MY FAVOURITE hedge of all is beech. And it is during this season that for me it really comes into its own, enveloping gardens and the countryside in its chocolate brown leaves.

Five children were arrested after a fire destroyed a school that was due to reopen after the summer holidays.

A mother and daughter killed by suspected “gas poisoning” while on a boating holiday in the UK's Lake District have been named by police.

A woman and a young girl have died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning during a boating holiday.

Ireland's Danielle McVeigh claimed the biggest win of her career with a one-stroke victory in the Ladies' British Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship at Royal Aberdeen.

A DARING couple held their wedding on top of the wings of three planes yesterday — 1,000 feet above the ground.

Two men have been charged over racist abuse aimed at Birmingham City footballer Dwight Yorke during a match against Blackburn Rovers, police said tonight.