A RADICAL overhaul has been demanded of Cork city’s approach to twinning as part of a new drive to promote the region.

A 15-HOUR standoff with a man suspected of shooting his neighbour ended yesterday when authorities coaxed him out of his house and made a grisly discovery - a body believed to be his mother stashed in his freezer.

AFTER a slugfest campaign that intensified through the year, US President George W Bush, voting in Texas, said “I’ve given it my all,” while John Kerry, campaigning in Wisconsin, promised to take the nation “to a better place”.

A state of emergency has been declared in Wisconsin after the Mississippi River broke its banks swamping towns and cities with floodwater.