THE distraught family of a 52-year-old Dungarvan man who was pushed under a train in London last Friday flew to England yesterday to identify the body of their loved one.

Five men arrested in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap Victoria Beckham have been charged variously with theft and conspiracy to rob.

The ex-husband of Spice Girl Mel B was fined £200 (€316) today after being convicted of assaulting a three-year-old autistic boy.

Dutch-born dancer Jimmy Gulzar, the former husband of Spice Girl Mel B, did smack a child during a visit to a zoo, a court was told today.

Four Irishmen in London have been charged with manufacturing pipe bombs after anti-terrorist police stormed a house in the western suburb of Ealing.