Roz Crowley meets Pierre Lawton, a globally acclaimed wine merchant, whose long line of Cork ancestors includes a mayor

A major Japanese meat processor said today it was recalling millions of packages of sausages and pizzas after finding cyanide in water at one of its plants.

A 71-year-old Japanese yachtsman became the oldest person to successfully finish a solo, non-stop, around-the-world voyage when he arrived at a port in central Japan.