Locations and details of all the thousands of ancient hill forts found across the landscapes of Ireland, as well as the UK, have been mapped in an online database for the first time.

Leicster City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 6: Ruthless Harry Kane struck four goals as Tottenham dismantled Leicester 6-1.

Aida Austin illustrates how unpredictable and yet comical travelling can be once the plans are out of your hands.

Sweden’s Alex Noren moved into the world’s top 20 after holding his nerve to claim a remarkable third victory in his last eight events at the British Masters.

Although extraordinary performances were seen in Rio, human athletic feats are in the halfpenny place compared to those of wild creatures; an Arctic tern has just completed the longest annual journey known to have been made by any living thing, writes Richard Collins

Ante-post favourite Ivan Grozny features in a maximum field of 20 runners in the Betfred Ebor at York tomorrow.

USA: To a girl aged two in South Carolina, struggling to get dressed is an emergency. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office says the child called 911, asking for help getting dressed.

England 20 Ireland 26: Nigel Carolan’s U-20 side staged a remarkable comeback to defeat England in Newcastle last night.

West Ham 2 Southampton 1: Slaven Bilic gave his West Ham players all the credit for the half-time turnaround which saw them come from behind to beat Southampton 2-1.

FAT, middle-aged detective Vera Stanhope seems an unlikely heroine. But the dishevelled sleuth has won millions of fans through Ann Cleeves’ gritty crime thrillers, and the TV adaptation starring Brenda Blethyn.

Manchester United face their rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford this evening without the services of striker Wayne Rooney.

Leicester City 5 QPR 1: Jamie Vardy and Charlie Austin both marked their England calls by scoring as Leicester unceremoniously dispatched QPR back to the Sky Bet Championship.

Queen Elizabeth and celebrities will get the first look at the Chelsea Flower Show today, as horticulturalists from all over the world exhibit their immaculately designed gardens.

Manager Louis van Gaal brought in Phil Jones and Luke Shaw as Manchester United looked to halt their losing streak in the late Barclays Premier League kick-off at Crystal Palace.

Eventer Sarah Ennis was “delighted” with her second place in the three-star class at Burgham Market in Northumberland yesterday, but even more so with the manner in which it was achieved.

Irish trainer Paul Stafford kept up his fine run of form at Hexham as Better B Quick rewarded favourite-backers in the SIS Handicap Chase.

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Premier League

Argentine defender Fabricio Coloccini has been installed as surprise favourite to take over as manager at Newcastle, should Alan Pardew leave the club as expected.

Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea made one change for the St Stephen's Day visit of fourth-placed West Ham, with Oscar included from the start.

Under-fire West Brom boss Alan Irvine believes his side’s gruelling goalless draw at Hull will provide a timely tonic as the Baggies prepare to head into the busy festive fixture programme.

Nato has reported an “unusual” spike in Russian military flights in European airspace after RAF fighters were scrambled to intercept a pair of Russian long-range bombers over the North Sea.

Stoke 2 Swansea 1

Team news for the 3pm games in the Premier League

Chile international Alexis Sanchez had to again be content with a place on the bench as Arsenal took on Tottenham in the north London derby at the Emirates Stadium.

You may think being a seabird looks like a laugh. Sitting on the cliffs, cackling away, occasionally flying off to pluck a fish from the sea and appearing on Springwatch.

Archaeologists at a Roman fort more used to finding coins, weapons and tools have found a 2,000-year-old perfectly preserved wooden toilet seat.

THERE’S good news on the wildlife front; BirdWatch Ireland has announced that terns nested very successfully on the east coast this summer. The numbers breeding ‘are at an all-time high’, says tern expert Dr Steve Newton.

The final match of week 1 of the Premier League kicks off shortly with title contenders Chelsea away to newly promoted Burnley.

A 70 year-old retired Coast Guard officer is poised to roar where no man from Ireland has roared before when he competes in the World Town Crier Championships in Britain.

Police in England have expressed concerns for the safety of three brothers who failed to come home from a teatime bike ride.

Surfs up.

Two bodies have been recovered as part of a search and rescue operation after three kayakers went missing last night in the UK, police said.

My life informs my writing.

Aston Villa 1 Fulham 2

Striker Fernando Torres returns to start for Premier League leaders Chelsea in today’s clash with relegation-threatened Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

A lock of Elvis Presley’s hair could be available for a snip as it is set to go under the hammer.

DID three months of fierce winter storms affect our wildlife? Millions of trees were felled and swathes of farmland inundated.

A mother who was told her unborn baby was dead has successfully given birth after insisting medics performed a second scan.

Sheffield United 3 Nottingham Forest 1