Two men have handed themselves into police over an incident that sparked a mass evacuation at Oxford Circus Tube station.

A young boy and his imaginary monster under the bed are the stars of this year's eagerly anticipated John Lewis Christmas campaign.

River Matthews is a singer/ songwriter from Surrey, and tours Ireland next week with dates at Fred Zepplins in Cork (Wed); Roisin Dubh, Galway (Thurs); and Whelan’s in Dublin (Fri).

Injury-plagued striker Andy Carroll faces a make-or-break season at West Ham.

A man has been injured by a small power explosion on one of the country's busiest shopping streets, police said.

Mike Ashley's Sports Direct has been accused of reneging on a promise to offer guaranteed hours to staff on zero hour contracts in a fresh blow to the company ahead of its annual meeting.

A 20-year-old motorist has been banned from driving after being caught on CCTV pulling a man along a road in a wheelchair behind his car, police have said.

For some reason the great streets of famous cities are almost always a depressing experience. 

A thoroughly modern love story.

From some of the world’s greatest galleries and museums, to the treasure-filled bookshops of Charing Cross Road, London is a city packed with choice for a city break says Suzanne Harrington.

Ford was once a pillar of employment in Cork but their plant in Dagenham was also huge employer for generations of Irish in England. With our economic relationship facing the threat of Brexit, Robert Mulhern spoke to retired workers about an industrial link that uprooted Irish villages and planted them in what was then Europe’s biggest factory

Following today’s announcement of Cork Airport’s first transatlantic flights to the US with Norwegian Air, here are ten great things you can do in Boston.

Jeremy Clarkson has launched an expletive-laden broadside against BBC executives as a million-strong petition calling for his reinstatement on Top Gear was delivered by tank to the corporation’s headquarters.

WE don’t get out as much as we should. Not that you would know it from the notions we have.

You’re stood at a bus stop, feeling peckish but daren’t leave in case the bus turns up.

ON FRIDAY evenings when I arrive home, tired, often hungry and dying to see the family after a week in London, an array of my compatriots line up to greet me. Some are well known and some are not known at all.

Former 'EastEnders' star Kara Tointon and her sister Hannah have joined the cast of in 'Mr Selfridge'.

Record weekly sales at John Lewis have raised hopes of a bumper end to the Christmas shopping period but there are fears that the UK's retail sector could be left with a profits hangover after heavy discounting.

Michelle Heaton says catsuits are not going to be part of her wardrobe when she goes on 'The Big Reunion' tour.

SMALL plates are fast becoming a real enduring trend in restaurants.

Armed raiders who targeted London’s Selfridges store while dressed in burkas fled with £1million worth of luxury watches, police said today.

Two people were arrested tonight following an attempted “smash and grab” robbery at Selfridges in London.

Trying on clothes, said Ewart, produced “sensations which bring deep peace and perfect contentment” to the female mind.

Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones has relaunched camera chain Jessops – two months after it was forced from the high street.

Rihanna launched her River Island fashion line in London's Oxford Street yesterday.

It’s been a busy, and surreal, year for Madness, topped with a new album. Ed Power spoke to frontman Suggs

Robbie Williams is to perform on London's Oxford Street next month.

Some of the biggest stars from the James Bond films are to take part in a golden anniversary celebration of the series.

Penneys-owner Associated British Foods is set for a big jump in full-year earnings as shoppers snapped up bargains at its discount fashion chain and shrugged off the distractions of the Olympic Games and depressed economic growth in western Europe.

Department store chain John Lewis saw sports sales take the gold last week as customers continued to be inspired by the London 2012 Olympics.

Anti-exploitation campaigners today demonstrated outside Olympic sponsor Adidas’s flagship London store over claims the sportswear giant is “raking in profits” at its workers’ expense.

Every Olympics has a new emblem, and every emblem causes outrage, none more so than 2012’s jagged shards, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Rock veterans The Rolling Stones returned to where it all began as they posed outside a recreation of the venue of their first ever gig, half a century on.

Fifty years after Marilyn Monroe’s death, a new exhibition reveals unseen pictures, her size eight dresses and her secret beauty routine. Suzanne Harrington reports

Swansea is a place often overlooked by Irish visitors, who treat it as little more than a point of passing through.

A TEENAGER killed in front of horrified shoppers at the St Stephen’s Day sales died from a “single stab wound to the heart”, police said last night.

RETAILERS and shopping centres across Britain have reported “record-breaking” levels of trade as St Stephen’s Day bargain hunters kicked off the post-Christmas sales.

A teenager has been stabbed to death in broad daylight in a shop as thousands of bargain hunters thronged one of Britain’s busiest shopping streets.

THIS was a great result for Manchester and a fantastic advert for English football, with a pulsating game full of thrills, spills and controversy – but one that ultimately left both London clubs further behind their Northern rivals in the title race.

HIGH streets and town centres throughout Ireland have come to look the same in recent years, with regular department stores and the brash brand names of largely overseas multiples increasingly dominating the streetscape.