René Redzepi and Yotam Ottolenghi have been booked for Ballymaloe LitFest 2014.

Nearly 5,000 people ordered to flee their homes because of a huge brush fire on Hawaii’s Big Island were allowed to return, finding their property dusted with a layer of ash but otherwise undamaged.

Five people have been killed in Hawaii when their helicopter crashed into a mountain in thick cloud, officials said today.