Aer Lingus has just launched a new daily direct flight to Toronto, Canada’s largest city. Jennifer Hough, who has been living there for two years, has the insider’s guide.

From Sandy to the elections, New York has dominated the headlines. Resident expert Douglas Rogers encourages tourists to return to the city with his best budget tips.

Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in US history, was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool today. He was 47.

TWO men forced their way into a Los Angeles family’s home at gunpoint and stole four pedigree Yorkshire terrier puppies worth $10,000 (€7,600), police said yesterday.