Ilkay Gundogan has warned Bristol City that Manchester City are in no mood to ease up in the Carabao Cup.

A single mother of three has been jailed for two years for smuggling €70,000 worth of cocaine into Dublin Airport.

A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill and false imprisonment after a "hostage situation" which lasted more than 24 hours.

Cork-based beauty vlogger Sinead Cady overcame her anxiety, quit college and, in 2010, developed a successful YouTube channel which today has almost one million subscribers and over 100 million views, and she hasn’t looked back since.

A 95-year-old man was assaulted in his own home in England when an intruder climbed through his bedroom window while he was asleep.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

A heavily pregnant woman and her six-year-old daughter have been held at knifepoint by robbers in the UK.

A 46-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a pensioner who asked a man to stop urinating in the street was punched in the face.

Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has apologised for appearing to compare Ched Evans’ attempt to clear his name with the Hillsborough disaster.

Boxer Anthony Crolla will have to wait for his world title shot, having been taken to hospital after being hit with a concrete block while confronting burglars.

A woman reporting her grandchildren for not doing their homework and the theft of a garden gnome were among emergency calls received within 24 hours by one of the UK’s largest police forces.

A woman reporting her grandchildren for not doing their homework and the theft of a garden gnome were among emergency calls received within 24 hours by one of the UK’s largest police forces.

A convicted murderer has gone on the run from a British prison for the third time.

An international footballer who dressed up as a suicide bomber for a fancy dress party has been described as “thoughtless” by a survivor of the July 7 bombings in London.

Man caught by long finger of the law

I see a lot of ink, or air, or gigabytes, being expended on a new book by David Peace, Red or Dead, about Bill Shankly, who once managed Liverpool.

The British Government will face a protest today as it launches a new benefit as part of a “fundamental cultural shift” of the welfare system.

Thieves stole a top-of-the- range 4x4 owned by Manchester United star Paul Scholes as he defrosted the windscreen, sources have confirmed.

Manchester United's Paul Scholes has had his car stolen from his driveway while he was defrosting his windscreen.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes it is about time someone other than captain Steven Gerrard has to lead the team out of trouble.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has no concerns about star striker Luis Suarez’s commitment to the club.

A man handed bags of cocaine to a police officer’s children out trick-or-treating on Halloween night, thinking he had given them sweets, a court heard.

Thousands of police officers from across the country gathered today in memory of a policewoman killed in a gun and grenade attack.

The funeral for one of the two policewomen murdered in a gun and grenade attack will be held later today at Manchester Cathedral.

The police are “our last line of protection against the savagery of the jungle”, a bishop said today as prayers were held in memory of two policewomen murdered in a gun and grenade attack.

Police are investigating whether Moors Murderer Ian Brady has written a letter to be opened on his death revealing the location of Keith Bennett’s body,

Eric Sykes, one of the most popular comic actors of his generation, was still staring in the West End shows into his 80s, even though he became almost totally deaf and nearly blind.

Blackburn Rovers last night turned to Republic of Ireland striker Leon Best to fire them back to the Premier League as they signed the striker from Newcastle for more than £3 million.

A man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over a gas blast which killed a two-year-old boy has been released on bail.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of a two-year-old boy in an explosion in Oldham.

In the UK - the National Grid has confirmed that an explosion in Oldham yesterday - which killed a two year old boy - was not caused by a leak from its gas distribution pipes.

Police in Britain investigating the suspicious death of a child in a gas blast may be dealing with a murder inquiry.

In the UK, a child has died in a suspected gas explosion that has destroyed a number of houses in the Oldham area of Manchester.

A child has died and rescue workers were battling to save a victim trapped after a massive explosion in the UK tore through a house.

Paul Scholes has put pen to paper on a one-year contract extension that keeps the former England midfielder at Manchester United until the end of the 2012/13 season, the club have confirmed.

A man in Britain has been charged in connection with the death of a grandmother who fell and died fighting to keep hold of her handbag containing her husband’s ashes.

LIVERPOOL’S managing director Ian Ayre has defended the club’s stance on racism and discrimination.

Liverpool’s managing director Ian Ayre has defended the club’s stance on racism and discrimination.

Oldham captain Dean Furman has called for “heavy action” to be taken against anyone found guilty of abusing team-mate Tom Adeyemi.

The abuse suffered by Oldham defender Tom Adeyemi in last night’s 5-1 FA Cup third round defeat to Liverpool at Anfield was an “absolute disgrace”, according to his captain Dean Furman.

A pair of British men have spent £50,000 (€56,249) customising their car into a theme of their favourite football club.

A PAKISTANI man has been jailed for 60 years for kidnapping a five-year-old British boy who was on holiday in the country.

A Pakistani man has been jailed for 60 years for kidnapping a five-year-old British boy who was on holiday in the country.

IT feels, this week and in this country, like someone should gently place a Sinatra record under a record player stylus as we bob downstream together towards oblivion.