BRITAIN: A mother had to be rescued by fire crews after being locked in a cupboard by her one-year-old toddler.

VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez ordered the removal of Irish cardboard maker Smurfit Kappa Group Plc from all its farm land in an agricultural state as he deepens a push to seize large land holdings from private owners.

Met Éireann is warning of large snow falls across the east of the country this afternoon, severely disrupting transport, as the sub-zero conditions show no sign of abating.

AN Australian music expert questioned how a potential trove of Beatles memorabilia thought to belong to a bodyguard shot dead by Los Angeles police almost three decades ago ended up in a sleepy town Down Under.