair is to add extra services to London from Dublin and Kerry, as part of its new summer schedule.

NO-FRILLS airline Ryanair said yesterday that it was considering expanding to the former Soviet bloc, as it extended a deadline for staff at newly-acquired Buzz to accept a job offer or face closure.

A 15-year-old boy is the 11th person to die following a fire at a Dutch disco-bar on New Year's Eve.